Accidents - Rugs or carpets - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Knee

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Date: 12/31/2008	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets, Chairs
BROUGHTIN BY EMS FROM ECF FOR EVALUATION S/P SUSTAINED FALL AS A RESULT OF TRIPPING OVER A CHAIR VERSUS RUG&FELL C/O KNEE PAIN >CONTS/ABRS/UTI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/22/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIP AND FELL ON A AREA RUG AT *** STORE C/O KNEE INJURY-LT KNEE CON TUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets, Stairs or steps
WAS GOING DOWN CARPETED STEPS AT CHURCH AND FELL INJURING HER LT KNEE. DX: LEFT KNEE LACERATION*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED OVER A RUG AND FELL WHILE LEAVING THE CANCER CENTER. DX. CO NTUSIONS R & L KNEES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE WALKING ON CARPET AT HOME, CONTUSION TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED ON RUG AND FELL INJURED KNEE DX// RIGHT KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
PATIENT TRIPPED ON RUG AND FELL. DX; FRACTURE TO RIGHT KNEE, PATTELLA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED OVER CARPET AT HOME AND FELL, STRAINED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Rugs or carpets
DX OSTEOARTHRITIS/POSS INTERNAL DERANGEMENT/KNEE SPRAIN: W IN KITCHEN CAUGHT LEG ON CARPET & TWISTED KNEE; FELT A POP & KNEE COLLAPSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
CONTUS KNEE, PT CAUGHT FOOT IN RUG YESTERDAY AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
SLIPPED ON RUG GOING TO BATHROOM AND FELL FX HUMEMRUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED OVER A RUG AND FELL DX: RT PATELLA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT STATES WHILE LEAVING REHAB SERVICES AT HOSPITAL, TRIPPED ON RUG, FEL L FORWARD ONTO BOTH KNEES. DX. MULT CONTS, B KNEES, R HAND, CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
82YOM SLIPPED ON A CARPET AT HOME,LANDED ON RT KNEE; KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED ON LOOSE CARPET AND FELL HIT KNEE, ARM, FACE AND SHOULDER DX - CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
RT KNEE CONTUSION.PT FELL ON CARPET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED ON A RUG C/O BILAT KNEE PAIN, (R) ELBOW, (R) SIDED NECK PAIN--- CONTUSION R/L KNEE, (R) ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
RIGHT KNEE CONT. PT FELL OVER A RUG INJURING KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
CONTUSION OF LEFT KNEE AND RIGHT GREAT TOE/FOOT PAIN - TRIPPED OVER RUG LAST NIGHT AND FELL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
51 YOF TRIPPED OVER PIECE OF LOOSE CARPET AT BALLY'S CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
LEFT KNEE CONTUSION-TRIPPED ON RUG AND FELL, LANDING ON LEFT KNEE. NO L OC.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/27/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
FRACTURE KNEE - 87 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH KNEE INJURY - TRIPPED ON RUG AT CHIROPRACTER'S OFFICE AND FELL LANDING ON RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED OVER CARPET & FELL WHILE WALKING AT CHOP. DX; KNEE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED @ HOME ON RUG; SWELLING LEFT KNEE. FALL, LEFT KNEE CONTUSION LEFT HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT STS TRIPPED AND FELL ON CARPET,C/O L KNEE & L ARM PAIN DX DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE KNEE - EXACERBATION PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT STATED WAS WALKING TOO FAST AT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, FELL ONTO C ARPETED SURFACE, C/O L KNEE PAIN. DX. CONTUSIONS L KNEES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
FOOT CAUGHT ON RUG AT GAS STATION, FELL ON KNEES/ CONTUSION RT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT COMING OUT OF CHURCH WHEN FELL ONTO KNEE. LANDED ON CARPET. D: KNEE CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED ON A CARPET AND FELL DX CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets, Stairs or steps
86 YOF SLIPPED AND FELL COMING DOWN CARPETED STEPS SUSTAINING A SPRAINE D KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
RT KNEE CONTUSION.PT TRIPPED ON A RUG AND FELL ON KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED ON FOLDED RUG AT HOME, SPRAINED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
58YOF WAS GOMING OUT OF HER APARTMENT INTO HALL SLIPPED ON THE CARPET ONTO A MARBLE FLOOR;PATELLA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
60 YO FEMALE FELL ON RUG IN KITCHEN AT HOE KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
L KNEE PAIN, TRIPPED OVER RUG DX; KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED ON BATH RUG/KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rugs or carpets
DX BIL KNEE PAIN AFTER FALL: TRIPPED AND FELL YTDY ON A PIECE OF CARPET THAT WAS STICKING UP A CHURCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED, FELL ON CARPETED HALL FLOOR/KNEE CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
SLIPPED ON A RUG IN THE BATHROOM&FELL ONTO KNEE >>FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
69YOF WHILE AT HOME FELL ON KNEES,ONTO CARPET FLOOR; FRACTURE KNEE/CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/28/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rugs or carpets
DX CELLULITIS L KNEE/B BKA/DM: PT REPORTS WORSENING PAIN TO L KNEE ONSET W RUG BURN TO STUMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2008	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: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
FELL ON CARPET IN RESTAURANT AND INJ KNEE FX IT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/14/2008	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
RIGHT KNEE STR. PT STRAINED KNEE WHEN FALLING TO CARPETED FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED OVER RUG, FELL INJURING KNEE DX: KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A CARPET DX: LT KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED OVER RUG. DX. KNEE SPRAIN, LOWER LEG LACERATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
FELL ON INDOOR/OUTDOOR CARPETED SURFACE ABRADING KNEES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED ON CARPET EDGE UPSTAIRS IN SURGERY WAITING ROOM&FELL FORWARD >> HAND/KNEE CONTS/ABRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED OVER RUG AND INJURED RIGHT KNEE, CONTUSION TO RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
65 YOF TRIPPED OVER A RUG AND FELL ONTO LEFT KNEE AND RIGHT SHOULDER SU STAINING A FRACTURED KNEE AND SHOULDER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT FELL ON LOBBY CARPET, CONTUSION TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED AND FELL ON RUG AT HOME TODAY DX// RIGHT KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED ON CARPET AT HOME LANDED ON KNEE, C/O KNEE PAIN. DX-LACERATION KNEE, NECK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets
HAD ONSET KNEE PAIN AFTER FALLING, SLIPPD ON CARPET LANDED ON KNEE. DX-LACERATION KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
52 YOF GOT UP TO GO TO BATHROOM AND LOST BALANCE FALLING ON CARPETED FL OOR SUSTAINING CONTUSION TO RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED ON A CARPET AND FELL ON KNEE, FX KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/30/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
64 YO FEMALE TRIPPED OVER SEAM IN RUG AT BORGATA SPRAIN RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
L KNEE SPRAIN. PT FALLING TRPPING ON A RUG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
STATES HER RT KNEE GAVE OUT AND SHE FELL ON THE CARPETED FLOOR. C/O OF KNEE PAIN. RIGHT KNEE CONTUSION*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT RECEIVED KNEE PAIN WHEN TRIPPED OVER A RUG AT HOME. STATES HAS AN ARTIFICIAL LIMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
PT AT HOME TRIPPED OVER RUG FELL ON R KNEE/HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
BIL KNEE CONT. PT TRIPPED OVER CARPETING AND FELL TO BOTH KNEES AT HOME .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2008	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
NURSING HOME RESIDENT, TRIPPED ON RUG IN ROOM, FELL ONTO HER KNEES DX: HAS SEVERE CONTUSION TO LEFT KNEE HELD FOR OBSV
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 03/15/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRAUMATIC KNEE PAIN, TRIPPED OVER RUG AND FELL ON RIGHT KNEE, BEGAN SWELLING. DX-CONTUSION KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
75 YO F CONTUSION/ABRASION TO KNEE SPRAINED ANKLE FOOT CAUGHT ON CARPET EDGE AT HIGH SCHOOL CAUSING PT TO FALL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets, Doors
NURSING HOME PT TRIPPED ON RUG FELL AGAINST DOOR CONTUSED R KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets, Bathtubs or showers
KNEE STR. PT FELL OVER RUG WHEN GETTING OUT OF SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
77YOF WAS IN KITCHEN AT HOME,TRIPPED ON CARPET,FELL FORWARD ONTO FLOOR HITTING KNEE;KNEE CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF THE KNEES BY FALLING TO A CARPETED FLOOR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets, Footwear
WEARING BOOTS, SLIPPED&FELL ONTO CARPETED HALLWAY TWISTING KNEE WHILE E XITING HER DOCTOR OFFICE>>KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2008	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets, Barstools or kitchen stools
RT KNEE CONTUSION,LS.PT TRIPPED OVER A RUG AND FELL STRIKING A KITCHEN STOOL,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
58YOF WAS HELPING LAY CARPETING AT HOME,DEVELOPED PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE; KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED OVER AN AREA RUG AT A STORE AND FELL TO GROUND LANDING ON BOTH KNEES. DX: KNEE ABRASION
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/06/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
RIGHT KNEE STR. PT STRAINED KNEE WHEN FALLING ON CARPET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED AND FELL ON RUG AT CHURCH DX: LT KNEE BRUISE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED ON A FOLDED CARPET WHILE WALKING IN STORE, CONTUSION TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
FELL ON CARPET/ LT KNEE PAIN, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
AT PIANO STORE,PT TRIPPED OVER CARPET-WOOD,FELL DX COMMINUTED PATELLAR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
56 YO FEMALE FELL ON ICY CARPETING AT HOTEL RIGHT KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER RUG & FELL IN FLOOR DX KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rugs or carpets
KNEE PAIN THAT STARTED AFTER BEING ON KNEES LAYING CARPET/ RT KNEE PAIN EFFUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
52 YO FEMALE TRIPPED AND FELL ON CARPET CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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