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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 472
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/18/2007 | Age: 66 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 |
| FELT WEAK THIS AM AND TRIPPED ON WALKER SEVERE WEAKNESS # |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/07/2007 | Age: 74 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, Ceilings and walls |
| WALKING WITH AID OF WALKER,CAUGHT EDGE OF WALL,WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REDI RECT,SIMPLY COLLAPSED OVER WALKER DX: SYNCOPAL EPISODE,PROB DEHYDRATIO |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/07/2007 | Age: 78 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, Chairs |
| TRANSFERRING FROM CHAIR TO WALKER AND FELL BECAUSE OF WEAKNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2007 | Age: 58 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 |
| AMB C CANE, SUDDENLY DEVELOPED SHAKNESS&H/A GOT INTO SZ&FELL, FD ONTO G ROUND >> SZ |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/09/2007 | Age: 86 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS AT HOME, USING A WALKER, FELL HIT THE FLOOR, DX UTI, HYPONATREMI A, HYPOKALEMIA, INABILITY TO AMBULATE POST FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/20/2007 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| WALKING WITH CANE, SLIPPED, HIT HEAD THEN HAD CARDIAC ARREST/DEATH |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/25/2007 | Age: 95 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 WALKER AND FLEL ON WAY TO BATHROOM AT NITE, BECAME CONFUSED,ADMI T FOR QUESTION OF MI |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/25/2007 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| WAS WALKING, SAT DOWN ON SEATED WALKER, PASS OUT SYNCOPAL EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/29/2007 | Age: 78 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 |
| PT FELL USING WALKER THIS AM AT HOME. DX. SYNCOPE, FEET GAVE OUT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/09/2007 | Age: 44 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| 44 YOM TRIPPED OVER HIS WALKER AND FELL TO FLOOR - FAMILY REQUESTED EVALUATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2007 | Age: 83 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 |
| AMB C WALKER, ?UNWIT FALL, FD OUTSIDE C BODY TEMP 30.1C " HYPOTHERMIA" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/08/2007 | Age: 90 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 |
| FELL @ NURSING HOME WITH WALKER, DX; SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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