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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 366
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/09/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT WAS IN WHEELCHAIR, FATHER FELL AND PT TRIED TO CATCH HIM/ DX R ULNA FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| 44 Y/O M INJURED L FOREARM WHILE TRYING TO LIFT SELF OUT OF WHEELCHAI R. DX; L FOREARM FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts |
| ^PT WAS IN THE WHEELCHAIR ON THE BUS, BUS MADE A SHARP TURN AND PTFELLO VER ONTO RT SIDE ONTO FOREARM. DX-RT FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT WAS AT HOME, HIT ARM ON A WHEEL CHAIR CAUSING A CONTUISON TO LT ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT INJURED ARM WHILE GETTING INTO WHEELCHAIR DX RT LOWER ARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR, ARM PAIN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/23/2008 | 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: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Wheelchairs, Metal containers |
| FELL OFF ?WHEELCHAIR SCRATCHING FOREARM ONTO GLASS VERSUS CAN >> LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| L ARM CONT/29YOF AT HOME FELL WHEN TRYING TO GET TO HER WHEELCHAIR. SAM E THING HAPPENED LAST WEEK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT WAS SITTING IN A HOSPITAL WHEEL CHAIR AND BROKE OUT IN RASH ON ARMS POSSIBLE ALLERGIC REACTION TO FOAM RUBBER ON WHEELCHAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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