Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - 26-50 years old - Year 2004 - Lower Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,492
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Date: 12/31/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	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, Stairs or steps
TRIPPED OVER A CANE FELL DOWN 1 STEP DX: LUMBAR CONTUSION / FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	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
LEFT HIP CONT. PT FELL TO HIP USING A WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING WITH CRUTCHES, HURT BACK DX LOWER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2004	Age: 41 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: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
PT, AMBULATING WITH CRUTCHES AFTER HIP REPLACEMENT, TRIPPED ON CARPET A ND FELL. D: HIP PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2004	Age: 36 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
PT WAS WALKING WITH A CRUTCH WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND FEL L STRAINED RIGHT HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2004	Age: 29 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
29 YOM FELL WHILE WALKING WITH HIS WALKER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	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 FELL W/CRUTCHES. DX: POLYSUBSTANCE ABUSE, BUTTOCKS CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2004	Age: 50 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
LUMBAR STRAIN - 50 YOM C/O LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER THE WALKER HE WAS USIN G GOT CAUGHT IN A CRACK IN THE SIDEWALK CAUSING HIM TO FALL SIDEWAYS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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. WAS WALKING ON CRUTCHES, HER R KNEE GAVE OUT. DX. CONTS R/L HIP, R KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT WAS WALKING ON CRUTCHES, LOST BALANCE,TRIPPED OVE, NOW WITH PAIN IN THE PERINEUM SUSTAINED" PERINEUM CONTUSION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2004	Age: 36 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 WALKS WITH A WALKER WHEN HE FELL ONTO HIS LEFT HIP CONTUSION HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2004	Age: 43 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEFT HIP CONTUSION.PT WAS USING WALKER ON SIDEWALK AND THEN WALKER CAUG HT ON A CRACK IN SIDEWALK AND PT FELL ON HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2004	Age: 50 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, Rugs or carpets
PATIENT FELL AT HOME, ON A WALKER TRIPPED OVER A RUG. DX-LUMBAR CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2004	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
PT TRIPPED ON HER CANE AT HOME/ FX HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/31/2004	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
LUMBAR STR. PT INJURED BACK WHEN FALLING WITH A WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2004	Age: 43 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
LEFT HIP PAIN. PT FELL WHEN WALKING WITH A WALKER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2004	Age: 34 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
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS USING CRUTCHES AND BACK BEGAN TO HURT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL INTO HER WALKER. DX: CONT L HIP/THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2004	Age: 32 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 STUMBLED USING WALKER. DX: ACUTE EXACERBATION CHRONIC LOW BACK PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2004	Age: 44 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
PAIN TO BACK FELL WHILE USING WALKER DX: BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2004	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
LUMBAR AND CERV CONT. PT WAS USING A WALKER AND FELL BACKWARDS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	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 WALKER, TRIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON BUTTOCKS, CONTUSION BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USES A CANE - HIT BY A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE IN THE CROSSWALK LEFT HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	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'S WALKER GOT AWAY FROM HER AND SHE FELL. DX: LUMBAR CONT/PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2004	Age: 48 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
PATIENT BENT OVER TO PICK UP A CANE AND SUSTAINED LUMBAR PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2004	Age: 43 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
WALKING W/ CANE & TWISTED BACK 2 DAYS AGO. BACK PAIN-MUSCLE SPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2004	Age: 33 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, Stairs or steps
PT, WHO FELL ONE WEEK AGO, FELL AGAIN TODAY WHEN CRUTCHES CAUGHT ON STA IR. D: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2004	Age: 46 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, Rugs or carpets
LEFT HIP FRACTURE.PT WAS USING A WALKER AND TRIPPED ON CARPET AND FELL ON HIP.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/20/2004	Age: 42 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
STATES WAS WALKING WITH CRUTCHES, ALMOST FELL, CAUGHT SELF AND C/O LOW BACK AND KNEE PAIN. CHRONIC BACK AND KNEE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING A CANE - FELL ON ICE WALKING AT SCHOOL ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2004	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: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
GETTING OUT OF CAR WITH CRUTCHES, STUBLED AND FELL DX HIP FX WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/01/2004	Age: 46 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: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
46 YO M WALKING W/WALKER TRIPPED AND FELL ON FLOOR BACK PAIN(LOWER BACK)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2004	Age: 39 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
STATES LOST BALANCE NAD FELL OVER CANE AND ON L SIDE AND BOTTOM. DX. S TRAIN LUMBAR AND L HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2004	Age: 48 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'S CRUTCHES SLIPPED. DX: PELVIC FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	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 SUST FRACTURE TO HIP FELL WHILE USING WALKER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/21/2004	Age: 50 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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT AT ATM MACHINE USED A WALKER TO STEPUP ON A STEP AND SINCE HAS HAD B ACK PAIN BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2004	Age: 37 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
ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN - PATIENT GETTING OUT OF CAR - CANE SLIPPED ON ICE TWISTED RIGHT LEG AND BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2004	Age: 47 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL ONTO HIP WHEN OVERSTRETCHED OVER WALKER. D: HIP CONTUSION, HIV.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT USING CRUTCHES FOR PREVIOUS INJ, FELL INJURING BACK DX:LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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