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Accidents - Chair, recliner - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 737
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Date: 11/16/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chair, recliner
PT STRUCK LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST THE FOOTREST OF A RECLINER CHAIR LACER ATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2003Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Chair, recliner
FELL ASLEEP IN HIS RECLINER CHAIR AT HOME, NOW HAS PAIN IN HIS RIGHT CALF "LIKE A CHARLEY HORSE". DX RIGHT CALF PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/05/2003Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Chair, recliner
PATIENT HIT HER FOOT ON THE METAL PART OF A RECLINER. DX-CELLULITIS RIGHT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/22/2003Age: 96 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chair, recliner
96 YO F INJURED LEG ON RECLINER LAC LEG,KNEE & ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2003Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chair, recliner
PT TRYING TO CLIMB OUT OF A RECLINER CHAIR AT HOME STRUCK LEFT LOWER LE G LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2003Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chair, recliner
PT HIT LEG ON RECLINER CHAIR WHILE SITTING DOWN. DX: 5 CM L LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chair, recliner
PATIENT TWISTED HER LEG GETTING UP FROM A RECLINER AND SUSTAINED ANKLE PAIN. DX-FRACTURE DISTAL RIGHT TIB/FIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2003Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Chair, recliner
RAN INTO HANDLE OF RECLINER AND PUNCTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2003Age: 89 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Chair, recliner
C/O L LEG SWOLLEN X SEVERAL DAYS, SLEEPS IN A RECLINER. DX POSSIBLE DE EP VENOUS THROMBOSIS, PAIN L LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2003Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Chair, recliner
86YOF HIT LEG ON CHAIR AT HOME DX/SKIN TEAR S/P FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2003Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chair, recliner
CUT LEG ON RECLINING CHAIR DX: LAC TO RT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2003Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chair, recliner
PT CUT LEFT LOWER LEG ON THE ARM OF A RECLINER CHAIR AT HOME LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2003Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Chair, recliner
PT IN RECLINER IN LIVING ROOM, AS WAS GETTING OUT OF CHAIR, FELT POP IN BACK LEG. STRAIN TENDON IN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2003Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Chair, recliner, Televisions
WAS SITTTING IN RECLINER, GOT UP TO ADJUST TV AND HAD BILATERAL LEG CRA MPS FROM HIPS DOWN. DX. BIL TRANSIENT MUSCLE CRAMPS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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