Accidents - Wheelchairs - 26-50 years old - Year 2003 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,212
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Date: 12/23/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
DX:SEIZURE. HAD CONVULSIVE EPISODE AND THREW HIMSELF OUTOF HIS WHEELCHA IR TO FLOOR AT NSG HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
42 YO MALE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR INTO STREET LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
SCALP LAC; MILD C.H.I. - FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO HER LEFT SIDE ON A TILE FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NH DX. SCALP ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL DOWN IN WHEELCHAIR WHEN LIFT ON VAN COLLAPSED. ACUTE CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PTS FOOT CAUGHT UNDER WHEELCHAIR, PT FELL TO FLOOR, HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR - SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT COLLAPSED IN WHEELCHAIR IN HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM AND HIT HEAD. DX: PT LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/20/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT TURNED OVER IN A WHEELCHAIR AND HIT HEAD ON A PIECE OF METAL. DX-CLOSED HEAD INJUR, LACERATION FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
LOST BALANCE GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR HIT HEAD ON WALL DX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
26 Y.O. W MALE W/CHI. PT FELL OUT OF HIS WHEELCHAIR. E8843
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL TRANSFERRING TO WHEELCHAIR. DX: SCALP LAC 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR SCALP LACERATION 2.5 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
PT FELL WHILE TRANSFERRING FROM BED TO WHEELCHAIR HIT BACK OF HEAD NO L OC HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PT DRINKING BEER WHEN HE FELL OUT OF WHEEL CHAIR IN ALLEY. D: CLOSED HE AD INJURY, ETOH INTOXICATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
INTOXICATED AND FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR LAC FOREHEAD AND CLOSED HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DURING TRANSPORT TO A GROUP HOME MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT. FELL WHILE TRYING TO GET INTO WHEELCHAIR, NO LOC. LIVES AT LONG TER M FACILITY. HIT HEAD,KNOT, LT SIDE NEAR AV SHUNT. HX HYDROCEPHALUS,CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND HIT HEAD ON FLOOR AT REHAB FACILITY. DX. MIN OR HEAD INJURY, ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA, METASTATIC PANCREATIC CANCER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL BACKWARDS IN WHEELCHAIR STRIKING HEAD ON ASPHALT. DX: INTRACEREBRAL BLEED, HEAD CONT/ABR.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PT SUST HEAD INJURY AFTER FALL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
CHI, CERVICAL STRAIN - 38 YOM PRESENTS FROM THE JAIL S/P FALLING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHILE TRANSFERRING TO THE FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS BEING LIFTED OUT OF A VAN WHEN WHEELCHAIR FELL OFF VAN RAMP PT WAS STRAPPED INTO CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
38 YO FEMALE WAS PLAYING IN WHEELCHAIR AND SLID OFF TO FLOOR HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR-HEMATOMA HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: FACIAL AB, CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs, Stairs or steps
PT WAS BEING WHEELED DOWN STAIRS IN WHEELCHAIR & FELL BACK HITTING HEAD DX: RESP FAILURE, SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, GLIOBLASTOMA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
POSTERIOR SCALP BRUISE AFTER FALLING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
HEAD CONTUSION. FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ON TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FALL FROM WHEELCHAIR WHILE DRINKING ALCOHOL DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PT STATES HE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHILE GETTING OUT OF TRANSPORT VAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
CHI,INTOXICATION.PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
PT FELL FROM LIFT WHILE MOVING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED; CLOSED HEAD INJU RY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Wheelchairs
CONCUSSION. PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR HITTING HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
41 YO MALE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR - ETOH CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AND SUSTAINED A SUBDURAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Wheelchairs
PT IN WHEELCHAIR WHICH FELL BACKWARDS STRUCK HEAD, SCALP HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
CHI - 28 YOF WITNESSED BY HOUSEKEEPER TO FALL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR HITTING HER HEAD, C/O HEAD PAIN AND ALSO ABRASION JUST ABOVE LEFT EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX: SCALP LAC 2CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT HOME, SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR HITTING HEAD ON FLOOR SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
HELPING MAN OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND HE FELL STRIKING HEAD CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
HIT HEAD ON A WHEELCHAIR WHEN FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PEDESTRIAN IN WHEELCHAIR STRUCK BY TRUCK. +ETOH. D:OPEN SKULL FX AND MA XILLARY FX, LACERATION. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/04/2003	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: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PT TRIED TO GET OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND FELL, HEADINJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
DX: POSS R PARIETAL HEMORRHAGE. FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND FOUND COLD A ND WET IN A PARKING LOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR & STUCK HEAD 1 HOUR PTA. LAC SCALP & CT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
CHI.PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AND HIT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Wheelchairs
CONCUSSION,CERVICAL STRAIN.PT FLIPPED WHILE IN WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED H EAD AND NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR WHILE GOING INTO THE PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE. DX-CLOSED HEAD INJURY, LACERATION FOREHEAD, ABRASION FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR 2 DAYS AGO. DX: ACUTE HEADACHE, ABNORMAL HEAD CT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
CHI - 45 YOF WENT OUT SHOPPING, WENT TO GET UP FROM WHEELCHAIR AND EXPE RIENCED DIZZINESS AND FELL TO FLOOR HITTING BACK OF HEAD, HAS HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/07/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR BHT, NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2003	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: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
COUSIN TIPPED WHEELCHAIR OVER ON PTS COUSIN 200LBS PT KNOCKED BACKWARDS HIT HEAD DX CONT SCALP AND COCCYX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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