Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - Year 2008 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,258
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	35
16-25 years old:	43
26-50 years old:	312
50+ years old:	1,867

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/22/2008	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE WALKING W/WALKER. DX: R FEMORAL NECK FX, HX CA, ANTICOAG, A FIB, PULM EMB, DVT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/22/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps
PT WAS WALKING WITH A PAIR OF CRUTCHES AND WENT TO GO UP A STEP AND FEL L FEMORAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FEMUR FX-FELL WHILE USING A WALKER-UNABLE TO GET UP FOR 4 HOURS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/10/2008	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
34 YOF TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE AMBULATEING WITH CRUTCHES INRESTARAUNT FRACTURED FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/22/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
GOT TWISTED IN HER WALKER AND FELL. DX OPENED ANGULATED COMMINUTED FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/18/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WHEN WALKING ON THE WALKER. UPPER LEG FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT, HX OF EPILEPSY, WAS AMBULATING WITH CANE AND HAD 2 EPISODES WHERE S HE TRIPPED AND FELL. C/O OF THIGH PAIN. D:CELLULITIS, ABSCESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	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: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING IN CRUTCHES BECAUSE OF FX FEMUR, SLIPPED AND FELL REINJURING HI S UPPER LEG AGAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING WALKER, FELL. DX FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
87YO HISP FEMALE AT HOME USING WALKER AND FELL,NLOC,C/O R LEG PAIN DX R FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING WITH CANE AND FELL, DX; FX FEMUR NECK, LAC. LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/03/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WITH RECENT FEMUR FX. HAS HAD INCREASED PAIN AND SWELLING SINCE BEIN G UP AND WALKING WITH WALKER. D:POST OPERATIVE PAIN/SWELLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2008	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS AT A NURSING HOME, FELL WHILE USING A WALKER AND HIT THE FLOOR CAUSING A FX TO LT FEMUR,
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/01/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED ON WALKER LANDING ON THE GROUND. CONTUSION LT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
30 YO WALKING W/WALKER FELL INJURED LEG CONTUSION THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
H/O FEMUR FX, PT SLIPPED ON CRUTCHES & FELL ON WET FLOOR, NOW W/SWELLIN G, PAIN & RODS IN FEMUR BENT; REFRACTURE OF FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIED TO STAND W/WALKER AND LEG GAVE OUT AT ASSISTED LIVING. DX: L DISTAL FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/02/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN STAIRS WITH WALKER, DX; FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/26/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMBULATING WITH WALKER TO THE BATHROOM, LOST BALANCE&FELL ABRADING THIG H WHICH NOW SWOLLEN, REDDENED>>CELLULITIS/AFIB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS AT A NURSING HOME, FELL WHILE USING A WALKER, CAUSING A FX TO LT FEMUR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING WITH CANE IN YARD PICKING UP TRASH AND FELL ON GRASS AND FX FEM UR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/08/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
SLIPPED WALKING WITH WALKER/THIGH STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
83YOM WAS HOME USING WALKER,FELL STRIKING THE FLOOR ; FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
FEMUR FX-FELL OVER WALKER-FOUND ON FLOOR-@ NH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 98 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT HAD A FALL THIS MORNING WHILE MOVING WITH HER WALKER, C/O LT KNEE PAIN. DX-LT DISTAL FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/24/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING HER WALKER AND FELL ON WAY TO REHAB AND FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/24/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps
FELL WHILE USING CRUTCHES TO GO DOWN STAIRS - ARM CAUGHT IN RAILING COMPLEX FEMUR FRACTURE // HIP SURGERY 10/2007
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 100 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
100 YO WALKING W/WALKER TRIPPED FELL ON FLOOR FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRYING TO WALK WITH WALKER AT HOME WHEN FELL. D: COMMINUTED PROXIMAL FEMUR FX. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WAS USING HIS WALKER TO HELP STEADY SELF WHILE SITTING DOWN AND FELL HA RD UNABLE TO GET UP DX- FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
PT TRIPPED OVER WALKER GETTING OUT OF CHAIR AT NURSING HOME. DX: R FEMUR GREATER TROCHANTER FX, R FIFTH METATARSAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
CAUGHT WALKER ON CARPET AND FELL/ LT FEMUR FX , SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WHILE AMBULATING WITH WALKER, FELL BACKWARD, NOW WITH LOWER LEG PA IN&DEFORMITY>> FEMUR FX/CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL WALKER, HIT FLOOR/ FX LEG
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/25/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT STS WAS WALKING WITH WALKER AND FELL,NLOC DX FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
AMB WITH WALKER, SLIPPED, FELL IN FLOOR AT HOME. DX FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
L FEMUR FX/89YOF WAS WALKING WITH WALKER AND FELL TO GROUND AND C/O L H IP/LEG PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FEMUR FX-TRIPPED-FELL W/ WALKER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/27/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WITH MULTI FALLS RECENTLY, YESTERDAY HAD A MECHANICAL FALL&TODAY FELL A GAIN WHILE AMBULATING WITH WALKER>> THIGH CONTS/WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/23/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL ON CRUTCHES;DX FRACTURED UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/22/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps
ACUTE FX DISTAL L FEMUR:AMBULATING INTO HOUSE WITH HER WALKER, BELIEVES SHE TRIPPED GOING UP STEPS, FELL
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/07/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMB WITH WALKER, KNEE GAVE OUT, FELL HURT LEG. DX FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/05/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FEMUR FX-FELL W/ WALKER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/19/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AT HOME PT WALKING WITH CRUTCHES,FELL ON L LEG,C/O L THIGH PAIN DX L FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/11/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
H/O ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION, TRIPPED&FELL WHILE AMBULATING WITH CRUTCHES, LANDING ONTO KNEE STUMP >> FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	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: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON CANE AND FX UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
L FEMUR FX/91YOM AT HOME TRIPPED AND FELL OVER HIS WALKER THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/26/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS WALKING WITH CRUTCHES ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD HAD A SLIP AND FAL L FRACTURED RIGHT FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/19/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Toilets
WALKING WITH WALKER,FELT WEAK, SAT ON COMMODE, FELL WHEN GETTING UP/ RT FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/19/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
HAND SLIPPED OFF OF WALKER CAUSING PT TO FALL C/O PAIN TO (R) KNEE AND FEMUR DX- FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/17/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FEMUR FX-FELL W/A WALKER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/13/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE USING WALKER AT HOME AND INJURED LEG DX// RIGHT FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/09/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WHEN THE CANE THAT AMBULATING WITH SLIPPED FROM UNDER HIM&FELL, C/ O THIGHPAIN >> FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/07/2008	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Doors
PT USED WALKER INSTEAD OF CANE, FELL BEHIND ROOM DOOR. DX. L FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/04/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Medical equipment, general
TRIPPED W/WALKER AND HIT 02 TANK, L THIGH PAIN DX; FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/04/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AT HOME PT WALKING W/ WALKER-FELL,MULT SKIN TEARS-BRUISES TO LEGS-ARMS R LEG-HIP PAIN,DX FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/12/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT USING A WALKER AND WENT DOWN IN A FALL FRACTURED FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/05/2008	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Beds or bedframes
WALKING TO BED WITH WALKER AND TWISTED LEG AND FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/18/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT USING CRUTCHES, TWISTED R UPPER LEG, FX LEG
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/13/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WHILE REACHING FOR WALKER/UPPER LEG CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
73 Y/O F INJURED R THIGH WHEN TRIPPED OVER CANE AND FELL TO FLOOR AT HO ME. DX; R THIGH CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
WALKING IN WALKER WHEN IT WENT FORWARD & FELL BACKWARDS, MAY HAVE TRIPP ED ON RUG, PAIN./LEG UPPER INJURY SAME AREA AS FX FEMUR ON PREVIOUS INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT STS WALKER TANGLED IN CARPET,L STUMP HIT FLOOR,C/O PAIN RADIATE TO THIGH,DX LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMBULATING WITH WALKER & TWISTED HIP & FELL DX FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/10/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps
PT WAS WALKING WITH A WALKER AT HOME AND TRIPPED OVER A STEP FRACTURE D FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/05/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING A WWALKER LOST BALANCE AND FELL GOINT TO THE BATHROOM AT HOME. DX-FRAC TURE FEMUR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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