Accidents - Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,302
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Date: 12/24/2009	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
83YOF TRIPPED ON DRESSER, HIT ELBOW ON DRESSER DX: RADIUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
80YOM FELL STRUCK RIGHT LOWER ARM AGAINST A DRESSER SUSTAIED A LACERATI ON TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL OVER A CEDAR CHEST AND INJURED HER LEFT FOREARM. DX: SKIN TEAR LT FOREARM*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Computers
LOWER ARM LAC, PT WAS SITTING AT COMPUTER AND HIT ELBOW ON CORNER OF A DESK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
STATES BUMPED L UPPER ARM ON WOODEN DRESSER 1 MO AGO AND SINCE SATURDAY SWELLING, BURNING AND ITCHING L FA. DX. FA SWELLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
HIT ARM ON METAL DRESSER LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT HIT FOREARM ON CORNER OF DRAWER DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2009	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT FELL IN HIS BEDROOM STRUCK LOWER ARM AGAINST A DRESSER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT HAD NEAR FALL @ HOME PTA CATCHING HERSELF ON A CHEST SUSTAINING ABRA SION/SKIN TEAR TO RT ARM DX SKIN TEAR/ABRASION RT ARM*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
73YOM AT HOME BRUSHED LOWER LT ARM AGAINST DESK,CUTTING FOREARM; FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2009	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
HIT CORNER OF DRAWER. DX-LACERATION R FOREARM #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Rugs or carpets
CLOSED RT DISTAL RADIUS FX: MOVING A DESK WITH HER FRIEND, DID NOT LIFT FOOT HIGH ENOUGH, TRIPPED ON A RUG, FELL, HITTING FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
RADIUS FX-ACCIDENTLY HIT ARM ON A DRESSER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FOREARM LAC-CUT ON WOODEN DRAWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2009	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
RIGHT FOREARM LAC, PT REACHED UNDER A DRAWER INJURING ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2009	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
SLIPPED&FELL HITTING HEAD AGAINST A DRESSER&FELL >>FOREARM SKIN TEARS/FOREHEAD ECCHYMOSIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FOREARM LAC-HIT ARM ON A DRESSER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CONTUSION TO ARM WHEN STRUCK ON A DRESSER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
LAC ARM ON DESK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2009	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT FELL AGAINST AN OPEN DRESSER DRAWER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Beds or bedframes
68YOF WAS SITTING ON BED SHIFTED OVER CAUGHT FOREARM ON CORNER OF DRESSER;FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT LOST BALANCE AT HOME AND HIT LEFT ARM ON THE DRESSER CAUSING LAC TO ARM DX: LACERATION TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT STATES DRESSER FELL ON HIM CAUSING PAIN TO, ARM AND FLANK AREA DX: FOREARM/ELBOW/KNEE ABRASIONS AND FLANK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/31/2009	Age: 94 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT FELL AT THE NURSING HOME STRUCK FOREARM AGAINST A DRESSER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Footwear
PT WAS RIPPING UP A FLOOR LAYING WOOD AND SHOE GOT CAUGHT ON A WOOD FL OOR PANEL CAUSED A FALL AGAINST THE DRESSER CONTUSION LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT BUMPD LEFT LOWER ARM AGAINST A DRESSER SUSTAINED A SKIN TEAR TO LOWE R ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2009	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CEDAR CHEST LID FELL ON ARM AT HOME. DX ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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