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Accidents - Medical equipment, general - Year 2007 - Lower Arm

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 157
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Date: 10/29/2007Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Electric heating pads
C/O ARM PAIN&SWELLING S/P IV FLUIDS INFUSION VS BURN ON HEATING PAD >> EXTRAVASATION VS BURN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/29/2007Age: 93 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL FROM A LOW BED ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING GOME. DX-ABRASIONS FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Medical equipment, general, Soaps
PT DX'D W/VIRAL MENINGITIS X4 DAYS,IN ED & HAD IV PLACED IN ARM,NOW W/I TCHY RASH TO IV SITE;CONT DERMATITIS LIKELY 2ND TO CLEANSING SOL FOR IV
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2007Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Fertilizers
PT WITH ABRASION TO ARM, WAS SITTING NEXT TO A BAG OF MULCH, A NEEDLE WAS STICKING OUT OF BAG, SCRATCHED PT, BROUGHT NEEDLE WITH HER TO ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2007Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Sheets or pillowcases
RECENT VAS CATH DIALYSIS SHUNT REPLACED IN FOREARM, AWOKE THIS AM AND HAD BLOOD SATURATED THRU DRESSING ONTO SHEET DX VAS CATH PLACEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2007Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Medical equipment, general, General purpose household cleaners
C/O PT STATES ACCIDENTLYSPILLED FLOOR STRIPPER DOWN IN CAST DX CHEMICAL BURN TO RT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2007Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Doors
PATIENT WEARING SPLINT ON ARM PUNCHED A DOOR OR WALL INSTEAD OF A GIRL AT SCHOOL, BROKE SPLINT; REINJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2007Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Stools
AT HOSPITAL PT TRIED TO GET ON STRETCHER USING STOOL,FELL BACK,CAUGHT IN NURSES ARMS,SUFFERED 2.5CM SKIN TEAR,DX HYPOKALEMIA,UTI,COLORECTAL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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