Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - Year 2009 - All Of Body

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 861
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

26-50 years old:	30
50+ years old:	830

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/15/2009	Age: 82 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, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS USING WALKER TO GO TO BATHROOM AND FELT DIZZY AND FELL ONTOFLOOR AT *** DX SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/05/2009	Age: 75 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
WALKING USING WALKER AND FELL BACK HAVING A CVA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/04/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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 AMBULATING WITH WALKER IN BEDROOM, DEVELOPED PALPITATIONS, LEGS GAVE OUT, PT TRIPPED OVER WALKER AND FELL TO FLOOR, DX SYNCOPE/FALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/04/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT GOT CANE CAUGHT IN SIDEWALK AND FELL ONT FACE, ADMITS TO ETOH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2009	Age: 71 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
WALKING W/WALKER FELL BACKWARDS ONTO FLOOR SEPSIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/15/2009	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
MULTIPLE CONTUSION.PT WAS WALKING WITH WALKER AND FOOT CAUGHT ON WALKER AND PT FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2009	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	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 TRIPPED AND FELL FROM STANDING POSITION WHILE USING A WALKER. DX HTN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/14/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMBULATES WITH WALKER, FELT DIZZY&FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD, NO LOC >>DIZZINESS/PNA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/07/2009	Age: 61 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
WALKING USING WALKER FELL ON GROUND WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/05/2009	Age: 88 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 WALKING WITH A WALKER AT HOME AND FELL TO THE FLOOR LAID TERE FOR OV ER 12 HOURS CPK 1900 DIFFUSE MUSCLES ACHES RHABDOMYOLOSIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/16/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING WALKER,TRIPPED & FELL, ALSO ADVERSE RXN TO *-CONSTIPATIONDX: FO REARM AVULSION,CHROINIC A/F,ADE TO *,CONSTIPATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2009	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
FOUND HOME WITH WALKER ON TOP OF HER FOR SIX HOURS ON FLOOR AND ADMITTE D FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/02/2009	Age: 72 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
OUT GETTING THE NEWSPAPER USING WALKER AND BECAME DIZZY AND FELL--SYNCO PE AND ADMIT TO R/O MI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/29/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS/ABRASIONS.PT WAS USING A WALKER AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
H/O RECENT TKR , AMBULATES WITH WALKER,SUSTAINED A FALL YESTERDAY, ?MEC H, SENTIN TODAY WITH ANB LABS, ON ***>>ELEVATED INR/CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/24/2009	Age: 84 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, Doors
USING CANE TO HELP OPEN DOOR FELL WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/12/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
TRIPPED&FELL WHILE AMBULATING WITH WALKER, C/O GENERLAIZED BODY ACHE >> DEHYDRATION/R/O SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/11/2009	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME AND WAS USING WALKER A ND TRIPPED AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2009	Age: 81 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 WAS WALKING WITH WALKER & LEG GAVE OUT AND FELL DX: WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/07/2009	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT WAS USING A WALKER AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LOOKING TO SIT DOWN IN WALKER, LOST BALANCE & SLIPPED & FELL ON BUTTOCKS DX: CHI, MEDICATION REACTION,FREQUENT FALL SECONDARY #2
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	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 WAS WALKING WITH WALKER AND FELT WEAKNESS IN LEGS AND FELL DX: WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2009	Age: 81 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
REPORTS WAS AMBULATING WITH HER WALKER, LOST HER BALANCE&FELL BACKWARDS C/O DIZZINESS>>SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/11/2009	Age: 68 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: Poisoning
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
ADMITS DRINKING VODKA, FELT WEAK WHILE AMBULATING WITH WALKER,?FALL >>ETOH=0.124 INTOX/WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/05/2009	Age: 77 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 STATES HAVING MULTIPLES FALLS WALKNING WITH WALKER DX: STROKE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/18/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	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
PT FELL WHILE USING WALKER, DX FALL/ARRHYTHMIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/17/2009	Age: 95 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
FELL,WALKING WITH WALKER DX: CARDIOGENIC SHOCK, PULM EDEMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/01/2009	Age: 64 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: Poisoning
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
INVOLVED IN A FIGHT WITH GIRLFRIEND WHO STRUCK HIM ON SHOULDER WITH A C ANE, PT WAS ETOTH INTOXICATED, NO APPEARENT INJURIES UPON ARR>>ETOH.103
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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