Accidents - Rugs or carpets - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,413
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Date: 12/25/2004	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets, Beds or bedframes
FELL OUT OF BED ONTO CARPETED FLOOR CONTUSING ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2004	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: Rugs or carpets
SLIPPED ON RUG AND FELL LEFT ARM INJURY LACERATION TO FOREHEAD LEF T ARM FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/13/2004	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets
FELL ON CARPET, FA LAC, -LOC DX: 5 CM L ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2004	Age: 85 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: Rugs or carpets, Fans
85 YO TRIPPED OVER RUG AND FELL INTO FAN FX RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT SLIPPED ON RUG AND FELL. DX: L DISTAL RADIUS/ULNA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets, Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF CARPETED STEPS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/03/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets, Knives with replaceable blades
PT CUTTING CARPET WITH A CARPET KNIFE AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2004	Age: 79 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 Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
DISPLACED RADIAL HEAD FX AND PROXIMAL ULNAR FX - TRIPPED OVER CARPET AT LIBRARY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2004	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED ON RUG AT HOME INJURING LOWER ARM. DX FRACTURE DISTAL ULNA, RAD IUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets
56 YO FEMALE FELL WHEN TRIPPED OVER CARPET LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets, Tables
PT TRIPPED OVER A RUG AND LANDED ON A GLASS TABLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2004	Age: 89 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: Rugs or carpets
PT, WHO GOT TANGLED IN RUG, FELL ONTO OUTSTRETCHED HAND IN BATHROOM. D : FXS, DISTAL RADIUS AND SCAPHOID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2004	Age: 84 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: Rugs or carpets
SLIPPED & FELL ON RUG FOREARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2004	Age: 64 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: Rugs or carpets, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PULLING UP CARPET AT HOME, SUSTAINED LAC LT LOWER ARM FROM CARPET TA CK. LAC LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2004	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
SLIPPED & FELL ON CARPET DX: SPRAIN LT. ANKLE, FRACTURE LT. RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2004	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets, Beds or bedframes
CONTUSION RT ARM, FELL ON CARPETED FLOOR WHILE GETTING INTO BED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 55 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: Rugs or carpets, Ceilings and walls
55 YOF TRIPPED ON CARPET AND FELL INTO WALL FX RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2004	Age: 83 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 Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
RADIUS FX-TRIPPED ON CARPET-FELL-@ A STORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2004	Age: 57 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
57 YO M PULLING HEAVY CARPET INJURED ARM SPRAIN FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Rugs or carpets, Other ranges or ovens
FIRST DEG BURNS TO ARM. PT WAS COOKING WITH HOT OIL ON STOVE WHEN HE TR IPPED OVER A RUG AND SPLASHED OIL ONTO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2004	Age: 73 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: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED AND FELL ON CARPETED FLOOR INJURING FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
67 YEAR OLD FEMALE FELL ON CARPETED SURFACE LANDED ON ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2004	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: Rugs or carpets
FOOT CAUGHT IN CARPET INJURED FOREARM C/O SWELLING DX FX FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/26/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED OVER RUG AND FELL - LEFT DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2004	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
92 Y.O. W FEMALE W/FOREARM CONTUSION. PT WAS SHOPPING & TRIPPED OVER SO ME CARPET & FELL ON CONCRETE @ A DEPT STORE. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2004	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
PATIENT TRIPPED ON THE CARPET AND FELL. DX-DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE LEFT EYE ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2004	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: Rugs or carpets
DISTAL RADIUS FX - CAUGHT TOE ON RUG AND FELL FORWARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL,TRIPPED ON RUG USING WALKER DX: NONDISPLACED FRACTURE LT. RADIUS/ ULNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED ON CARPET & FELL TODAY. ACUTE LT DISTAL RADIUS FX & FACIAL CT/A B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2004	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED ON RUG AND FELL/ FX RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2004	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT SLIPPED AND FELL FOOT CAUGHT IN CARPET INJURING FOREARM DX FX FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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