Accidents - Wheelchairs - Year 2009 - Wrist

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,845
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	6
16-25 years old:	306
26-50 years old:	175
50+ years old:	1,358

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/18/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Exercise equipment
PT WAS TRANSFERRING SELF FROM WHEELCHAIR TO EXERCISE EQUIPMENT & FELL INJURING WRIST DX: CONTUSION RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
LEFT WRIST STRAIN.PT WAS PUSHING A WHEELCHAIR AND WRIST STARTED TO THRO B.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
61YOF FELL OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIR AT THE REHAB CENTER AND FRACTURED WRIS T
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF A WRIST BY FALLING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR AT A NURSING HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WITH SPRAINED WRIST, FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
WAS WHEELING HERSELF DOWN HALLWAY AT N/H FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TWIST ING R WRIST DX- WRIST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT PULLED MOTHER UP INTO WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED WRIST DX: SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
TRANSFERRING HUSBAND TO WHEELCHAIR AT HOME. DX WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Handrails, railings or banisters
INJURED WRIST CAUGHT BETWEEN RAIL AND WHEELCHAIR SPRAIN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2009	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
88 YR OLD STOOD UP FROM WHEELCHAIR AND FELL INJURED WRIST DX/ RIGHT WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL AT LOCAL DEPARTMENT STORE PUSHING HUSBAND IN WHEELCHAIR FX LT WRIST *
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/18/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FX WRIST- FELL WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 09/18/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
55 YO F WRIST PAIN FREQUENT FALLS THIS WEEK FELL OUT OF WHEEL CHAIR IN WAITING ROOM, SEEN BY MD LEFT AMA*
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/18/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
59 YOF FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR SUSTAINING A FRACTURED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT TRIPPED ON HUSBAND'S WHEELCHAIR AT HOME AND FELL ON L OUTSTRETCHED H AND/WRIST. DX. FX L DISTAL RADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX WRIST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
HUSBAND STATES PT IS PARTIALLY PARALYZED IN R, THINKS MAY HAVE GOTTE N CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR W/PAIN TO R HAND. D.X CONT R WRIST/ HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
WRIST CT-HIT BY A CAR WHILE -@ 3 MPH-PTCROSSING STREET IN A WHEELCHAIR HIT STREET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT INJURED WRIST WHILE WHEELING SELF IN WHEELCHAIR. LPTMS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/26/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WITH FRACTURED WRIST WHILE MANEUVERING A WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
RIDING IN WHEELCHAIR, RT THUMB/WRIST GOT CAUGHT IN WHEEL. DX: RT WRIST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELKL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AND FRACTURED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
DAUGHTER REPORTS PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NH. DX. FX L RADIUS DIST AL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2009	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR DX: L WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
CONTUSION R WRIST & R FOREARM 2ND TO FALL, R/O FX: IN HIS WHEELCHAIR & GOT UP TO WALK,STATES BLACKED OUT FEW SECONDS FELL, WRIST, FOREARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
43YOF, STRAINED WRIST PUSHING WHEELCHAIR, STRAIN SPRAIN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT IS WHEELCHAIRBOUND MALE. STRUCK HIS L WRIST AGAINST ANOTHER STUDENTS WHEELCHAIR AT SCHOOL. PAIN IN L WRIST. DX L WRIST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
2WKS AGO, TRIPPED OVER A WHEELCHAIR&FELL LANDING ONTO OUTSTRETCHED HAND S, C/O WRIST PAIN SINCE>.SPRAIN/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2009	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FORWARD IN UNLOCKED WHEELCHAIR IN NURSING HOME. DX- FRACTURE R WRI ST #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
76YO HISP FEMALE MOVING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO TOILET-FELL C/O L FOREARM PAIN - SKIN TEAR TO FOREARM, DX WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
65 YOM FELL WHILE TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR FRACTURE WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
C/OR RT WRIST PAIN, DIFFICULT TO MOVE IT; SWOLLEN, ? FROM PUSHING WHEEL CHAIR. DX: SPRAIN RT WRIST, INFLAMMATION/ARTHRALGIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
81 YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR FRACTURE WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
31 YOM HAS PAIN IN BOTH WRISTS WHILE USING WHEELCHAIR WRIST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2009	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT CUT WRIST WHEN TRIPPED OVER WHEELCHAIR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME AND INJURED HER WRIST DX/ RIGHT WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Bags
PT'S WHEELCHAIR CAUGHT ON TRASH BAG AND SHE FELL AT MALL. DX: R WRIST SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL TRANSFERRING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT CONVALESCENT FACILITY LANDING ON RT WRIST. DX-WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Track and field
PT PRACTICING W/ UNIVERSITY WHEELCHAIR TRACK TEAM WHEN WHEELCHAIR SCREW SNAPPED AT 20MPH & PT FELL INJURING WRIST. D:CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2009	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT GOT WRIST CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME LACERATION LT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
82 YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHILE TRANSFERRING FRACTURE WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2009	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX: R WRIST SPRAIN, LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
80 Y/O WAS RESTRAINED PASSENGER INVOLVED IN MVA IN WHEELCHAIR IN VAN, FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR, WAS REAR ENDED. DX-SPRAIN WRIST..
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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