Accidents - Toilets - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,674
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Date: 12/15/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
PT. REPORTS LEG "DROPPED" BY STAFF GETTING ON BEDPAN. DX. FX L TIBIA P ROX., FIBULA PROX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets, Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS AT HOME USING A WALKER TO TRANSFER TO A COMMODE, LACERATED RT L WR LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
PT BREAKING APART A PORCELAIN TOILET AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
CUT LEG ON BROKEN COMODE DX LACERATION L LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2006	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
PT AT HOME FELL OFF TOILET LAC R LOWER LEG / DX 4IN LAC R LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Toilets
GETTING UP FROM COMMODE PULLED LEG RIGHT LOWER LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
PT WAS MOVING A DISCARDED TOILET FROM HIS GARAGE TO THE DUMP AND SUSTAI NED A LACERATIO TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toilets, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OFF TOILET IN BATHROOM; LANDED ON FLOOR. ABRASION, RIGHT L OWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toilets
CONTUSION LOWER LEG - PATIENT REPORTS INJURY SUSTAINED AT HOME WHEN SH E FELL OFF THE TOILET - ALSO LEFT HIP PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
SLID OFF TOILET AND INJURED ANKLE ADMITTED FRACTURE TIBIA/INABILITY TO AMBULATE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/19/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
PT CUT LEG WHILE GETTING OFF COMMODE DX// RIGTH LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Toilets
FELL WHILE GOING TO A ***STASIS DERMATITIS STASIS DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toilets
FELL OFF TOILET/LOWER LEG CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2006	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 Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Toilets, Bathtubs or showers
L LOWER LEG STRAIN: WENT TO FLUSH COMMODE LAST NIGHT, FELL BACKWARDS IN TO TUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Toilets
SAT ON TOILET FOR 5 HRS , WASN'T ABLE TO GET UP, NOW C LEG PAIN " MS CRAMPS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Toilets
PT SLIPPED OFF TOILET AT ADULT FAMILY HOME. DX: BILAT LOWER EXTREM CELLULITIS, UNABLE TO AMBULATE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/02/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toilets, Wheelchairs
PT HAD LEG PINNED BETWEEN WHEELCHAIR AND COMMODE; LEG CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
CLOSED DISTAL R TIBIA FX: GETTING ON BEDSIDE COMMODE, PIVOTING, TWISTED FELT SOMETHING "POP"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toilets
51YOM FELL HIT FACE ON TOILET CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Toilets
PT SITTING ON A TOILET AFTER RECENT OPEN HEART SURGERY WITH A SURGICAL SITE ON LEFT LOWER LEG SITTING ON A TOILET AND LEG WOUND OPENED- DEHISS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets, Chairs
WHILE BEING TRANSFERRED COMMODE TO CHAIR, SCRAPED & LACERATED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets, Crutches, canes or walkers
PT. SITTING ON COMMODE, FELL OVER W/WALKER, BACK HIT DRESSER. DX. LAC X 2, R/L SHIN, CONT BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2006	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 Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toilets
PT GOT LEG STUCK BEHIND TOILET AT HOME, HAS BRUISING AND PAIN. DX: CONT USION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
PT FELL OFF TOILET. DX: R DISTAL FIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
SYNCOPE ON THE TOILET SYNCOPE, LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/24/2006	Age: 101 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toilets
FELL OFF TOILET/ CONTUSION LT LEG( PT IS 101YRS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Toilets
SITTING ON TOILET AND HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF BLEEDING FROM LOWER LEG HEMOR RHAGE LOWER LEG FROM VARICOSITY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
PT UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO TOILET,SLIP ON OWN STOOL,FALL DX: DIARRHEAL IL LNESS,DEHYDRATION,S/P MECH. SLIP&FALL, LEG LAC&CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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