Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Lower Arm

Back to NEISS Data Home, Hospital Data.

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,354
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/15/2003	Age: 76 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: Bathtubs or showers
FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER DX: ABRASION RT. FOREARM, CONTUSION RTH SHOULDER & BIL KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RT FOREARM SKIN AVULSION.PT WAS GETTING OUT OF THE TUB AND INJURED FORE ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL DOWN IN TUB AND SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO LT ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT "I FELL IN THE SHOWER" - SUSTAINED INJURY TO LT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER - FRACTURE DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT DX CONTUSION TO LT ARM - S/P SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE WASHING BATHTUB AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED - FELL OUTSTRETCHED GETTING IN SHOWER FRACTURE RIGHT DISTAL RADIUS ULNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT. BENT OVER TO PICK SOMETHING UP IN THE SHOWER / FELL DX: FOREARM FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE BATHTUB AT HOME FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER AND FX ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL IN THE BATHTUB. DX-RADIUS/ULNA FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2003	Age: 55 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: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN SHOWER AT HOME NO LOC FX LOWER R ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER; LAC ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT.INJ.RTF.FOREARM AT HOME WHEN FELL WHILE IN SHOWER. DX; F.X. RT.DISTA L RADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 51 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE BATHTUB THIS MORNING. DX LEFT RADIUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER INJURIJNG FOREARM DX: CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 63 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: Bathtubs or showers
63 YO F SLIPPED IN TUB WHILE CLEANING LANDING ON LOWER ARM FX RADIUS CLOSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2003	Age: 60 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: Bathtubs or showers
LEFT FOREARM CONTUSION.PT FELL IN THE BATHTUB AND INJURED FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RIGHT ARM NUMBNESS. PT'S ARM BECAME NUMB WHEN PT WAS TAKING A SHOWER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/30/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT.INJ.L.WRIST/FOREARM AT HOME WHEN GETTING OUT OF TUB & FELL. DX; L.DI STAL F.X.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN SHOWER HITTING FOREARM C/O PAIN DX: CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN SHOWER INJURING FOREARM DX; CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
BITE INSECT ARM - 79 YOF C/O TICK BITE TO LEFT FOREARM, SITE IS RED, NO SWELLING OR FEVER, NOTICED WHILE TAKING SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FX RADIUS/ULNA; FELL IN SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AT HOME FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN SHOWER HITTING FOREARM ON BATHRUB DX: CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
51 Y/O B/M BRUISED LOWER ARM WHEN FELL IN TUB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2003	Age: 85 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: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER DX: CONTUSION RT. LOWER ARM W/ ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
51 YO FEMALE WAS TAKING A SHOWER AND GOT DIZZY AND FELL TO FLOOR CONTUSION ARM - PANIC ATTACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LEFT ARM STR. PT FELL WHEN TAKING A SHOWER INJURING ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2003	Age: 53 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN SHOWER INJURING FOREARM C/O PAIN DX CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2003	Age: 94 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: Bathtubs or showers
94 YOM CAUGHT ARM ON BATHTUB LACERATION L FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2003	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: Bathtubs or showers, Faucets or spigots
SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB AT HOME AND HIT HER FOREARM ON THE TUB FAUCET. DX LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Back to the top

Hospital-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk. This data has been compiled from multiple government and commercial sources. Additional information about prescription drugs is coming up.