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

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,742
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Date: 12/26/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Tablet or capsule drugs
ON *** FOR PE, YESTERDAY SLIPPED&FELL IN THE SHOWER DIDN'T HIT HEAD, TO DAY C/O SHOULDER PAIN WITH ALTERED MENTAL STATUS>>HUMRUS FX/AMS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/22/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT TURNED TOO FAST IN SHOWER AND FELL, FX UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
56 YOF FELL IN SHOWER AND CAN'T MOVE ARM HUMERAL HEAD FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATHTUB. DX. HEAD INJURY, FX. HUMERUS, HYPERTENSION.*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/25/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER LANDING ONTO SHOULDER FRACTURED UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FX ARM IN TUB
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: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Stairs or steps
PATIENT WAS SHOWERING, CARPET GOT WET, WENT UP SOME STAIRS TO TAKE IT OUTSIDE, SLIPPED AND FELL. DX-LT HUMERAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL BACKWARDS INTO BATHTUB 2 DAYS PRIOR FRACTURE HUMERUS, MULT RIB FX'S, COMPRESSION FX T-10
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 10/15/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
65 Y/O FELL MONTHE AGO REINJURED ARM TODAY AFTER GETTING STUCK IN BATHTUB AT HOME. DX-STRAIN LEFT UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
68 YO SLIPPED IN BATHTUB INJURED ARMFX HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
85 YO SLIPPE FELL STRUCK ARM ON BATHTUB CONTUSION UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED AND FELL IN SHOWER/ FX LT HUMERAL HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT DX OLD FX OF DISTAL HUMERUS - S/P PT S;IPPED IN SHOWER AND FELL ON OUTSTRETCHED HAND AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL ABOUT AA WEEK AGO GOT OUT OF THE SHOWER HURTING LEFT SHOULDER HUME RUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN SHOWER,C/O RT SHOULDER PAIN. FX RT HUMERUS, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
UPPER ARM STRAIN-FELL FROM SHOWER CHAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS AT HOME GETTING OUT OF A BATHTUB, FELL CAUISNG A FX OT LT UPPER ARM (HUMERUS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL STRUCK SHOULDER AGAINST THE BATHTUB AT HOME AND FRACTURED UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT HIT ARM ON SHOWER 2 DAYS AGO; IN SEVERE PAIN. PT UNDER HOSPICAL CARE FRACTURE LEFT HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/25/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL BACKWARDS IN SHOWER WHILE HAVING SEIZURE; R HUMERAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/20/2008	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Toilets
FELL IN BATHROOM BETWEEN TUB AND TOILET C/O PAIN TO (R) SHOULDER DX- HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/13/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL ON TUB DX: HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER FX UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL IN BATHTUB. DX: L HUMERUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Doors
PT SLIPPED IN SHOWER GRABBED DOOR AND CUT ARM DX/ LEFT UPPER ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
AT HOME PT SLIPPED IN WATER GETTING OUT OF SHOWER 3WKS AGO,C/O R FOREARM PAIN, DX PROXIMAL HUMERUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/09/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF TUB. DX: L HUMERUS FX, RENAL INSUFF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER YESTERDAY, L ARM PAIN DX; ARM CONTUSION, SEPSIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/30/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RT HUMERUS FX.PT FELL OUT OF A BATHTUB AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER. DX: HYPERKALEMIA, DEHYDRATION, L PROX HUMERUS FX, R PATELLAR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/12/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN SHOWER LANDING ON RT SHOULDER, FX UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATHTUB AT HOME FX RT HUMERUS *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
WHILE TAKING A SHOWER, DEVELOPED SUDDENLY CHANGE IN SENSATION TO LEFT U PPER EXTERMITY&LEFT FACE FOLLOWED BY WEAKNESS>> WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/02/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
ARM PAIN AFTER REACHING IN SHOWER DX: STRAIN ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT HAD A FALL IN THE BATHTUB, LACERATION TO RIGHT UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT IN THE SHOWER AND FELL STRIKING RIGHT SHOULDER FRACTURED UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER LANDING ONTO RIGHT SHOULDER FRACTURED UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT WAS IN THE SHOWER, SLIPPED, PUT HER ARM BACK TO KEEP HER FROM FALLING INJURING HER SHOULDER. DX-LEFT HUMERAL HEAD FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL OUT OF THE BATHTUB TO THE TILE FLOOR FRACTURED UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT LIVES AT THE NURSING HOME, FELL COMING OUT OF THE SHOWER FRACTURED UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AND STARTED TO C/O LEFT UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITY PAIN, HEADACHE AND NECK PAIN. D: HUMEROUS FX, FEMORAL HEAD FX. ADMIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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