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

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Date: 12/12/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT FELL IN THE SHOWER AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER LEG
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 12/02/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Wheelchairs
FELL MOVING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO SHOWER AT NH/LOWER LEG FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LOWER LEG CT-HIT EDGE OF BATHTUB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIETN C/O TRAUMATIC ANKLE PAIN WHILE IN SHOWER AT HOME. DX-FRACTURE DISTAL FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB AND FOOT CAUGHT AND PATIENT FELL CONTUSIONS LOWE R LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB DX: FX RT FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
AMPUTATION STUMP COMPLICATION-HIT LOWER LEG STUMP ON BATHTUB-STARTED BL EEDING-@ NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT DX LT LEG LACERATION - SLIPPED AND FELL GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT AT THE NURSING HOME AND FELL IN THE SHOWER SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN BATH TUB C/O OF LEG PAIN DX: LEFT LEG FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
60 YO FEMALE FELL IN SHOWER TODAY LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/30/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER,LLE SWOLLEN & RED FROM KNEE TO ANKLE DX LEFT TIBIA PLATEAU, LEFT FIB HEAD FRACTURE & DM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/26/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
TIB/ FIB FX-FELL IN SHOWER-@ HOTEL
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 10/22/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Crutches, canes or walkers
PT BECAME DIZZY, LOST BALANCE WHILE HOLDING WALKER, FELL INTO BATHTUB H ITTING SIDE. LEG/ARM/HAND/ANKLE PAIN. D: POLYARTHRITIS, ELEVATED BM.ADM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/15/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FIBULA FX-TWISTED FOOT WHILE GETTING OUT OF SHOWER--@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/11/2006	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT INJURED GETTING OUT OF SHOWER; LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL OUT OF BATH TUB CONTUSION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LOWER LEG STR. PT STRAINED LEG WHEN SLIPPING IN SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER AND FELL STRIKING LEFT LOWER LEG ON THE MA RBLE EDGE OF THE SHOWER LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Hot water
PT. TOOK A HOT BATH THIS AFTERNOON AND WAS WASHING HIS L LEG AND PART O F HIS SKIN CAME OFF. DX. ABRA L LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FRACTURE TIB/FIB - 61 YOF SLIPPED AND FELL IN BATHTUB AT MENTAL HEALTH INPATIENT FACILITY SUSTAINING A FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/09/2006	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 Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
CONTUSION RT LEG - SLIPPED ON BATH MAT, STRUCK LEG ON EDGE OF BATHTUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FRACTURES TIBIA AFTER SITTING ON LEG IN BATHTUB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SHIN LAC-CUT ON A BRACKET IN SHOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATHTUB DX EXTENSIVVE BLOOD LOSS SECONDARY LLE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/14/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RT TIBIA FRACTURE.PT FELL IN BATHTUB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2006	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT GOT OUT OF SHOWER AND LEG WAS BLEEDING. DX: L LEG VERICOSE VEIN BLEED, POORLY CONTROLLED HTN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN TUB/LOWER LEG CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER. DX: AVULSION FX R TIBIAL SPINE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/02/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LOWER LEG LAC-FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF SHOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
76 YO FEMALE HAS LEFT LEG BLEED IN SHOWER BLEEDING VARICOSE VEIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
64 YOF FELL IN TUB THIS MORNING CAUSING CONTUSION TO LEFT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT TRIPPED AND HIT LEG ON BATHTUB 3 WK AGO. DX: L LEG HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	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 Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Alcohol
PT WAS DRINKING ETOH IN TUB WHEN STOOD UP AND HAD FALL. SEEN FIRST AT O UTSIDE CLINIC. D: TIB-FIB FX, DM. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/29/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT BUMPED RIGHT LOWER LEG IN THE SHOWER SUSTAINED A SKIN TEAR TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT LAC LT LOWER LEG ON METAL DOOR OF SHOWER, LAC LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL IN BATHTUB. DX: HEMATOMA R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER. SLIPPED. D: COMM. PROX. TIB-FIB FX. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/26/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN TUB/LOWER LEG ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF TUB DX R TIBIAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
TODAY WAS GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER, SLIPPED AND FELL, C/O RIGHT KNEE PAIN. RIGHT TIBIA FRACTURE.#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Cosmetics
AFTER SHOWERING PT PUTTING ON LOTION AND NOTICE R BACK OPF CALF VERICOS E VEIN BLEEDING DX: BLEEDING VARICOSITY R CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Runners, throw rugs or doormats
PT TRIPPED ON THE BATHROOM RUG STRIKING LOWER LEG AGAINST THE SIDE OF T HE TUB ABRASION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
NOTICED LEG BLEEDING WHILE TAKING SHOWER AT HOME VARICES HEMORRHAGE LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL GETTING INTO SHOWER @ HOME DX HEMATOMA L LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER STRIKING LEFT LOWER LEG SUSTAINED AN AVULSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN BATHTUB 2 WEEKS AGO. STILL COMPLAINING OF ANKLE PAIN. D: FIB ULA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT, WHO HAS BEEN SEEN BEFORE FOR INJURY TO LEG, BUMPED LEG WHEN GETTING OUT OF SHOWER. "SQUIRTING BLOOD STEADILY 2-3 FT. D: WOUND CHECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER, INJURED LEG FIBULA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2006	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 Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LEG CONTUSION: FELL GETTING IN BATHTUB, LT FOOT TURNED, LOST BALANCE, RT LOWER LEG/KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
54 YOF FRACTURES TIBIA GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB AND FALLING TO FLOOR AT H OME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER AT HOME STRIKING RIGHT LOWER LEG ON THE METAL RIM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2006	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 Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
BUMPED LEG ON THE SHOWER " LAC/SKIN TEAR"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB AND TWISTED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
AVULSION FX LEFT TIBIA-TWISTED LEFT ANKLE WHILE COMING OUT OF THE BATHT UB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LEFT LEG NUMBNESS. PT WAS IN SHOWER WHEN LEG WENT NUMB AND HE FELL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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