Accidents - Wheelchairs - Year 2004 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,056
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	44
16-25 years old:	58
26-50 years old:	237
50+ years old:	1,715

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/22/2004	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AND FX ARM - NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL AGAINST HIS WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED HIS LEFT FOREARM. LACERATION TO LT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2004	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
CUT TO LOWER ARM WHILE GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: LACERATION TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT REHAB. DX: L FOREARM ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2004	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL HITTING FOREARM ONTO WHEELCHAIR C/O BLEEDING DX: LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2004	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR CUTTING FOREARM DX LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2004	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
STATES HER ARM GOT CAUGHT WHILE PUSHING HER MOMS WHEELCHAIR DX LT LOWER ARM ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
SPRAIN L FOREARM, PT PUSHING A WHEELCHAIR AT HOME, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2004	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR LACER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2004	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR CUTTING FOREARM DX LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Stairs or steps
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AND TUMBLED DOWN A STEP LANDING ON FOREARMS C/O PAIN FOREARM CONTUSIONS PT LIVES IN NUSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
FELL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET FROM WHEELCHAIR TO COUCH/ CONTUSION RT FOREARM, LEG, FREQUENT FALLS
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 09/28/2004	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT BENT TO PICK SOMETHING UP OFF FLOOR AND FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NH DX: SUPERFICIAL SKIN TEAR L ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2004	Age: 99 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
PT STATED THAT HE WAS GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, TO USE URINAL, LOST BA LANCE FALLING ONTO ARMS SUSTAINED" RT F.ARM LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
82 YOF INJ ARM WHEN SHE TRIPPED OVER WHEELCHAIR FX LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Wheelchairs
CRUSHED FOREARM, VIA AMB, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A FALLING WHEELCHAIR IN THE YANKEE STADIUM, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, UNABLE TO MOVE FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR DX FOREARM CONTU AND STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
LOWER ARM CONTUSION, FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
45 YO F FELL OUT WHEELCHAIR INJURED FOREARM FX FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2004	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL HITTING FOREARM ONTO WHEELCHAIR ,CUTTING DX LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT HOME; FOREARM FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
SENT IN FROM NURSING HOME PT. WAS IN WHEELCHAIR AND ANOTHER PT. PULLED HIM BY THE ARM ACCIDENTALLY DX: FOREARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT. FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT HOME & NOW RT. FOREARM HURTS DX: RT. ULNAR / RADIAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT HAS BEEN USING A WHEELCHAIR AND DEVELOPED FOREARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2004	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Golf carts
PT KNOCKED OUT OF ELECTRIC WHEEL CHAIR WHEN HIT WITH GOLF CART; FX ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2004	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT. FELL AND STRUCK WHEELCHAIR WITH FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FALL FROM WHEELCHAIR. RULE OUT FX. ELB/FOREARM/WRIST INJURY NOS. CEREBRAL PALSY NOS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT TRANSFERRING FROM BED TO WHEELCHAIR AT HOME, FELL, ABRASION LT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2004	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
RT FOREARM LACERATION,LEFT KNEE CONTUSION.PT RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME AND FELL INTO A WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL WHILE GETTING INTO WHEELCHAIR DX R LOWER ARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT IN WHEELCHAIR COMING HOME ON SIDEWALK, HIT A BUMP AND FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR; FOREARM FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2004	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS AT A NURSING HOME WHEN SHE FELL OUT OF HER WHEEL CHAIR CAUSING A LACERATION TO HER RT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WITH HX OF OSTEOGENESIS ; FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT WHILE AT THE CAR NIVAL. D: FALL / CONTUSION LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HIS FOREARM AS A RESULT OF FALLING FROM HIS WHEELCHAIR ON THE STREET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: FOREARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2004	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
84YOWF-CONTUSION LEFT FOREARM-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR-INJURED ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2004	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL WHILE TRANSFERRING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX: SKIN AVULSION L FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2004	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT CUT FOREARM ON SHARP PIECE OF METAL FROM WHEELCHAIR DX: LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
ARM STR. PT STRUCK ARM ON A WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2004	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
CONTUSION (L&R) FOREARMS, VIA EMS, PT FELL FROM A WHEELCHAIR ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE GROUP HOME, C/O PAIN, NECK PAINLESS ROM, NO LOC OR DIZZ.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT CRUSHED ARM IN WHEELCHAIR. DX: L DISTAL RADIUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2004	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
WHEELCHAIR FELL OVER; CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
47 Y.O. W MALE W/FOREARM CONTUSION. PT STS HE WAS TRYING TO GET INTO HI S WHEELCHAIR & FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT IN WHEELCHAIR - IT TIPPED OVER AT CHURCH FUNCTION; SP FOREARM R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS RIDING IN OR PUSHING WHEELCHAIR AND WAS STRUCK BY VEHICLE C/O R SHOULDER PAIN +LOC PT HAS BEEN DRINKING DX FX IN ULNA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/09/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
POSSIBLY INJURED HER RT FOREARM ON THE WHEELCHAIR AT HOME. SKIN TEAR TO RT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2004	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
92YOF FELL AT HOME INJ TO ARMS ON WHEELCHAIR DX LACERATIONS TO ARMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OFF OF A WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED LOWER ARM. DX LOWER ARM SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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