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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 774
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2003 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL FROM STANDING POSITION WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER TO GROUND STRI KING HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/29/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL USING WALKER COMING HOME FROM STORE ATAXIA SECONDARY TO CANCER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/15/2003 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL WHILE USING WALKER - INABILITY TO AMBULATE/DEHYDRATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/10/2003 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL USING WALKER - STATUS POST FALL - RULE OUT SEPSIS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/11/2003 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 75 YOMC TRIPPED ON THE CARPET IN HIS LIVINGROOM WHILE USING HIS WALKER, PT IS ON A NEW MEDICATION THAT MIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO IT/ RHEUMATOID ARTHR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2003 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 83 YOWM WALKIN W/ WALKER AND FELL. DX. SEPSIS |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/08/2003 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Magazine racks or book ends |
| FELL BACKWARDS WHILE USING WALKER AT CARE CENTER, HIT HEAD ON MAGAZINE RACK. DX: SYNCOPE, HYPONATREMIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/19/2003 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT WAS WALKING W/WALKER AND FELL. DX: FALL, CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA, UTI W/SEPSIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/08/2003 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT STATES SHE WAS WALKING WITH WALKER AND PASSED OUT INJURING CHEST AND HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/16/2003 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| NURSING HOME RESIDENT, FELL IN HALLWAY 1 WK AGO USING WALKER, HIT WALLW /RIGHT SIDE, *** STOPPED 3 DAYS AGO. DX CONT & ECCHYMOSIS RT CALF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2003 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| SYNCOPE - 75 YOF TAKES "CARDIA" AND OTHER MEDS, UNSURE OF NAMES, LIVES ALONE, 2 EPISODES OF LOC FRIDAY NIGHT AMBULATING WITH WALKER TO BED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2003 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL WALKING WITH WALKER DX. WEAKNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2003 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT. WAS WALKING WITH WALKER THIS AM, HIT A LITTLE STOOL ON R SIDE. DX. DIZZINESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2003 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT, ON CHEMO, HAS ACUTE ONSET OF WEAKNESS. FELL WITH WALKER 2X. D:GENER ALIZED WEAKNESS, HYPOKALEMIA, LECKOPENIA, ANEMIA. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/06/2003 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| USING HER WALKER LAST NIGHT AND FELL AT HOME ,GROUND LEVEL FALL, DID NO T STRIKE HEAD. HX,ESRD. DX .ALTERED MENTATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2003 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| GOT DIZZY WALKING WITH WALKER DX. VERTIGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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