Accidents - Wheelchairs - Year 2008 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,131
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	14
26-50 years old:	366
50+ years old:	1,749

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/17/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
RADIUS HEAD FX-UNWITNESSED FALL FROM WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FALL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. ARM PAIN. HUMERAL NECK FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/28/2008	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts
PT WAS INJURED ON RT ARM WHILE BEING TRANSFERRED FROM A WHEELCHAIR TO T HE CAR ON THE STREET-S/P MVA DISTAL FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/17/2008	Age: 80 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
PT FELL FM WHEELCHAIR ONTO R ARM. ARM CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2008	Age: 100 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
FOREARM LAC-100 Y/O FEMALE PT FELL FORWARD FROM WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME RIGHT ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/07/2008	Age: 71 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
HIT ARM ON WHEELCHAIR/ LAC LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2008	Age: 97 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
PT FELL OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME AND SUSTAINED AN ABRA SION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2008	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OFF WHEELCHAIR X2 DAYS AGO AND SUSTAINED DEEP LACERATION TO LT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS IN WHEELCHAIR, FATHER FELL AND PT TRIED TO CATCH HIM/ DX R ULNA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2008	Age: 83 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: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
83 YO FELL OUT WHEELCHAIR INJURED ARM ON FLOOR LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FALL GETTING UP OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT HOME. DX FOREARM LACERATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
IN WHEELCHAIR - READJUSTED SELF & CUT R ARM ON SOMETHING, R FA LACERATI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
61 YOM TRIPPED OER WHEELCHAIR AND FELL TO FLOOR CONTUSION RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2008	Age: 67 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, Television tables or stands
67 YO FELL OUT WHEELCHAIR STRUCK ARM ON NIGHT STAND FX RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/18/2008	Age: 64 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
PT PINCHED FOREARM IN WHEELCHAIR AT SHELTER. DX: R ARM CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2008	Age: 87 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
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY FELL OUT OF HER WHEELCHAIR THIS MORNING, C/O PAIN ON BOTH ARMS, BOTH LEGS, PELVIS AND RT SHOULDER. DX-MULT. CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 44 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
44 Y/O M INJURED L FOREARM WHILE TRYING TO LIFT SELF OUT OF WHEELCHAI R. DX; L FOREARM FX.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	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
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS-SUS CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS TO BIL FA AND LEFT KNE E WHEN HE FELL OUT OF W/C AT NH MULT TIMES.HAS DEMENTIA & AGITATED.NO L
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/21/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts
^PT WAS IN THE WHEELCHAIR ON THE BUS, BUS MADE A SHARP TURN AND PTFELLO VER ONTO RT SIDE ONTO FOREARM. DX-RT FOREARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	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
PATIENT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME DX: CONTUSION LT ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2008	Age: 69 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
PT FELL WHILE GETTING INTO A WHEELCHAIR SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2008	Age: 64 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: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
AT HEALTHCARE FACILITY,FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR,PT PARAPLEGIA,UNWITNESSED FALL,SKIN TEAR R FOREARM,DX MASSIVE SACRAL DECUBITUS W/ CELLULITIS,COPD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 80 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 FELL TRANSFERRING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX: SCALP CONT, FOREARM ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 77 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
PT FELL OUT OF HIS ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSIN HOME AND FRACTURED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 61 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
INJURY LEFT ARM FROM FALLING OFF WHEELCHAIRN GOING UP INCLINE, FELL ON LEFT FOREARM. DX-FALL, LEFT FOREARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT DX PROXIMAL RADIAL AND ULNAR FX - PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR C/O PAIN TO RT ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 92 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, Floors or flooring materials
TRIED TO GET OUT OF WHEELCHAIR BY HIMSELF; FELL TO FLOOR; ABRASION, RT. FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 34 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS AT HOME, HIT ARM ON A WHEEL CHAIR CAUSING A CONTUISON TO LT ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2008	Age: 67 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, Beds or bedframes
L FOREARM, L KNEE ABRASION, PT SLIPPED & FELL WHILE TRANSFER FROM BED TO WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
SLID OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, RIGHT ARM INJURY. DX- MULTIPLE SKIN TEARS,FALL RIGHT ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2008	Age: 26 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT INJURED ARM WHILE GETTING INTO WHEELCHAIR DX RT LOWER ARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 80 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
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR 2 DAYS PTA, LT FOREARM AB DX: SUSPECTED INFECTION, DEHYDRAYTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/08/2008	Age: 74 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
LACERATION FOREARM - 74 YO MALE STATES HE CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM ON HIS W HEELCHAIR - 3 X 2 CM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
77 YO FEMALE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR CONTUSION LEFT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2008	Age: 96 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: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
SKIN TEAR L ARM;HEAD TRAUMA/96YOF FROM NURSING HOME FELL OUT OF HER WHE ELCHAIR ON TO FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	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, Beds or bedframes
PT WAS TRANSFERRING SELF FROM THE WHEELCHAIR TO THE BED AT THE NURSING HOME AND FELL BETWEEN THE TWO SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2008	Age: 52 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, Ramps or landings
PT C/O FALLOUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND FELL OFF RAMP. DX CONT RT FOREARM HEAD FACE CHEST BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
SKIN TEAR TO LT LOWER ARM STRUCK ON WHEELCHAIR DX LACERAION TO LT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2008	Age: 69 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
PT IS VISTING FAMILY MEMBER @ ***, TURNED A CORNER AND COLLIED WITHA WH EELCHAIR NOW W/ LACERATION. DX RIGHT FOREARM LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2008	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR, ARM PAIN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/21/2008	Age: 79 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
PT SUS CONTUSION TO ARM WHILE PULLING HERSELF OUT OF HER WHEELCHAIR%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 81 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
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NH/FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2008	Age: 62 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, Alcohol
PT, MULTIPLE MEDICAL PROBLEMS, FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR THIS MORNING. +ET OH. D:ACUTE ETOH INTOXICATION, RADIUS FX, HYPOKALEMIA, MI, MILD ANEMIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2008	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
LEFT FOREARM ABR. PT FELL INTO A WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT LEANED FORWARD AND FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR. DX-CONTUSION HEAD, LACERATION FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 36 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, Metal containers
FELL OFF ?WHEELCHAIR SCRATCHING FOREARM ONTO GLASS VERSUS CAN >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2008	Age: 29 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
L ARM CONT/29YOF AT HOME FELL WHEN TRYING TO GET TO HER WHEELCHAIR. SAM E THING HAPPENED LAST WEEK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Wheelchairs, Day wear
IN WHEELCHAIR COOKING LUNCH WHEN SHIRT CAUGHT FIRE BURNING HAND TO ELBO W,UNK IF FIRE DEPT ATTENDED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/23/2008	Age: 80 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: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
AT NURSING HOME PT STRUCK L FOREARM AGAINST WHEELCHAIR SEVERAL DAYS AGO,DX L ARM SKIN TEAR & LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS SITTING IN A HOSPITAL WHEEL CHAIR AND BROKE OUT IN RASH ON ARMS POSSIBLE ALLERGIC REACTION TO FOAM RUBBER ON WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 62 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
RIGHT ARM STR. PT STRAINED ARM WHEN FALLING OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2008	Age: 72 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
CONTUSION TO ARM WHEN FELL FROM A WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2008	Age: 95 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
NURSING HOME RESIDENT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR, HAS SKIN TEAR ON LEFT FOREARM THAT DEVELOPED INTO LARGE HEMATOMA ON ENTIRE FOREARM TX
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/05/2008	Age: 74 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
74 YOM HAD A MECHANICAL FALL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR YESTERDAY WITH ABRAS- IONS TO THE UPPER EXTREMITIES. DX-FOREARM ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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