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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 916
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2007 | Age: 95 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 |
| TRIPPED OVER WALKER & FELL @ ASSISTED LIVING DX S/P FALL W/O INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2007 | Age: 81 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 |
| FELL LAST PM WHILE AMBULATING WITH WALKER @ HOME DX FALL W/O INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2007 | Age: 87 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 WAS WALKING TO THE DOOR WITH A WALKER AND FELL AND POSSIBLY HIT HEAD . NO PAIN COMPLAINTS. D: MECAHNICAL FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2007 | Age: 92 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, Beds or bedframes |
| PT WAS USING WALKER AND TRYING TO GET OUT OF BED AND FELL. DX. NOT STAT ED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/05/2007 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| AMB C CANE, LOST BALANCE WHILE GARDENING&FELL >> CONTS/ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2007 | Age: 84 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 |
| NO APPARENT INJURY-REACHING FOR WALKER-FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2007 | Age: 86 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| SYNCOPE:INABILITY TO WALK: USING A CANE ON WAY TO BATHROOM, WITNESSED FALL, FOUND ON FLOOR, COULDN'T STAND ALONE, NO INJURY NOTED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/24/2007 | Age: 89 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 |
| FELL IN FLOOR WHILE USING WALKER TO GET OUT OF BED @ HOME DX WEAKNESS, FALL W/O INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/20/2007 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | 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, Stairs or steps |
| AMB C WALKER, SLIPPED&FELL DOWN STAIRS " MS'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2007 | Age: 59 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 |
| PT FELL WHEN HER WALKER CAUGHT A BUMP ON THE PAVEMENT - FELL AND HAS MU LTI CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2007 | Age: 6 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 |
| OLDER LADY AMB WITH WALKER FELL ON PT DX NORMAL CHILD EXAM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT WAS WALKING ACROSS STREET W/CRUTCHES AND FELL. DX: FALL LIKELY 2/2 POLYPHARMACY, ETOH W/D. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2007 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Footwear |
| PT PUT ON SLIPPERS & USING WALKER, PT SLIPPED TO FLOOR, NO INJURIES NOT ED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT WAS WALKING WITH HER WALKER & FELL ONTO STUMP, NO INJURIES NOTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2007 | Age: 66 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 |
| PT TRTIPPED OVER WALKER AND FELL. DX: FALL, RHABDOMYOLYSIS, AMS, HYPERKALEMIA, R/O SEPSIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/02/2007 | 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, Toilets |
| TRYING TO GET FROM WALKER TO COMMODE AND FELL ADMITTED MECHANICAL FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/31/2007 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| FALLING LET WALKER GO SAT ON GROUND NO INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2007 | Age: 57 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| AMBULATES WITH WALKER; BECAME WEAK AND FELL TO FLOOR. MULTIPLE CONTUSIO NS |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 01/11/2007 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT WAS BLOWN OVER BY WIND WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER DX:MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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