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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,631
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2007 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR @ NURSING HOME DX FALL W/O INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2007 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Stairs or steps |
| NO APPARENT INJURY-FELL DOWN SOME STEPS FROM WHEELCHAIR-@ NH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2007 | 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: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| H/O ALZ, SLIPPPED VS SYNCOPED&FELL OUT OF W/C, SIF ECF FOR MED EVA >>MED EVA S/P FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2007 | 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: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| SIF ECF FOR EVA OF FOOW/C TO THE FLR, NO C/O'S >> NO INJ FOOW/C: FALL/FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/22/2007 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| SKIN TEAR, PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME LAST NIGHT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2007 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 85YOF WHILE AT HOME,GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR,SLIPPED AND FELL, HITTING THE FLOOR;UNABLE TO AMBULATE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/09/2007 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, DX; DEHYDRATION, DEMENTIA, UTI |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 11/04/2007 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT WAS TRYING TO GET UP ONTO WHEELCHAIR AND C/O SHORTNESS OF BREATH. NO DIAGNOSIS GIVEN. PT WAS ADMITTED. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/30/2007 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Televisions |
| NO APPARENT INJURIES-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR WHILE REACHING FOR TV-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 78 YO MALE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR AT NURSING HOME AND WHEELCHAIR WAS ON TOP OF HIM - MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts |
| WHILE IN A MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR, PT WAS HIT BY A SLOW-MOVING CAR, THROW N ONTO HOOD OF CAR, DX MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2007 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 70 YO FELL OUT WHEELCHAIR HURT MULTIPLE BODY MULTIPLE ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX GROUND LEVEL FALL |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/06/2007 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes |
| MULTI CONTUSIONS WHEN FELL WHEN GOING FROM BED TO WHEELCHAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/28/2007 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| WIFE WAS PUSHING PT IN WHEELCHAIR WHEN HE FELL FORWARDS OUT OF CHAIR NO INJURY HAS < LEVEL OF RESOPNSIVNESS DX= FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2007 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT DX SOFT TISSUE INJURY - FELL OFF WHEELCHAIR WHILE BENDING OVER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| FELL OUT OF WC TRYING TO GET UP OFF, C/O NUMNBESS > PERIPHERAL NEVER INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2007 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 85YOF WAS FOUND IN HER HOME BY A MEAL DELIVERY PERSON,THE WHEELCHAIR SHE WAS IN WAS OVER TURN ON THE FLOOR ;CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/11/2007 | Age: 95 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Medical equipment, general |
| S/P HARTMAN PROCEDURE, JP DRAIN CAUGHT IN THE WC&PULLED OUT "JP DRAIN REPLACEMENT" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2007 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 82YFC FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DAY BEFORE CNA MOVING PATIENT TODAY AND THOUGHT SHE HAD PAIN/NO APPARENT INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2007 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT FOUND DOWN BY HIS TIPPED OVER WHEELCHAIR. DOWN FOR UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME. MULT. ABRASIONS, ULCERS. D:DEHYDRATION, RENAL FAILURE, ULCERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/22/2007 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes |
| FELL WHILE BEING TX FROM WC TO THE BED " MED EVAL NO INJ'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2007 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 77YOF WAS FOUND ON THE FLOOR,SHE FELL OUT OF HER WHEELCHAIR,UNWITNESSED ;FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2007 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR INTO FLOOR @ HOME DX FALL W/O INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2007 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| FELL FROM PWR WHEELCHAIR--MULTIPLE ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2007 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| MULT ABRAS/62YOM FROM GROUP HOME AFTER MULT FALLS FROM WHEELCHAIR. TRIE S TO GET OUT BUT IS UNSTEADY. GETTING WORSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| FLIP IN WHEELCHAIR DX NO TX, LWBS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/09/2007 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PT DX NORMAL PHYSICAL EXAM - S/P NO INJURY,PT WAS IN WHEELCHAIR WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A CAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT FELL FORWARD FROM WHEELCHAIR & HAS NO INJURIES NOTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2007 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| NO APPARENT INJURY-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR-@ NURSING HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PATIENT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-UNKNOWN INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT FELL FROM A WHEELCHAIR - MULTI CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 28YOF WHEEL CHAIR FELL ON HER ACUTE EXASPERATION CBP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2007 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| NO INJURIES-FELL BACKWARDS FROM A WHEELCHAIR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2007 | Age: 105 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT FELL AT NURSING HOME, FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, DX AMS, S/P FALL, PT 1 05 YR OLD |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/18/2007 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Footstools, ottomans or hassocks |
| 90YOF WHO WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR,WAS PLACED IN A GUARDIAN ANGEL TRANSPORTATION,NO FOOTREST,SHE FELL FORWARD ON KNEES;FALL NO INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2007 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR LUNGEN WITH *** LUNGEN WITH METS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/27/2007 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 71 YOF FELL OVER W/C AT HOSPITAL LEFT AMA |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/18/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes |
| H/O MS, FELL WHILE TX SELF FROM WHEELCHAIR TO THE BED " WEAKNESS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2007 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME, DX-CONTUSION, ABRASIONS, MULTIPLE SITES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2007 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME AND FELL OUT OF A WHE ELCHAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2007 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| NO APPARENT INJURY-ATTEMPTING TO SIT IN WHEELCHAIR-FELL TO FLOOR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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