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Accidents - Wheelchairs - Year 2010 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,402
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Date: 12/26/2010Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
25 YO MALE DRIDING IN AN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR STRUCK A SELF AND CANDLE F EEL AND CUT HAND DX LAC TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/26/2010Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
37YOF SUSTAINED HAND SPRAIN WHEN ACCIDENTALLY FELL OFF THE WHEELCHAIR@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/17/2010Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
84YO WHITE MALE AT NURSING HOME FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR,HIT HEAD R HAND BRUISING, DX CHF EXACERBATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/07/2010Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
82YOM AT SUNRISE PERSONAL CARE HOME ACCIDENTLY FELL OUT OF HIS WHEELCHAIR INJURED LT HAND;HAND FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2010Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
88 Y/O F CUT HAND ON W/C LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2010Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
77YO WHITE MALE FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT ASSISTED LIVING CENTER L HAND PAIN, DX SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION & SWELLING OF HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2010Age: 91 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
91YOF ACCIDENTLY CAUGHT RT HAND IN WHEELCHAIR; HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2010Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
70YOF-HAND CT-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR-@ NH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2010Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
79YOF-FELL FORWARD OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIRAT THE NURSING HOME AND HAS A PUNCTURE WOUND TO THE RT HAND. DX: CONTUSION TO RT HAND*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2010Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Doors
74 YOF L HAND PAIN, CAUGHT BETWEEN WHEELCHAIR AND DOOR DX: HAND CONTU SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2010Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
82YOF AT NURSING HOME FELL OFF WHEELCHAIR ONTO THE FLOOR,WHEELCHAIR FELL ON TOP OF HER INJURED HAND;HAND LACERATION WITH COMPLICATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/27/2010Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
86YOM TRYING TO GET OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN A WHEELCHAIR AND A HARD OBJECT FRACTURED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2010Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
87YOF FALL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME DX: SKIN TEAR RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2010Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
48YOM FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, INJURING (R) HAND DX;* (R) HAND PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2010Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
88YOF WAS IN WHEELCHAIR & SCRAPED LT HAND ON WALL YESTERDAY SUSTAINING INJURY. DX - LT HAND SKIN TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2010Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
56YO WHITE FEMALE BANGED L HAND ON A WALL WHILE AMBULATING IN A WHEELCHAIR, DX L HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2010Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
59 YOM SUS ABRASION TO HAND AFTER WHEELCHAIR TIPPED OVER AND HE FELL%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2010Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
53 Y WF GOT HAND CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR HAS HAND PAIN LT HAND PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2010Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
86 Y/O/F FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME AND HIT HAND DX/ RT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2010Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
46 Y MALE HIT HAND ON WHEELCHAIR DX: HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2010Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
84 YOF, HAND CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR, CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2010Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Wheelchairs
70 YR OLD MALE LIFTING WIFES WHEELCHAIR AND HAND IS SWOLLEN NOW WITH HE MATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2010Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
23 YO M BEING PUSHED IN WHEELCHAIR, FLIPPED OUT, LANDED ON HAND ON FLOO R. DX HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2010Age: 95 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
^ WIFE WAS TRYING TO GET HIM OUT OF CAR AND WHEELCHAIR TIPPED OVER AND HE FELL TO GROUND. DX: ABRASIONS LEFT HAND 95 YOF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2010Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
85 YOF DX CONTUSION OF HAND - PT HAND HIT WHEELCHAIR AND FELL WHILE AT HOME TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2010Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Wheelchairs
48 YOF INJURED HAND FROM GETTING HAND CAUGHT IN WHEEL OF WHEELCHAIR. DX-CRUSH INJURY RIGHT HAND HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2010Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
29YOF STATE SHE FELL AND HIT R HAND ON THE FOOT PEG OF A WHEELCHAIR H AS LAC TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2010Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
61Y/O M C/O LACERATED RIGHT HAND AFTER TRYING TO PULL W/C FROM STRAP DX . ACUTE RIGHT HAND WHEEL CHAIR LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2010Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: American Indian/Alaska Native
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
61 Y/O M FELL OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIR TRYING TO GET UP OVER THE CURB DX R HAND CONTUSION*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2010Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
90YOWF PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR AT NH. DX. CONT R HAND, SK IN TEAR R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2010Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
THUMB STARTED HURTING AFTER PUSHING WHEELCHAIR IN NURSING HOME R HAND C ELLULITIS # 54 YO M
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/27/2010Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
85YOF WAS AT A NURSING HOME, FELL OUT OF A WHEEL CHAIR HITTING THE FLOO R CAUSING A HEMATOMA TO RT HAND, NASAL CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2010Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
48 YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR CONTUSION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2010Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
85YOM CUT HAND LIFTING UP WHEELCHAIR DX: HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2010Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
^ 50YOM HIT HAND ON CAR FRAME WHILE PUTTING WHEEL CHAIR IN DX: HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2010Age: 94 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
94 Y/O/F ANOTHER RESIDENT TRIED TO PULL HER OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIR AND I NJURED HER HAND AT NURSING HOME D/ LEFT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2010Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
LEFT HAND LAC.85YOM FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2010Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
56YOM FELL AT HOME FROM WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR DX: RT HAND INJ, RT KNEE INJ
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 05/08/2010Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
47 YO M GOT HAND CAUGHT ON PART OF WHEELCHAIR. DX HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2010Age: 90 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
90 YOM PT BUMPED HAND ON WHEELCHAIR. LAC L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2010Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
^15 YO MALE ON A BUS IN A WHEELCHAIR. WHEN BUS WENT AROUND A TURN PT FELL OUT. DX HAND INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2010Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
68 Y/O/F FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME INJURED HAND DX/ RIGHT HAND CONTUSION R/O SEPSIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/29/2010Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
48YOF PUSHING A RELATIVE IN A WHEELCHAIR AND THE WHEELCHAIR SLIPPED SHE FELL ONTO RIGHT HAND FRACTURED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2010Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs, Tables
L HAND SKIN TEAR/88YOF FROM NURSING HOME CAUGHT L HAND BETWEEN WHEELCHA IR & TABLE CAUSING LARGE SKIN TEAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2010Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
51YO WHITE MALE FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR ONTO STREET, SHOULDER PAIN HAND PAIN, DX ETOH INTOXICATION,L 2ND METACARPAL FRACTURE, CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2010Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
86YOF SLID OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2010Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
FELL MOVING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO TOILET LAC RT HAND * 83 Y/O W/M
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2010Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
86 YOF LACERATED LEFT HAND ON WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2010Age: 92 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
92 YOM PRESENT TO ER FROM SNF CUTTING HIS RT HAND ON HIS WHEELCHAIR TOD AY- DX- RT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2010Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
89 Y/O/F SENT IN FROM NURSING HOME CAUGHT HAND ON LOCK OF WHEELCHAIR DX: HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2010Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
55 YOM FELL FROM A WHEELCHAIR TO THE FLOOR - STRAINED HAND
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/10/2010Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM HIS WHEELCHAIR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GO TO THE REST ROOM, DX:HAND LAC PT IN NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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