Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - Year 2008 - Ankle

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,163
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	57
16-25 years old:	120
26-50 years old:	678
50+ years old:	2,306

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/19/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT SLIPPED WHILE WALKING W/CRUTCHES ON ICE. DX: L ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
RT ANKLE PAIN; GOT UP UNABLE TO WALK EVEN WITH CANE. RT ANKLE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LOST BALANCE WHILE WALKING ON CRUTCHES AND FELL. DX ANKLE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
L ANKLE FX/93YOF C/O FALL.STS HAS BEEN FEELING INCREASINGLY WEAK.LEGS F AVE OUT AT HOME WHILE USING WALKER.C/O L ANKLE & HIP PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/16/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
ANKLE STR. PT STRAINED ANKLE WHEN TRIPPING WITH CANE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
RIGHT ANKLE FX. PT WAS WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
C/O ANKLE&KNEE PAIN S/P AMBULATING WITH WALKER WHICH WENT OUT FROM UNDE RNEATH HER&FELL>>ANKLE SPRAIN/KNEE CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH WALKER AT NURSING HOME AND FELL INJURED ANKLE DX/ LEFT ANKLE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKS W/ WALKER, GOT UP TO GO TO BATHROOM TWISTED ANKLE, FELT SNAP DX: FX BIMALLEOLAR ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED OVER WALKER AND INJURED ANKLE. DX: RIGHT MALLEOLAR ANKLE FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
@ HOME WALKING W/ WALKER-POOR BALANCE- STEPPED FORWARD TO REACH WALKER, TWISTING (R) ANKLE & FELL--OPEN FX (R) ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/14/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS WALKING WITH WALKER & TWISTED ANKLE AT HOME DX: FRACTURED LEFT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FRACTURED AN ANKLE BY FALLING WHILE USING A WALKER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING UP A CURB WITH CANE AND INJURED ANKLE DX/ SPRAIN RIGHT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
78 YOF WAS WALKING WITH CANE AND FELL TO FLOOR ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
DX POST OP PAIN: WALK'G AND HAV'G ANKS COLLAPS'G IN" WALK W CRUTCHES, S/P SURGERY TO CORRECT CLUB FEET, LAST SURGERY IN JULY; CAST REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL FROM SITTING WHILE TRYING TO REACH OUT FOR HER WALKER, C/O ANKLE P AIN&LEG ERYTHEMA>>ANKEL INJUREY/WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/13/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
80 YOF WAS AMBULATING WITH CRUTCHES, PT HAD POLIO, AND FELL SUSTAINING A FRACTURED ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/13/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS AT HOME USING A WALKER, FELL CAUSING A LT ANKLE FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING HER WALKER AND SLIPPED AND FELL SPRAINING ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT HAD A SAME HEIGHT FALL, WALKER SLIPPED AND PATIENT FELL ON BOOTTOM, TWISTED ANKLE. DX-DISLOCATED ANKLE FRACTURE, A-FIB.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
59YFC WALKINGWITH WALKER STUMBLED AND FELL TWISTING ANKLE/SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED WITH WALKER AND FELL PT AMS DX/ LEFT ANLKE AND FOOT CONTUSION HYPOXIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/31/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
SLIPPED ON CRUTCHES AMBULATING IN REST ROOM AND FELL EXACERBATING ANKLE PAIN FROM HIS FX ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FX ANKLE SLIPPING ON CRUTCHES ABULATING IN REST ROOM AND FELL EXACERBA TING ANKLE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
RT ANKLE SPRAIN.PR WAS USING A WALKER AND TRIPPED AND TWISTED ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TWISTED ANKLE WALKING W/WALKER. DX: L ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps
ANKLE FX-FELL ON STEPS W/ WALKER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS AT HOME, FELL WHILE USING A WALKER CAUSING A RT ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEFT ANKLE FX. PT FELL WHEN WALKING WITH WALKER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED W/ A WALKER SPRAIN LEFT ANKLE ABRASION LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FRACTURED AN ANKLE BY FALLING TO THE FLOOR WHILE USING A WALKER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
83 YOF TRIPPED OVER CANE ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
DX R ANK PAIN: PT HAD R RETROCALCANEAL EXOSTECTOMY GASTROC RESECTION 17 JUL; FELL OFF CRUTCHES 2D AGO. PODITARY EVAL POSS RUPTURED TENDON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
57 YOM WAS WALKING WITH CANE AND FELL TO FLOOR AT BALLY'S ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
AT HOME -NEW APT W/ CARPET-NOT USED TO IT WALKING W/ WALKER,PT HUNG UP ON CARPET-FELL,DX L ANKLE SPRAIN-L KNEE CONTUSION,L HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
76 YO FEMALE TRIPPED AND FELL OVER HER WALKER CONTUSION ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FALLING FROM CRUTCHES ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE TRYING TO SIT DOWN FROM WALKER USE, SPRAINED ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
DX L ANK SPRAIN, GRADE I/R HIP CONTU/L FOREARM CONTU: PT W BULBAR PALSY USING WALKER HAD 3 MGLF 5D AGO, ALL W ENTAGLEMENT IN WALKER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/17/2008	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
ANKLE STR. PT STRAINED ANKLE WHEN WALKING WITH A WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT SUS SPRAINED ANKLE AFTER TWISTING IT ON WALKER%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
RT ANKLE SPRAIN-SUS INJ TO RT ANKLE WHILE WALKING WITH CRUTCHES FOR TOR N TENDON ON LEFT FT AND TWISTED HIS RT ANKLE. HIT CHEST ALSO DURING FAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
91YOF WAS HOME USING HER WALKER TO WALK,ACCIDENTLY TWISTED ANKLE; ANKLE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Toilets
PT WAS USING WALKER TO GET UP FROM TOILET AND FELL. DX: L ANKLE PX S/P ORIF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PAIN IN ANKLE FELL ON CRUTCHES ANKLE PAIN #
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED OVER CANE WHILE WALKING, TWISTED ANKLE, FX ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN.PT WAS USING A WALKER AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED OVER WALKER SPRAIN ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Football
PT SUSTAINED BECAUSE OF SPRAIN TO THE ANKLE WHEN HIT INTO CRUTCHES PLAYING FOOTBALL.?
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
ANKLE STR. PT STRAINED ANKLE WHEN WALKING WITH A CANE AND STUMBLED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Toilets
AMBULATING WITH WALKER, MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE TO THE TOILET&FELL INTO A TWISTED ANKLE >>FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE AMBULATING ON CRUTCHES FROM PREV ANKLE FX DISLOCATION / RE-INJURY OF ANKLE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT USES A WALKER, HAD A MECHANICAL FALL, STEPPED ON A DOG BOWEL MOVEMENT AND SLIPPED TWISTING HER RT ANKLE. DX-RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2008	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT, WHO USES WALKER, FELL AND TWISTED ANKLE AT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY . D: ANKLE FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2008	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Footwear
AMBULATE WITH WALKER, SLIPPERS ON, STUMBLED&FELL LANDING ONTO BUTTOCKS, C/O ANKEL PAIN >> SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
RT ANKLE SPRAIN-PT FELL AT HOME WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER. HAS PAIN AND SWELOING TO RT ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT BUMPED LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST WALKER SUSTAINED AN ANKLE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Artificial flowers or plants
STUBBED TOE ON WALKER WHILE MOVING PLANTS AT HOME. DX; FRACTURE ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/18/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
ANKLE SPRAIN-SEVERAL FALLS W/ WALKER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/18/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CONTINUED ANKLE PAIN&SWELLING FOR 6 WEEKS SINCE TRIPPED&FELL WHILE AMUB LATING WITH WALKER >> SPRAIN/MULTI FALLS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
BASELINE AMBULATE WITH WALKER, NOW WITH ANKLE PAIN&SWELLING STATUS POST MECHANICAL FALL>>FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TWISTED ANKLE WHILE USING CRUTCHES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. DX: R ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
SPRAIN ANKE, TRIPPED ON WHEEL OF WALKER AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE USING CRUTCHES DX:RT ANKLE INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT IS A PARTIAL PARAPLEGIC WAS WALKING WHEN HIS CRUTCHES SLIPPED OUT FR OM UNDER HIM FRACTURED ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USUALLY AMBULATES WITH CANE, TWISTED ANKLE ON USNDAY WHILE WALKING, NOW WITH SWELLING>> FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT'S WALKER ROLLED AND SHE FELL AT HOME DX: LT ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Sheets or pillowcases
TRIPPED OVER WALKER THAT CAUGHT IN BED SHEET, R ANKLE PAIN DX; ANKLE FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/22/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
AMBULATES WITH A WALKER; BUMPED ANKLE ON CHAIR LEG. CONTUSION, RIGHT A NKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
SPR ANKLE WALKING & FELL W/ CANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Tablet or capsule drugs
PT STAARTED ON *** BECAME WEAK , TRIPPED AND FELL OVER CARPET WALKINGW ITH WALKER CAUSING ANKLE/FOOT INJ DX: ANKLE FX, CVA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/07/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL USING WALKER... FX ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/07/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEFT ANKLE STR. PT STRAINED ANKLE WHEN WALKING IN SNOW WITH A WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
RECENT ANKLE FX., CAST OFF YESTERDAY, WALKING WITH CRUTCHEX AT SCHOOL W HEN CAUGHT CRUTCH ON GROUND, FELL TWISTING ANKLE; ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT HAD A MECHANICAL TRIP AND TWIST THIS MORNING WHILE AMBULATING WITH HIS CANE. DX-LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2008	Age: 99 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT USING WALKER TO GO TO RESTROOM WHEN FOOT GOT CAUGHT & TWISTED ANKLE. CONTINUED PAIN. D: ANKLE SPRAIN WITH POSSIBLE MALLOLAR FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE USING WALKER FX ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/27/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
BASELINE AMBULATE WITH WALKER, ON WAY TO THE BATHROOM, FELL BACKWARDS L ANDING ONTO TWISTED ANKLE WHICH NOW SWOLLEN&PAINFUL>>FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/26/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL WHILE WALKING W/WALKER AND FELL, FELL AGAIN, TO FLOOR. DX. ANK LE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/17/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT STATES R ANKLE STARTED HURTING TONIGHT, NOT AWARE OF INJURY BUT WALK S W/WALKER AT NH. DX. PAIN R ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Tableware and accessories
ANKLE STR. PT WAS BENDING OVER WITH WALKER TO REFILL DOG BOWL AND TWIST ED ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEFT ANKLE STR. PT STRAINED ANKLE WHEN FALLING WITH CANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMBULATING WITH A CANE, FELL TWISTING ANKLE >> SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE WALKING W/CRUTCHES. DX: R ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
60 YO MALE FELL WHILE WALKING WITH CANE AT ***S LEFT ANKLE CONTUSION LEFT ANKLE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
ANKLE FX-FELL W/ WALKER-TWISTED FOOT UNDER BODY-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/07/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WALKING WITH WALKER SUST FXD ANKLE#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT STOOD UP WITH WALKER AT N/H AND HAD SUDDEN PAIN TO (L) ANKLE DX- A NKLE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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