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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 971
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2005 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| WALKING C WALKER, SUDDEN LEG WEAKNESSS FELL TO THE FLOOR " WEAKNESS" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/09/2005 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL WHILE USING WALKER TO GO TO BATHROOM. DX. ACUTE FALL, NO FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2005 | Age: 96 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| MULT CONT. PT TRIPPED OVER A CANE AND FELL IN NURSING HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2005 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| AT**, WALKING C WALKER&FELL" FALL IN ELDERLIES" " FALL IN ELDERLIES" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PATIENT WAS WALKING ON HIS CRUTCHES & THE CRUTCH BROKE, HE FELL ONTO HIS LT SIDE SUSTAINING MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2005 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL USING WALKER INJURY NOT STATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2005 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL WALKING W/WALKER. DX: DIZZINESS, FALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2005 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL USING A CANE STRAIN MULTIPLE SITES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2005 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL EARLIER TODAY. SHE LOST HER BALANCE IN THE BATHROOM WHEN SHE ABOUT TO REACH FOR HER ROLLER WALKER-DX-STATUS POST FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2005 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL USING WALKER DX NOT STATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 46 YO FEMALE FELL WHILE WALKING WITH CRUTCHES - ETOH LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/30/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS S/P FALL: WALKING WITH WALKER IN HALLWAY, STATES FELL PER CASEWORKER, GENERALIZED PAIN COMPLAINTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2005 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| SEPSIS, PROLAPSED UTERUS - 83 YOF FELL LAST NIGHT AT NURSING HOME ONTO THE FLOOR ALONG WITH THE WALKER SHE WAS USING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/03/2005 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL W/ WALKER WHEN LOST BALANCE, NO LOC DX: NO INJURIES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2005 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS SUFFERING FROM PNEUMONIA & FELL WHILE USING A WALKER TO THE FLOO R AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/15/2005 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL W/ WALKER @ HOME. MULTIPLE CTS S/P FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2005 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS/ABRASIONS.PT WAS USING HER WALKER AND FELL,INJURING HERSELF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT, WHO HAS HISTORY OF HYDROCEPHALUS, STARTED USING WALKER RECENTLY AND HAS HAD MULTIPLE FALLS TODAY. D: HYDROCEPHALUS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2005 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Grocery or shopping carts |
| PT USES CANE WAS AT A SHOPING CENTER, PUSHING A SHOPPINGCART, WENT DOWN AN INCLINE, THE CART PUSHED PT&FELL SUSTAINED" CONTS&ABRS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2005 | Age: 95 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL REACHING FOR WALKER. DX: MULT SKIN ABR, RHABDOMYOLISIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2005 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps |
| 84 YO FEMALE WALKS WITH A CANE AND MISSED LAST STEP AT HARRAHS MULTIPLE SOFT TISSUE CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2005 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| SLIP & FALL IN BATHROOM WITH WALKER NO INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2005 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Beds or bedframes |
| S/P FALL. PT FELL OUT OF BED WHEN REACHING FOR WALKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2005 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| WALKING W/ WALKER THIS MORNING , SLUPED TO THE FLOOR AND PASSED OUT DX HYPOTENSION , NEPHROSTOMY TUBE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/05/2005 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL USING WALKER HYPOTENSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/02/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| LOST BALENCE WHEN USING A CANE PT FELL DX MUTLI COTNU TO R SIDE, EXTRIM ITY STRIAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2005 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 76 YOF WAS USING HER WALKER & HER KNEE GAVE OUT SHE FELL BACKWARD DX NORMAL EXAM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2005 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT NORMALLY AMBULATES WITH USE OF A WALKER; LOST HER BALANCE AND F ELL TO FLOOR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
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