Accidents - Wheelchairs - Year 2003 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,048
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	6
16-25 years old:	16
26-50 years old:	422
50+ years old:	603

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
ETOH INTOXICATION-SENT FROM THE *** AFTER BEING FOUND SLUMPE D OVER IN A WHEELCHAIR AFTER EXCESSIVE ETOH CONSUMPTION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/06/2003	Age: 6 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: Wheelchairs
PT ARGUING WITH FRIEND, DAD PULLED HER OUT AND SHE BANGED HER BELLY ON DAD'S WHEELCHAIR, STARTED SHAKING, LIPS TURNED BLUE; BREATH HOLDING SPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
PT THREW SELF OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, HAD BEEN DRINKING FOR 2 DAYS, FELL IN ALLEY, DX ALCOHOL INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 21 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: Wheelchairs
PT. IN WHEELCHAIR, STATES CONSUMED ALOT OF ETOH TODAY AND VOMITED BLOOD TONIGHT X 2. DX. ETOH INTOXICATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2003	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
VERTIGO. PT BECAME DIZZY WHEN STANDING FROM A WHEELCHAIR AT ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2003	Age: 65 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
WHILE IN WHEELCHAIR, PT ACCIDENTALLY FELL WHILE AT STORE, DX ACUTE ETOH INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2003	Age: 55 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, Floors or flooring materials
PT FOUND DOWN ON FLOOR STRAPPED TO WHEELCHAIR FOR 4 DAYS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/27/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT W/CHRONIC PAIN, WHEELCHAIR-BOUND AT HOME, TROUBLE BREATHING, ON INSULIN, HAS BLOOD SUGAR OF 33. DX INSULIN RXN, DM, LT LEG PAIN, ANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
NH PT W/ASHD, TYPE 2 DM, STARTED ON *** 20 MG DAILY DUE TO LEG EDEMA & SOB, LEG EDEMA PERSISTED DESPITE MEDS, USES WHEELCHAIR. EDEMA/CHF
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 79 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
PT. STATES HE SLID OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO BOTTOM AND LAID DOWN ON FLOOR . DX. WEAKNESS, LOWER GI BLEED.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/07/2003	Age: 50 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
SEIZURE. PT HAD SEIZURE AND FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR.. NEW ONSET SZ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 50 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
PT BECAME WEAK, FLL OUT OF HER WHEELCHAIR AT HOME STARTED VOMITING DX:GI BLEED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 35 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 FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHILE HIGH ON COCAINE. COMPLAINING OF ACHINES S. D: COCAINE PROBLEM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2003	Age: 54 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
54 YOM - TIPPED OVER MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR, C/O ALL OVER PAIN DX - *** OVERDOSE, LLL PNEUMONIA AND EFFUSION, HYPOXIA AND RESP ACIDOSIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/26/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
42 YO FEMALE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR AT CASINO ETOH ABUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 84 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, Chair, recliner
84 Y.O.W.M. GOT UP FROM WHEELCHAIR AND WALKED TO RECLINER AND HAD SYNCO PAL EPISODE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/01/2003	Age: 65 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
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NH DX. CVA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/24/2003	Age: 85 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, Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BATHTUB. DX: UTI, INCREASED EPISODES TIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
ETOH INTOXICATION-SLID OUT OF HER WHEELCHAIR AND WAS FOUND ON GROUND.SM ELLS OF ETOH.ATTEMPTING TO HIT AND BITE STAFF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 36 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, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
QUADRAPLEGIC FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR &ONTO DESK. STAYED THERE FOR 4 HRS BEFORE BEING FOUND. LIGHTHEADED. D:DEHYDRATION, UTI, POSS. SEPSIS. ADM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/22/2003	Age: 66 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
PTBECAME DIZZY WITH BACK PAIN ALMOST FALLING OUT OF WHEEL CHAIR WHILE WAITING IN PHARMACY DX: DIZZINESS/BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2003	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: Wheelchairs
82 YOFC WHO HAS FALLEN OUT OF HER WHEELCHAIR A COUPLE OF TIMES TODAY A ND NOW IS LETHARGIC/ LETHARGIC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Wheelchairs
PEA. FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR THEN CODED AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD IN ER.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/07/2003	Age: 73 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: Wheelchairs
PT C/O BURNING ACROSS CHEST/UPPER ABD, LT. FLANK. ON ANTICOAGULATION RX PT. IN WHEELCHAIR AND IS LIFTED BY SON-IN-LAW. DX.TOXICITY OF ANTICOAGU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2003	Age: 60 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
60 Y/O F C/O FALL. PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX HYPERGLYCEMIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 79 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: Nerve Damage
Product: Wheelchairs, Day wear
FELL GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND THEN WHILE PUTTING ON PANTS;ADMIT FO R NEUROLOGICAL TESTING FOR NERVE DAMAGE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Wheelchairs
MS PATIENT IN WHEELCHAIR IN SMOKE FILLED BUILDING BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL W ITH SMOKE INHALATION.,UNK IF FIRE DEPT ATTENDED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2003	Age: 36 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
INTOXICATED PT, +ETOH AND BENZODIAZEPINE, FELL FORM WHEELCHAIR AND HIT HEAD. D:POLYSUBSTANCE INTOXICATION, DECREASED MENTAL STATUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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