Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,082
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Date: 12/17/2006	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
PT COMING OUT OIF THE SHOWER AND FELL FRACTURED LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2006	Age: 68 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 FRACTURED FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2006	Age: 65 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 FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2006	Age: 89 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
89 YOM FELL IN SHOWER YESTERDAY, UNCONTROLLED BLEEDING LAC TO R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2006	Age: 94 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT AT HOME IN BEDROOM,LOST BALANCE,FELL LANDING ON EDGE OF TUB,HIT LEFT ARM,NLOC, DX CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2006	Age: 69 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
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER STRIKING RIGHT LOWER ARM ABRASION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2006	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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
TWISTED ARM BETWEEN BATHTUB & CABINET RADIUS & ULNA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2006	Age: 81 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
FELL IN TUB LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2006	Age: 58 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
PATIENT CUT LT FOREARM ON SOAP DISH IN BATHROOM. DX - FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2006	Age: 65 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, Liquid drugs
PT FELL IN SHOWER AFTER LOSING BALANCE S/P TAKING EYE DROPS FOR CATARAC TS. FELL ONTO ARM YEST. DRANK ETOH YEST. D:ULNA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT. FELL IN SHOWER LAST SUNDAY, STILL HAVING R ARM PAIN. DX. HEMATOMA R FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL ON A HIGH RISE BATHTUB RADIUS DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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 C/O FELL IN BATHTUB YESTERDAY W/ BRUISING TO ARM AND BACK, NO HAVING NUMBNESS TO L SIDE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/03/2006	Age: 73 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, Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT WAS GETTING OUT OF HER SHOWER AND SLIPPED STRIKING RIGHT LOWER ARM A GAINST THE SHOWER ENCLOSURE LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2006	Age: 56 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 WAS GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB SLIPPED AND FELL CONTUSION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2006	Age: 53 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 IN SHOWER AT HOME INJURING FOREARM. DX: CONTUSION FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2006	Age: 72 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
DX RIGHT RADIUS FRACTURE: SLIPPED IN BATHTUB AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2006	Age: 58 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 AND INJURED ARM TODAY AT HOME DX// CONTUSION RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2006	Age: 54 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
PATIENT FELL IN THE SHOWER AT HOME, CUTTING RIGHT FOREARM. DX-LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM 8CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2006	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: Bathtubs or showers
RIGHT FOREARM ABR PT FELL IN SHOWER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2006	Age: 56 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
56 YO SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING WRIST ON BATHTUB CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2006	Age: 86 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
PT X RT PROXIMAL RADIUS FX - PT FELL WHILE IN NTHE BATHTUB AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2006	Age: 71 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 SHOWER FX ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2006	Age: 78 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 IN TUB. DX. R WRIST, DISTAL RADIAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	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 ON BATHTUB DX: CONTUSION LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2006	Age: 58 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 EXITING BATHTUB, FELL ONTO RT SHOULDER, FX RT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2006	Age: 52 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
BATHING GRANDCHILD AND KNEELING ALONG THE TUB AND WHEN GETTING UP SLIPP ED AND STRUCK ARM AGAINST TUB CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2006	Age: 84 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 TUB; LAC ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2006	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
FELL IN SHOWER/FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2006	Age: 59 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
MULT CONT & ABRAS L FOREARM,R FOOT & LOW BACK/59YOF FELL AT HOME WHILE GETTING INTO HER BATHTUB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2006	Age: 63 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
PT FELL OUT OF TUB YESTERDAY. DX: L ARM ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2006	Age: 80 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 THE SHOWER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM AND IT GOT INFECTED CAME TO THE ED FOR CELLULITIS TX OF INFECTED FOREARM WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Fans
AT COMFORT INN AND IN BATHTUB AND CEILING FAN WITH LIGHT FELL FROM CEIL ING CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	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
55 YO FEMALE BANGED ARM ON SHOWER - ETOH CONTUSION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2006	Age: 57 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/FOREARM CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN SHOWER. DX: R FOREARM CONT/HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2006	Age: 71 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, Telephones or telephone accessories
PTS TELEPHONE WAS RINGING WHEN HE WAS IN THE SHOWER HE GOT OUT OF THE S HOWER TO ANSWER IT AND SLIPPED FRACTURED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2006	Age: 97 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
SLIPPED FELL IN BATHTUB ABRASIONS RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2006	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 GETTING OUT OF SHOWER; LAC ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2006	Age: 92 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
PT HIT LT WRIST ON BATHTUB DX: FX RT RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
79 YO FEMALE CUT ARM ON METAL SHOWER DOOR THIS MORNING AT CASINO LACERATION LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2006	Age: 99 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SKIN TEARS TO BOTH UPPER EXTREMITIES - FELL IN SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Alcohol
PT FELL IN SHOWER 4 DAYS AGO AT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, SKIN TEARS OT ED TO ARMS AND HEAD, + ETOH DX: ETOH ABUSE, DEHYDRATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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