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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 375
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/06/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| FELL OFF WHEELCHAIR ONTO ASPHALT LACERATION LEFT UPPER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| DX:CONTUSION LEFT HIP. FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND HAVING HIP PAIN IN HIP THAT WAS FRACTURED 2 MONTHS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A CAR DX: OPEN FX FEMUR + TIBIAS + CHI + |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT PUSHING 300 LB PATIENT IN WHEELCHAIR, L ANTERIOR THIGH STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PATIENT HAD SUDDEN ONSET THIGH PAIN WHEN TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO VAN. D: LEG CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOORDX: FRACTURE RT. DISTAL FEMUR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/30/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AND LANDED ON HIP. DX: L INTERTROCHANT FEMUR FX, HX BLUNT HEAD INJURY, HX POSS DEVEL DELA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/22/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| $RT UPPER LEG ABRASION.PTS LEG RUBS ON ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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