Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,279
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Date: 12/11/2008	Age: 52 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 AT HOME, HAS CONTUSION FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2008	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
FELL IN SHOWER FRACTURE DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2008	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
PATIENT FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE BATHTUB, C/O LT MIDDLE BACK PAIN AND SWELLING TO LT WRIST. DX-RADIUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	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
FX LEFT FOREARM-FELL IN BATHROOM YESTERDAY AND HIT LEFT FOREARM ON TUB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 55 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 DX CONTUSION OF RT ARM - S/P SLIPPED IN BATHTUB AND FELL AT HOME TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2008	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER ONTO OUTSTRETCHED RIGHT ARM FRACTURED FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2008	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATHTUB AT NH DX; FX R RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2008	Age: 84 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, Footwear
SON STATES THAT PT SLIPPED WHEN GETTING OUT OF TUB, BOTTOM OF SHOES SLI CK AND WAS CAUGHT IN MID FALL. DX. FX R ULNAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2008	Age: 81 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
81 YOF SLIPPED AT HOME GETTING OUT OF SHOWER ABRASION LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2008	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
FELL IN SHOWER AT HOME SUST INJ TO L FOREARM DX DISTAL RADIUS FX L FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2008	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
LEFT FOREARM CONTUSION.PT FELL OUT OF THE SHOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2008	Age: 79 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, Bathtub or shower enclosures
LT DISTAL RADIUS COMPRESSION FX: SLIPPED IN SHOWER, HIT WRIST ON SHOWER DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2008	Age: 90 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 GOING TO BR IN EARLY AM. TURNING ON LIGHT LOST BALANCE & HIT HIS AR M ON TUB. CONTUSION R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF SHOWER & FELL OFF HER BATHTUB. PT HAS LARG E SPLIT IN HER SKIN AND A BRUISE AROUND TEAR. HEAMTOMA LUE, SKIN TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2008	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
FELL REACHING IN SHOWER LACERATION LOWER ARM *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2008	Age: 87 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED&FELL HITTING FOREARM AGAINST THE ?SHOWER, NOW WITH PAIN&RASH ON THE FOREARM>> MUSCLE STRAIN/CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 95 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 BATHTUB AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 87 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 SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE WASHING HAIR IN SHOWER & INJURED ARM DX: LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB AT NURSING HOME. DX. FX. RADIUS, PELVIS CON TUSION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	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 ONTO RIGHT ARM FRACTURED ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2008	Age: 89 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, FELL GETTING OUT OF A SHOWER CAUSING A LACERATION TO LT LWR ARM, WITH CONTUSION, AND RT LEG CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2008	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
FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER. DX. HEAD INJURY, RADIAL FX.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Ceilings and walls
PATIENT HAD A SLIP AND FALL IN THE BATHTUB, STRUCK ARM ON SIDE OF WALL C/O RT ARM PAIN & SWELLING. DX-RT FOREARM EXPANDING HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 88 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 FELL IN SHOWER. DX CONT RT ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2008	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
CONTUSION RT FOREARM-SUS INJ TO RT FOREARM AFTER HE FELL IN THE BATHTUB AT THE NURSING HOME YESTERDAY. NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 62 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 IN THE SHOWER. DX. FX. DISTAL RADIUS.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
RIGHT ARM STR. PT WAS COMING OUT OF SHOWER AND GRABBED BAR TO KEEP FROM FALLING TO FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/04/2008	Age: 74 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-FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2008	Age: 91 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
SLIP IN SHOWER DX: LAC ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2008	Age: 88 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, Toilets
FOREARM CT-FELL-WEDGED BETWEEN BATHTUB & TOILET-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/19/2008	Age: 52 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 TUB, L FA PAIN DX; FA CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 83 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 C/O FALL IN BATHTUB. DX FRACT RADIUS ULNA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2008	Age: 67 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
PT FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF A SHOWER AND FRACTURED RIGHT RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2008	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: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
69Y/O,M,FELL IN SHOWER, R ARM FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 83 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: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
83 YO M LACERATION TO FOREARM WHILE WASHING HIS LEG IN THE SHOWER SITTING ON THE BENCH AND SLIPPED OFF HITTING FOREARM*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 70 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
FX OF DISTAL RADIUS, FELL IN SHOWER THIS AM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT DX FOREARM LACERATION - DUE TO FALL IN SHOWER AT HOME TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2008	Age: 83 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
R HUMERUS FX. PT FELL. IN THE BATHROOM. R ARM PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2008	Age: 62 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 AND ULNA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/21/2008	Age: 77 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
PT FELL IN BATHTUB, MULTIPLE BRUISES TO EXTREMITIES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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 AND LACERATED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 52 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, Floors or flooring materials
52YOM WAS HOME SLIPPED ON THE WET FLOOR,HIT HAND OFF BATHTUB; FOREARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2008	Age: 78 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
78 YO SLIPPED FELL IN TUB CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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