Accidents - Wheelchairs - Year 2002 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,298
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

16-25 years old:	15
26-50 years old:	141
50+ years old:	1,142

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/20/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
S/P WITH RHAVODMYOLYSIS- SUSTAINED WHEN HE FELL OUT OF HIS WHEELCHAIR O NTO THE FLOOR AND WAS FOUND IN THE MORNING
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 12/07/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	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: Wheelchairs
INTOXICATED PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. D: ETOH INTOXICATION, ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2002	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
NURSING HOME PATIENT IN X-RAY DEPARTMENT AT HOSPITAL, FOUND SLUMPED OVER IN WHEELCHAIR FOLLOWING X-RAY. DX CARDIORESPIRATORY ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/20/2002	Age: 55 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: Wheelchairs
WAS BEING HOISTED FROM BED TO WHEELCHAIR WHEN WHOLE THING FELL, HITING BACK OF HEAD. NO LOC. QUADRIPARETIC FROM M.S. DX. ACUTE FALL,DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2002	Age: 71 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: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR AT NH DX. CVA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/04/2002	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: Wheelchairs
86 YOF FELL WHILE TRANSFERING TO WHEELCHAIR GROUND LEVEL FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2002	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: Wheelchairs, Toilets
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR WHILE TRYING TO GET ON TOILET LIVES IN NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/11/2002	Age: 78 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
78 YOF FELL FROM WHEEL CHAIR CONTUSION MULTIPLE SITES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2002	Age: 33 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: Wheelchairs, Doors
PT WAS TRYING TO WHEEL WHEELCHAIR THROUGH DOOR AND FELL. DX: ANEMIA, HYPERTENSION, SEIZURE DISORDER, HX FALLS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/26/2002	Age: 77 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
77 YO F FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR CONTUSION MULTIPLE SITES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
MULT CONT/80YOM WHEELCHAIR BOUND, WAS REACHING FOR SOMETHING ON THE FLO OR AND FELL OUT OF CHAIR. COULD NOT GET UP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS ON THE BUS TURNING KEY TO TURN TO USE WHEELCHAIR WHEN HE RECIEVED ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	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: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DUE TO ETOH INTOXICATION-LEFT W/O TREATMENT PER LOCAL POLICE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/30/2002	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, FALLING EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	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: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FOUND SLUMPED IN WHEELCHAIR IN PARKING LOT. * AND * TABLETS IN WHEELCHAIR. +ETOH. INTENT UNK. D:POST-ICTAL, ETOH ABUSE. ADM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/15/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FAINTED, HIT HEAD ON WHEELCHAIR/ VASOVAGAL EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2002	Age: 88 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: Wheelchairs
FALL FROM WHEELCHAIR ATRIAL FIB FREQ FALLS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds
FELL MOVING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED DX. TIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/22/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR WHILE AT HOME, OFFERS NO C/O OR INJURIES DX:SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2002	Age: 81 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: Wheelchairs
PT WAS SITTING IN WHEELCHAIR AT HOME, FELT WARM,DIZZY, WENT TO LOBBY,SL ID DOWN ON WHEELCHAIR, DX HEAT EXHAUSTION/SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2002	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	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: Wheelchairs, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
CONFUSION - FELL WHEN TRANSFERRING SELF FROM WHEELCHAIR TO COUCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
FOUND LUING IN GUTTER, MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR TIPPED OVERFALL SECONDARY T O ETOH INTOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	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: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
74 YO M FELL GETTING UP FROM WHEELCHAIRLAC MULTIPLE SITES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
HAD RECENT NECK SURG, NOW ABD PAIN, N/V FOR 24 HRS, WHILE IN HOSP ED FE LL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR. N/V/D, SYNCOPE, HYPOKALEMIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/10/2002	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: Wheelchairs, Beds
PT WAS UNABLE TO TRANSFER FROM BED TO WHEELCHAIR. DX: HYPONATREMIA, MILD DIG TOXICITY, LGI BLEED, A FIB, CEREBELLAR INFA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/05/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
WHEELCHAIR BROKE AT CASINO, PATIENT FELL ANXIETY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
INJURED AT HOME FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR FOUND DOWN BY DAUGHTER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/18/2002	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: Wheelchairs
PT HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE TRANSFERRING FROM CAR TO WHEELCHAIR. DX: SYNCOPE SECOND TO VENTRIC TAC, FIRING DEFIB, HYPOTHERMIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PASSED OUT IN WHEELCHAIR CVA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/24/2002	Age: 91 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: Wheelchairs
CARDIAC ARREST-AFTER SHE FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR @ NURSING HOME-PT EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/20/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ETOH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2002	Age: 87 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: Wheelchairs
WEAKNESS - UNABLE TO GET UP FROM WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2002	Age: 64 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: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TODAY HYPOGLYCEMIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/28/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ETOH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	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: Wheelchairs
PT HAD BEEN USING ALCOHOL, FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHILE WAITING IN TRIAGE AREA, ETOH ABUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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