Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,143
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Date: 12/20/2007	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
L ARM;BOTH BONES FX/64YOF WHILE AT SISTERS HOUSE FELL OUT OF BATHTUB TH IS MORNING AND INJURED ARM. HAPPENED THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2007	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
88YMC SLIPPED IN SHOWER CUTTING LOWER ARM ON SHOWER BAR AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2007	Age: 84 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 GETTING OUT OF TUB DX: ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2007	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 GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING RIGHT LOWER ARM LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2007	Age: 85 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 STATES FELL ON ARM WHILE IN THE SHOWER DX RT LOWER ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2007	Age: 80 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
SLIP & FALL IN SHOWER, DX; ARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2007	Age: 90 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 HIT HEAD ON BATHTUB AND FELL. DX: DISTAL RADIUS/ULNA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2007	Age: 57 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 WAS TAKING A SHOWER AND CUT HIS FOREARM ON THE SOAP DISH. DX-V SHAPED LACERATION TO THE FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2007	Age: 80 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
80YOM WAS IN BATHTUB,SLIPPED STRIKING LEFT ARM ON BATHTUB; FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2007	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
LEFT FOREARM CONTUSION.PT WAS IN SHOWER AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2007	Age: 54 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
FELL IN SHOWER, L FA PAIN DX; FA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2007	Age: 54 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
54 YO FEMALE FELL IN TUB AND LANDED ON LEFT ARM CONTUSIION ARM
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/22/2007	Age: 72 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 OUT OF THE BATHTUB AND FRACTURED FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2007	Age: 53 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
FELL GETTING OUT OF BATH TUB FX RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2007	Age: 66 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 AND FRACTURED RIGHT RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2007	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
PT FELL IN THE BATHROOM HITTING ARM ON EDGE OF TUB, SKIN LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2007	Age: 56 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: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL ON SHOWER,C/O L ARM PAIN DX L DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 51 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
SLIP IN TUB DX: NECK SPRAIN, ARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 66 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
FOREARM LAC-CUT ON CERAMIC SOAP DISH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2007	Age: 78 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: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER. HIT NOSE, FOREHEAD, WRSIT AN D ELBOW. NO LOC. D:ULNA AND RADIAL HEAD FXS, CONTUSIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2007	Age: 51 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 IN SHOWER/FOREARM CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2007	Age: 52 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
52 YO M CONTUSION TO FOREARM FELL IN SHOWER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2007	Age: 60 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, Toilets
PT SLIPPED AND FELL IN BATHTUB AND JAMMED WRIST INTO TOILET. D: DISTAL RADIUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2007	Age: 74 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 THE TUB, FELL BACKWARDS HITTING RIGHT FOREARM ON EDGE OF TUB DX: LACERATION TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2007	Age: 73 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
GETTING OUT OF SHOWER, FELL ON OUTSTRETCHED HAND DX DISTAL RADIUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2007	Age: 62 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
FALLING IN BATHROOM TRYING TO BREAK FALL NONDISPLACED FRACTURE RIGHT DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2007	Age: 75 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, Nonglass bottles or jars
HIT WALL TRYING TO CATCH FALLING BOTTLE IN SHOWER FX L RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2007	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, Floors or flooring materials
PT GOT OUT OF SHOWER WENT TO GET WALKER LOST BALANCE AND FELL ONTO FLOOR INJURING ARM AT HOME, DX: LACERATON LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	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: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER FX RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2007	Age: 82 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
PT FELL BACKWARDS ON TO HER BATHTUB AND STRUCK HER FOREARM ON THE FAUCE T CAUSING A LACERATION. DX: RT FOREARM LACERATION, PNEUMONIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/06/2007	Age: 56 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
PT FELL IN SHOWER 1 WEEK AGO,C/O L WRIST PAIN DX NONDISPLACED FRACTURE OF L DISTAL RADIUS & ULNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2007	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
RADIUS FX-FELL IN BATHROOM HITTING BATHTUB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2007	Age: 93 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
RT FOREARM LACERATION.PT RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME AND FELL IN SHOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2007	Age: 93 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
LAC TO L ARM IN SHOWER DX: L FA LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	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
PT FELL AT 1050, HIT BACK OF HEAD ON BATHTUB AT NH. DX. CONT CHEST, SK IN TEAR L FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB FRACTURED ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2007	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
53 YO WF FELL GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER AT HOME FX LT DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2007	Age: 82 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, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
SKIN TEAR R FOREARM & 1/4 INCH LAC TOP OF HEAD; GOT OUT OF SHOWER, TRI PPED & FELL INTO DRESSER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2007	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 SLIPPED IN TH SHOWER LANDING ONTO RIGHT LOWER ARM FX FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2007	Age: 74 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 INJURED AT HOME FELL IN SHOWER AND REC FOREARM INJURY DX: PAIN TO FO REARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2007	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
FOREARM CT-FELL ONTO EDGE OF SHOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2007	Age: 63 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&FELL IN THE SHOWER " RADIUS FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2007	Age: 88 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN WATER IN BATHTUB AND FELL AND STRUCK EDGE OF TUB FOREARM CON TUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2007	Age: 74 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, Sinks
LOST BALANCE GETTING FEET OUT OF SINK, FELL IN TUB, HURT ARM DX RADIUS FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/03/2007	Age: 87 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 ON LT WRIST GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB FX LT DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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