Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - Year 2002 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,637
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	112
26-50 years old:	82
50+ years old:	1,441

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/05/2002	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: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Vacuum cleaners
FELL TODAY, TRIPPED ON VACCUM CORD. SKIN TEARS LT FOREARM & RT ELBOW (U SES WALKER IN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2002	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AVULSION FOREARM - PATIENT REPORTS TURNING IN HER BATHROOM AND TRIPPING OVER HER WALKER AND FALLING BUMPING HER RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 71 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: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING WITH WALKER AND FELL ARM PAIN...DISTAL RADIUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT'S WALKER CAUGHT ON A CHAIR CAUSING HER TO FALL TO THE FLOOR. DX-LEFT FOREARM CONTUSION AND AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED OVER WALKER CUTTNG FOREARM C/OBLEEDING DX; LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Ramps or landings
FELL DOWN RAMP WITH WALKER ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Doorsills or frames
LG SKIN TEARS BOTH FOREARMS; FELL @ HOME WHEN WALKER GOT CAUGHT UP IN D OORFRAME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2002	Age: 77 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: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED OVER WALKER INJURING FOREARM DX: CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2002	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
GOING TO BATHROOM TRIPPED OVER WALKER ADMITTED FRACTURE LEFT DISTAL RADIAL ULNA DISPLACED CONTUSION ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT WENT TO GRAB HER WALKER AND HEARD SOMETHING SNAP IN LEFT FOREARM. DX-FRACTURE PROXIMAL RADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2002	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Air conditioners
FELL WITH WALKER AGAINST AIR CONDITIONER WHILE MAKING BED CUTTING ARM A T CARE CENTER. DX: LACERATION,SKIN TEAR ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Windows or window glass
WHILE USING CRUTCHES, LOST BALANCE & FELL W/ ARM GOING THROUGH WINDOW DX: LACERATION LT. FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL OVER WALKER CONTUSION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2002	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT TRIPPED WHILE USING WALKER AND FELL. COMPLAINING OF HIP PAIN. FOREARM ABRASION. D: 2ND DEGREE HEART BLOCK. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
63 Y M SLIPPED INTO A DITCH WHILE ON CRUTCHES, PT IS AN AMPUTEE. DX: 3 CM LACERATION TO FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 87 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: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL BECAUSE HER BRAKE WASN'T ON HER WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2002	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: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS USING WALKER WHILE MAKING LUNCH AND FELL. DX: R DISTAL RADIUS FX, PROB TIA, UNABLE TO AMBULATE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/21/2002	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL, HIT ARM ON HER WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH A WALKER AT HOME, TRIPPED AND FELL, LAC LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
USING WALKER YESTERDAY AND FELL BACKWARDS ON A CARPETED FLOOR.DX RIGHT FOREARM LAC AND MULTIPLE ABRAS/CONTS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2002	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FOREARM LACERATION - HX OF FOOT DROP, WALKING USING WALKER AND FELL AGA INST WALKER LACERATING LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL TRYING TO GET TO WALKER.DX: FX PROXIMAL ULNA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2002	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
OUTSIDE AT HOME AT 1100 HIS CANE SLID ON A LEAF, LOST HIS BALANCE AND F ELL ONTO HIS LEFT SIDE. DX FRACTURED LEFT RADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Tables
ON HER CRUTCHES WITH A TIB FX, TRIED TO GET A SLICE OF PIZZA FROM ATABL E AND SLIPPED. DX RIGHT RADIUS AND ULNA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2002	Age: 77 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: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL, WALKING WITH WALKER DX. FOREARM CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL OFF CRUTCHES AND INJURED ARM; LT ARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 81 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: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED OVER WALKER WHEN IT COLLAPSED, PT FELL YESTERDAY. NONDISPLACED RADIUS FRACTURE, OVER COAGULATION (ON ****), ABRASIONS/CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
DOGS RAN AND PULLED WALKER AWAY AND FELL INJURING LOWER ARM. DX: FRACT URE LOWER ARM. AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2002	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Escalators
TRIPPED OVER WALKER ON ESCALATOR, FELL BACK ABRASION RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED OVER WALKER AT ASSISTED LIVING. DX: FX DISTAL R RADIUS/ULNA, CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING WITH CANE AND FELL ONTO HAND CONTUSING FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 81 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: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LT FOREARM LAC-@ HOME-TRIPPED USING HER NEW WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2002	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
SKIN TEAR LT FOREARM-HIT ARM ON HIS WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Beds
C/O TRYING TO GET OUT OF BED & WALKER GOT CAUGHT ON HOUSE COAT& WALKER TURNED OVERW/PT C/O LT WRIST PAIN DX: DISTAL RADIUS FX LT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FX L RADIUS/74YOWF USING A WALKER AND CAUGHT HER HAND IN WALKER & FELL. C/O L WRIST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL OVER WALKER, FX R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CUT FOREARM WHEN FELL ON CRUTCHES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PAIN TO RT WRIST. WAS AMBULATING W/ CRUTCHES DUE TO INJ TO R KNEE, FELL WHILE STEPPING OFF CURB. DX; RT RADIAL TORUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2002	Age: 70 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEAVING THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST OFFICE, WALKING WITH WALKER, LOST BALANCE, AND FELL. DX LEFT FOREARM ABRAS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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