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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 289
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| 50YO HISP MALE AT HOME,RUSHED OUT OF BED,PROSTHESIS CAME LOOSE-CAUSED PT 2 FALL 2 FLOOR,NLOC,DX CONTUSION OF LLE & ABRASION OF RLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Pens and pencils |
| PT WAS SCRATCHING LEG WIT A PEN AND IT FELL DOWN IN HIS CAST DX F.O.B IN RT LOWER LEG CAST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2007 | 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: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs |
| PT IN MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR LIFT INTO VEHICLE DX:P L LOWER LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2007 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| FB STUCK IN CAST/41YOF TRYING TO ITCH LEG WITH HANGER, WHEN HANGER GOT STUCK IN CAST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers |
| CAST GOT WET IN SHOWER, ITCHY NOW DX CAST COMPLICATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| FELL OFF PORTCH, BROKEN STICHES IN L LEG AMPUTATION, DX; BLEEDING FROM SUTURE SITE/ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Footwear |
| PT C/O L CALF PRESSURE, PT RELATES IT TO PUTTING FOOT PAD IN SHOE BECAU SE OF NUMBNESS 2 WKS AGO DX: MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Kitchen gadgets |
| PT USING A SPATUAL TO SCRATCH LT LOWER LEG IN CAST, PIECE BROKE OFF IN CAST AND PT UNABLE TO REMOVE IT, CAST HAD TO BE REMOVED, CAST REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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