Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Wrist

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,435
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Date: 12/10/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED WHILE GETTING OUT OF SHOWER AND LANDED ON LEFT WRIST, LEFT WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WITH FRACTURED WRIST IN FALL IN SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WITH SPRAINED WRIST IN FALL IN SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER AT HOME. DX WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL IN THE SHOWER ON THE LINOLEUM FLOOR AND LANDED ON THE RIGHT WRIST. FX RIGHT WRIST*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL GETTING OUT OF TUB-CONTUSION R WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER AT HOME. DX WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER AND FELL. DX CONTUSION L WRIST, L KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
78 YOF FELL OUT OF BATHTUB ONTO FLOOR IN HOTEL ROOM FRACTURE WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED & FELL IN THE BATHROOM WRIST FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FX TO WRIST, PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AND HIT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
IN SHOWER REACHING FOR SOMETHING AND SLIPOPED AND FELL ONTO HAND AND FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL IN SHOWER. DX: R DISTAL RADIUS/ULNA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN TUB/WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED AND FELL ON WET FLOOR IN BATHROOM SHOWER FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER, DX; FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
60 YO FEMALE FELL WHILE IN SHOWER AT HOME FRACTURE WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
61 YO FEMALE FELL IN BATHTUB AT HOME CONTUSION LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF TUB. DX: L WRIST SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN SHOWER, LEFT WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT GETTING OUT OF THE BATHTUB SL;IPPED AND FELL FRACTURED RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS AT HOME GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER, SLIPPED ON THE WET FLOOR CAUSING A FX TO LT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT IN SHOWER WHEN SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON OUTSTRETCHED HAND AND FAC E. D:SCAPHOID FX, FACE CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT TRIPPED GETTING OUT OF TUB, CAUGHT FORCE WITH RIGHT WRIST, CONTUSION TO RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SUSTAINED SPRAIN TO THE WRIST AFTER FALLING ON THE SHOWER .@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
67 YOF SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF TUB LAST NIGHT SUSTAINING A FRACTURED WRI ST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WITH FRACTURED WRIST FROM FALL IN SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AT HOME AND STRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SPRAIN LT WRIST & FOREARM 2ND TO TRAUMA R/O FX: GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB SHE FELL, HYPERFLEXION INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL OUT OF SHOWER AT HOME FX WRIST *
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER&FELL ONTO OUTSTRETCHED HANDS >>WRIST SPRAIN/FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT HEARD WRIST POP WHILE GETTING OUT OF TUB. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/04/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS IN SHOWER & SLIPPED AND WENT TO GRABBED SHOWER BAR & INJURED WRIST DX: SPRAINED LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RT WRIST FX: FELL IN SHOWER, PAIN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL OUT OF THE SHOWER AND FRACTURED RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
61 YO FEMALE SLIPPED IN TUB FRACTURE WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELT DIZZY & FELL IN BATHTUB AT HOME INJURING WRIST DX: FRACTURED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/22/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Sinks
TRYING TO USE SOAP DISPENSER,SLIPPED AND HIT WRIST ON SINK/ RT WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AT HOME AND FRACTURED RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AND FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN TUB AT NURSING HOME AND INJURED WRIST DX// FX LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN BATHTUB. DX: FACIAL LAC 5 CM, L WRIST FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
72 YO MALE SLIPPED AND FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER AT CASINO FRACTURE WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AND FRACTURED RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
FELL OFF TUB HANGING SHOWER CURTAIN/WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN BATHTUB,LEFT WRIST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL SHOWER SPR WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER TRIED TO CATCH HER FALL STRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN TUB/WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
PT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL SLIPPING OUT OF THE BATHTUB UNTO THE FLOOR, LEFT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN THE SHOWER FX WRIST *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2008	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
PT HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE AFTER GETTING OUT OF SHOWER, FELL ON FLOOR, LAC ERATED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/08/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LEFT WRIST FX.PT FELL IN THE SHOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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