Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,125
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Date: 12/15/2005	Age: 62 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
SLIPPED / FELL IN THE SHOWER DX: L FOREARM LAC. / L ELBOW & L BUTTOCK LACS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2005	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER 2 DAYS AGO HITTING FOREARM, SITE INFECTED, CELLULITIS LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/01/2005	Age: 79 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 WAS IN THE BATHTUB AT HOME AND FELL STRIKING RIGHT LOWER ARM LACERAT ION ARM ON COUMADIN UNABLE TO STOP THE BLEEDING COUMADIN TOXICITY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2005	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
PATIENT FELL IN THE SHOWER,HIT HEAD ON BATHTUB AT HOME. DX-FRACTURE LEST DISTAL RADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FX L FOREARM, VIA EMS, PT FELL IN THE BATHTUB, C/O PAIN, SWELLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2005	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: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN BATHTUB. DX: FX R DISTAL RADIUS/ULNA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2005	Age: 52 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 BATHTUB FRACTURE RIGHT DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2005	Age: 80 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: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL AND SLIPPED BACKWARDS IN TUB, INJURED ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2005	Age: 69 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
WAS REMOVING A CERAMIC SOAP DISH IN THE BATHROOM; DISH BROKE AND CUT R LEFT FOREARM. LACERATION, LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2005	Age: 53 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 GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER AND SLIPPED AND FELL FRACTURED LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2005	Age: 70 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
SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF HER BATHTUB FRACTURE RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2005	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
ARM CT-FELL IN BATHROOM-@ HOOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2005	Age: 55 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: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
CUT F.ARM ON BROKEN SOAP DISH " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2005	Age: 84 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: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Toilets
PT ON TOILET, GOT WEAK AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON SHOWER, NO LOC, C/O AR M PAIN DX: UTI, DEHYDRATION, SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/18/2005	Age: 65 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 C/O FALL. PT FELL IN BATHTUB. DX CONT TO RT FOREARM AND ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	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 LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2005	Age: 83 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: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN BATHTUB GETTING OUT LOWER ARM SKIN TEAR AND CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2005	Age: 51 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
PT INTOXICATED IN THE SHOWER AT HOME AND FELL SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LKEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2005	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL IN SHOWER AT SWIM CLUB. D: SYNCOPE, DISTAL RADIUS/U LNA FXS, AFIB. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/03/2005	Age: 61 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 HOMW FRACTURED LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT FELL GETTING OUT OF THE BATHTUB AT HOME. DX-DISTAL RADIUS/ULNA FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 58 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
HIT ARM IN SHOWER CONTUSION RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 83 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
BATH MAT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER PATIENT DX: RIGHT FOREARM LACERATION, SUTURED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT C/O LT ARM PAIN DUE TO FALL IN BATHROOM AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2005	Age: 86 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: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE FELL INTO THE BATH TUB CAUSING A LACERATION TO HER RT FOREARM, STERNUM, AND A CONTUSION TO HER LT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2005	Age: 77 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. DX: COCCYX CONT, FOREARM SKIN TEAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2005	Age: 76 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 LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL IN THE SHOWER TODAY DX: LEFT ARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2005	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 FROM TUB DX. FOREARM FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2005	Age: 62 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 IN TUB DX. FOREARM FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2005	Age: 64 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
FX R RADIUS & R ROTATOR CUFF TEAR/64YOM FELL OUT OF BATHTUB AT HM TODAY AT 7AM. C/O WRIST AND SHOULDER PAIN. ALSO CUT R LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2005	Age: 64 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
PAIN IN THE LEFT LOWER ARM AFTER FALLING IN THE BATHTUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2005	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN SHOWER IN HOTEL FX RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2005	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
PT HAD A FALL IN THE SHOWER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT FORE ARM ON COUMADIN UNABLE TO STOP BLEEDING- LAC ARM ADMIT- COUMADIN TOXICI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/09/2005	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LT SIDED WEAKNESS WHILE TAKING BATH,UNABLE TO STAND FROM TUB-LT DISTAL ULNA FX/CVA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/01/2005	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
PT FELL IN BATHTUB AND INJURED FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2005	Age: 65 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
SLIPPED, FELL IN SHOWER DX. FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2005	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED ,FELL IN SHOWER-FX RADIUS/ULNA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/25/2005	Age: 84 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
FELL @HOME, HIT L ARM ON BATHTUB, C/O PAIN, DX; SKIN TEAR L ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2005	Age: 86 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, Chairs
PT JUST GOT OUT OF A SHOWER WENT TO SIT IN A CHAIR ANS SLIPPED OUT TO T HE TILE FLOOR FRACTURED RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2005	Age: 58 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
PT DX RT SHOULDER/ARM CONTUSION - SLIPPED AND FELL IN BATHTUB X 1 HR AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2005	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 FELL GETTING OUT OF BATH TUB; FX ARM
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/31/2005	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	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 INJURED ARM WHEN FALLING AGAINST A BATHTUB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2005	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: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN BATHTUB, HAS SMALL LACERATION TO RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2005	Age: 77 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, STRUCK ARM SUSTAINED " LT RADIUS FX"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/29/2005	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 SHOWER; FX ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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