Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 767
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER. DX. L BUTTOCKS AND POSTERIOR THIGHT CONTUSI ON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2003	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER. DX: COMMINUTED DISTAL FEMUR FX, DEHYDRATION, ANEMIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LEFT THIGH STRAIN.PT FELL OUT OF TUB AND INJURED THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN THE SHOWER 2 DAYS AGO, C/O TWISTING HER LEFT LEG. DISLOCATION OF LT LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2003	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RT SUBCAPITAL FEMUR FRACTURE, SLIPPED WHILE TRYING TO GET OUT OF BATHTUB AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/17/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SUST HEMATOMA TO THIGH FELL IN TUB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/08/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
HEARD POP WHEN SAT PT DOWN ON SHOWER CHAIR W/SEVERE PAIN DX: FX L FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/15/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT FELL GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB. DX-FRACTURE LEFT DISTAL FEMUR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/12/2003	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
PT. SLIPPED ON A MAT IN BATHROOM ,LANDING ON LINOLEUM FLOOR. C/O RT. HI P PAIN. LIVES WITH ELDERLY SISTER. DX. FX. LT FEMORAL NECK.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RT FEMUR FX-@ HOME-BEING HOISTED INTO BATHTUB W/ HOIST-FELL-HIT TUB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN THE SHOWER DX: THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT GETTING OUT OF THE BATHTUB AT HOME FELL STRIKING RIGHT UPPER LEG AGA INST THE SIDE OF THE TUB FRACTURED FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/21/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATHTUB AND FX UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN BATHTUB AND FELL BACKWARDS. FRACTURE TO DISTAL FEMUR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
STEPPING OUT OF SHOWER - FELL LEFT UPPER LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER AT HOME, FX RT UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/11/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL WHILE BATHING IN TUB FEMORAL FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/03/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
85 YO M L KNEE GAVE WAY WHILE IN SHOWER. DX L FEMOR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/22/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF TUB AND FX UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
82 YO MALE FELL IN BATHTUB LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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