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Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Knee

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,271
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Date: 12/29/2002Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATHTUB THIS AM, HS OF PAIN L KNEE. DX. SPRAIN, CONT L KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/23/2002Age: 91 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT STEPPED OUT OF THE SHOWER AND FELL ON THE FLOOR. DX-RIGHT KNEE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2002Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RT KNEE SPRAIN-TWISTED KNEE-IN THE SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/17/2002Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL ON FLOOR GETTING OUT OF TUB DX: CONTUSION RT. KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
KNEE PAIN. PT FELL IN BATHTUB INJURING KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIP GETTING OUT OF TUB CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2002Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT DX CONTUSION LT KNEE - S/P FALL WHILE GETTING OUT OF BATH YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2002Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT FELL IN THE BATHTUB. DX-CONTUSION KNEE, TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
53 YO FEMALE HIT LEFT KNEE 5 DAYS AGO ON TUB FRACTURE LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
KNEE CONTUSION- SLIPPED IN THE BATHTUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
CONTUS KNEE & HEAD & CERVICAL STTAIN; FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2002Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LT KNEE SWOLLEN. LEG BENT BACKWARDS WHILE PT IN BATH THIS AM. DX; RT KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2002Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT INJURED KNEE JUMPING DOWN FROM HIGH VAN SEAT 1 WEEK AGO. TODAY LEG GAVE OUT IN SHOWER. D: KNEE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2002Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
76 YOM FELL IN BATH TUB SPRAIN KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2002Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SUST. INJURY TO KNEE IN SHOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN BATHTUB HITTING RT KNEE, CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2002Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
80 YOF BECAME WEAK AND FELL IN BATHTUB; PULLED HERSELF OUT OF TUB AND W AS FOUND ON FLOOR BY DAUGHTER; CONTUSION OF BOTH KNEES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2002Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
55 YO FEMALE SLIPPED IN SHOWER AND TWISTED BACK THIS MORNING RIGHT KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RIGHT KNEE CONT. PT TRIPPED AND FELL IN SHOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2002Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO BOTH KNEES AFTER FALLING IN THE BATHTUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
KNEE INJURY. PT FELL IN SHOWER INJURING KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2002Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN THE BATHTUB 2 DAYS AGO, STRAINED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2002Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
57 YO FEMALE SLIPPED IN TUB AT CASINO STRAIN KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2002Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LIFTED LEG OVER BATHTUB RIGHT KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2002Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT WITH KNEE PAIN SINCE SLIP AND FALL IN SHOWER ON FRIDAY. D: BILATERAL KNEE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2002Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN BATHTUB KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2002Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
STRAINED KNEE WHEN FELL IN TUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2002Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PAIN LT KNEE. SLIPPED IN BATHTUB APX 1 WK AGO. LAST NIGHT KNELT TO WASH CAR. NOW PAIN. DX; CONT LT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
CONTUSION (R) KNEE, VIA EMS, PT STS GETTING OUT OF THE BATHTUB, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER DX. KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT TRIPPED OUT OF SHOWER AND FELT KNEE PAIN DX: LT KNEE ST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2002Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER, ACUTE L KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2002Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RT PATELLA FRACTURE,RT 5TH FINGER LACERATION.PT FELL IN THE TUB AND INJ URED KNEE AND FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/04/2002Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT.C/O LT.KNEE AND LT.ELBOW PAIN SUSTAIN WHEN GETTING OUT OF BATHTUBDX- BILAL KNEE SPRAIN/ LT.ELBOW SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2002Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Telephones or telephone accessories
SLIPPED COMING OUT OF THE SHOWER GOING TO ANSWER A PHONE. FELL ON L KN EE AND FOREARM. DX. SPRAIN L KNEE, HEMATOMA FA, KNEE FOOT, CONT R/L KN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2002Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT. HAD A BELOW THE KNEE AMPUTATION LAST MONTH. FELL IN THE SHOWER RESU LTING IN A BELOW THE KNEE AMPUTATION WOUND OPENING- LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/28/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER AT HOME STRAINED RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2002Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER AT HOME, STRAINED RT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN THE SHOWERDX: KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2002Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN BATHROOM HITTING KNEE ON BATHTUBDX; CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2002Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
CONTUSION KNEE - VICTIM FELL ONTO HER LEFT KNEE WHEN SHE WAS GETTING OU T OF HER BATHTUB - SHE HAS HUGE SOFT TISSUE SWELLING IN THE WHOLE AREA
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 04/26/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
CUT KNEE IN SHOWERDX: KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER STRAINED LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2002Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED & FELL ON FLOOR GETTING OUT OF SHOWER DX: CONTUSION BIL. KNEES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER AT HOME STRAINED LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2002Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LT KNEE STRAIN-@ HOME-FELL ON SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2002Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RT ARM AND KNEE HURTS. INJURED GETTING IN SHOWER. DX; SPRAIN RT KNEE/ STRAIN RT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2002Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER AND STRUCK KNEE CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN SHOWER KNEE AND BACK PAIN DX CONTUSIONS POST FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
TRAUMA (R) KNEE, PT GETTING OUT OF THE BATHTUB & SUST INJURY, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2002Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL AND HIT LEG ON BATH TUB CONTUSING KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RT KNEE CONTUSION- FELL IN THE BATHTUB @ HOME INJURED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2002Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LT KNEE SPRAIN-SLIPPED & FELL IN BATHTUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
52 Y.O. B FEMALE W/BILATERAL KNEE STRAINS. PT SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER @ H OME. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2002Age: 94 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LEFT KNEE CONTUSION, SYNCOPE-PT FELL IN BATHTUB @ HOME HAD A SYNCOPAL E PISODE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/04/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
BLIND WOMAN HIT BOTH KNEE IN BATHTUB WHILE BATHING CONTUSING THEM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2002Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT HAD A NONSYNCOPAL FALL IN THE SHOWER AT HOME LACERATION LEFT KN EE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2002Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER TWISTING KNEE STRAINING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2002Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AT HOME STRAINED LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT, WHO FELL IN SHOWER 4 MONTHS AGO, HAS KNEE PAIN AFTER SITTING ON LEGS AND HAND. D: KNEE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PAIN RT KNEE SECONDARY TO TRAUMA R/O FX, HIT KNEE ON BATHTUB 4 DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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