Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - 26-50 years old - Year 2002 - Lower Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,115
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Date: 12/30/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WHILE USING WALKER HIP & BACK CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
40 YO M WALKING WITH CANE, FELL. DX HIP SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Ramps or landings
PT'S CRUTCHES CAUGHT ON WET RAMP. DX: L HIP CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
48 YO FEMALE TRIPPED OVER CANE RIGHT HIP PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Televisions
49 YO M TRIPPED ON TV CORD WHEN WALKER GOT CAUGHT ON IT FX HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LUMBAR PAIN. PT INJURED BACK WHEN USING A WALKER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps
DX:LOW BACK STRAIN. WALKING WITH CRUTCHES HAS CAST ON AND FELL DOWN STA IRS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED ON WALKER-PELVIS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED OVER WALKER, TWISTED BACK. DX; LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AFTER A RECENT FRACTURED PELVIS SLIPPED AND LA NDED ON BUTTOCKS CONTUSION LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
LEFT HIP FRACTURE.PT WAS USING CRUTCHES TO WALK AND FELL AND HIT HIP ON THE FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS USING A CANE AND IT SLIPPED AND PT FELL ON BUTTOC KS ON THE FLOOR AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT SLIPPED WALKING W/CRUTCHES. DX: CONT R HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LUMBAR PAIN. PT TRIPPED WHEN USING A CANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
SPRAIN LWR BACK, PT FELL DOWN WHILE WALKING WITH HIS CRUTCHES ATTHE STR EET, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
RAECHING FOR SOMETHING WHILE ON CRUTCHES DX. LBP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH CRUTCHES WHEN HE SLIPPED IN SOME WATER FRACTURED RIGHT HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/22/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CAT RAN THROUGH LEGS OF WALKER, FELL DX. HIP CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT STATES SHE TRIPPED OVER HER DOG WHILE USING HER WALKER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
HAD BACK SURGERY 4MO PRIOR WAS WALKING W/ A WALKER AND IT BECAME STUCK IN ASPHALT PT FELL ACUTE LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Runners, throw rugs or doormats
RT HIP FX-WALKING W/A CANE-TRIPPED ON A RUG & FELL- AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/01/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH CANE C/O OF HIP PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
STATES "I FELL DOWN". LT HIP AND LBP. WALKING W/ WALKER AND STARTED FELLING DIZZY AND FELL. DX; LBP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
BACK STR. PT WAS USING A 4 WHEELED WALKER AND FELL TO CONCRETE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL AT HOME USING WALKER, NOW WITH HIP PAINDX:REINJURED HIP PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEFT HIP CONTUSION.PT WA USING CRUTCHES AND A CRUTCH GOT CAUGHT AND PT FELL ON HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT HAD HIP REPLACEMENT LAST WEEK WAS USING WALKER TRIPPED AND FELL DXHI P PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL USING WALKER GOING TO BATHROOM,RETURNED FELL BACK ,STRAINED BACK AND PASSED OUT/SYCNOPE,BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/21/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH CRUTCHES FELL BACKWARDS FRACTURED COCCYX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
STRUCK BY AN UNCLE (WITH ALTZHEIMER'S) WITH A CANE ACROSS HER BACKDX: L UMBAR CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT GOT CRUTCH CAUGHT WHILE ON THE TRAIN CAUSING FALL, NO C/O HIP AND ANKLE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT WAS USING A WALKER AMD FELL AT ASSISTED LIVING QUARTERS. DX-CONTUSION THIGH AND HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT TRIPPED WITH WALKER AND FELL A FEW DAYS AGO. SEVERE LOW BACK PAIN. LPTMS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT IS BLIND AND WAS USING HER CANE WHEN SHE TRIPPED AND FELL AT GROUND LEVEL C/O PAIN OVER LOWER BACK NO LOC DX LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO HIP, WALKS WITH A CANE, DX HIP PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LUMBAR PAIN. PT STUMBLED WHEN WALKING WITH A CANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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