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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,283
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| FX ANKLE- FELL SHOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT SLIPPED WHLE GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER AND STRAINED ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2008 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT FELL GETTING INTO THE SHOWER AND FRACTURED ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/11/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| DX R ANK NAVICULAR AVULSION FX: YTDY FELL IN SHOWER BYPER PLANTAR FLEX'G & INVERT'G L ANK/FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2008 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS AT HOME, FELL IN THE BATH TUB CAUSING A FX TO RT ANKLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/02/2008 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT STATES TRIPPED AND IN THE SHOWER DX RT ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT DX LT ANKLE SPRAIN - S/P SLIPPED IN BATHTUB AND FELL AT HOME TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| C/O ANKLE PAIN&SWELLING S/P MECHANICAL FALL WHILE TRYING TO REACH SHOWE R HEAD>>SPRAIN/CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS AT HOME FELL IN THE SHOWER CAUSING A STRAIN TO LT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2008 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| RT ANKLE SPRAIN.P.T FELL BACKWARDS INTO A TUB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| C/O ANKLE PAIN&SWELLING S/P SLIPPED&FELL IN THE SHOWER THIS MORNING >> SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER, DX; FX ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/20/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| LEFT ANKLE INJURY FROM INVERTING LEFT ANKLE AND FALLING IN TUB. DX-LEFT ANKLE BI-MALLEOLAR FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| ANKLE FX GETTING OUT OF TUB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/16/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT FELL IN SHOWER LAST PM C/O ANKLE PAIN/SWELLING.UNABLE TO PUT ANY WEI GHT ON IT, CRAWLING AROUND AT HOME.DX: ANKLE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT FELL IN THE SHOWER. DX: L TRIMALLEOLAR FX/DISLOCATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/07/2008 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| SPRAIM RT.ANKLE.PT.WAS BOUGHT TO THE ER,DUE TO A FALL ON SHOWERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2008 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| FELL IN TUB ANKLE FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/25/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT SLIPPED IN SHOWER, LEFT ANKLE FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| FELL IN SHOWER, HURT ANKLE. DX ANKLE FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WITH FRACTURED ANKLE WHILE GETTING OUT OF SHOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT STEPPED OUT OF SHOWER AND INVERTED ANKLE. D: ANKLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL GETTING OUT OF TUB TO FLOOR DX: ANKLE FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| FELL INTHE BATHROOM WHILE BATHING SELF, FELL LANDING ONTO EVERTED ANKLE >> FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| FELL IN SHOWER HURT ANKLE. DX ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN.PT TWISTED ANKLE WHILE GETTING OUT OF A BATHTUB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AT HOME AND FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/29/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| SYNCOPE; BIMALLEOLAR FX LT ANKLE: FELL IN SHOWER WHEN SHE PASSED OUT, LT ANKLE, BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF TUB ANKLE SPRAIN # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL IN THE SHOWER AND FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| FELL SHOWER/ FX ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2008 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| WAS IN SHOWER WHEN (L) ANKLE GAVE OUT DX- ANKLE FX TRANSFERED TO ORTH O CLINIC |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/07/2008 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| FELL IN SHOWER AT NURSING HOME. DX ANKLE FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2008 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT SLIPPED FELL IN TUB AT HOME SPRAINED L ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT WAS IN THE SHOWER, NOTICED SHE HAD A SCAB ON HER LEFT INNER ANKLE, SCRATCHED IT, IT STARTED OOZING. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND-ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AND FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/18/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| STEPPED OUT OF SHOWER AND INVERTED ANKLE AND FX IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| SLIPPED IN THE TUB,TURNED LEFT ANKLE ANKLE SPRAIN * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL IN THE BATHTUB YESTERDAY AND SUSTAINED A RIGHT ANK LE INJURY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/13/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| SLIP AND FELL IN BATHTOP, RIGHT ANKLE CONTUSION, RIGHT SIE OF HEAD, ACUTE ANKLE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| RT ANKLE SPRAIN.PT FELL IN BATHTUB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2008 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| FELL IN SHOWER STRAIN RIGHT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| ANKLE STR. PT TWISTED ANKLE GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| SLIPPED GETTING IN SHOWER AT NURSING HOME. DX ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2008 | Age: 95 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL IN THE SHOWER TO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME AND FRACTURED A NKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/09/2008 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| FELL IN TUB/ANKLE DISLOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2008 | Age: 97 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| FELL 2 DAYS AGO WHILE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE TUB INJURING HER LT ANKLE. FX LEFT ANKLE* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/06/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| 64 YO SLIPPED IN SHOWER INJURED ANKLE FX ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| RT ANKLE FX.PT FELL WHILE GETTING INTO A SHOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT DX LT ANKLE SPRAIN - PT REPORTS FELL IN BATHTUB TODAY AND C/O ANKLE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2008 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO ANKLE AND CONTUSION TO HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| AT 6:30 AM, PT WAS TAKING SHOWER, R ANKLE SLIPPED UNDERNEATH HER AT HOM E. DX. TRIMALLEOLAR FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/07/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| RT ANKLE SPRAIN.PT FELL IN THE SHOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| TRAUMA LT.ANKLE.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN(SLIP)ON SHOWERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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