Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 26-50 years old - Year 2008 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,032
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Date: 12/29/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL OUT OF SHOWER AND HIT LOWER LEG ON A SHOWER STALL. DX L SHIN CONTU SION/ABRASION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT SLIPPED WALKING INTO SHOWER AND HIT SHOWER DOOR. DX: L LEG STRAIN, ACUTE ALCOHOL INTOX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2008	Age: 50 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: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
DX SYNCOPE/CONCERN FOR R FIBULA FX NEED'G F/U XRAY/OPEN WD KNEE/LEG/ANK SYNCOPAL EPISODE W EMERG'G F SHOWER. WOKE UP ON FLOOR IN BROKEN GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER AND HIT TILE FLOOR CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FIBULA FX-SLIPPED-FELL IN SHOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT HAD A RECENT LEG FRACTURE SLIPPEDIN THE SHOWER THIS AM AND RE-INJURE D LEG TREATED FOR LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
45 Y/O FELL IN THE SHOWER. DX-CONTUSION LOWER LEG, FEVER, WEAKNESS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/16/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
43 YOM SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB ON WET FLOOR LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATHTUB AT HOME. DX LEG SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LOWER LEG INJURY FROM FALLING IN SHOWER. DX-RIGHT FIBULA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2008	Age: 50 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: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
DX R DISTAL FIB FX/HX MS: PT UNABLE TO REALLY FEEL BIL FEET. HEARD SOME THING SNAP I SHOWER THIS A.M.. SINCE THEN, UNABLE TO WALK NORMAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
INJURED LEG IN SHOWER LACERATION RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER & HIT L LEG, INCRESING PAIN WITH WEIGHT BEARING. CON TUSION L LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 34 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SPONTANEOUS VARICOSE VEIN RUPTURE LLE: WHILE TAKING SHOWER, VEIN RUPTURED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN THE BUTHTUB LEG CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
49 YO FEMALE FELL IN SHOWER LOWER LEG INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT GETTING OUT OF A SHOWER AND SLIPPED STRUCK LOWER LEG AGAINST THE SH OWER ENCLOSURE DOOR LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2008	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 Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Chairs
26 YO GETTING OUT BATHTUB PUT IN CHAIR FELT POP IN LEG FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RIGHT LEG FX. PT WAS GETTING OUT OF SHOWER WHEN HANDLE BROKE CAUSING PT TO FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 33 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: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
33 YO SLIPPED AND FELL IN BATHTUB FX TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATHTUB, LLL PAIN DX; LLL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2008	Age: 38 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT HIT LEG ON TUB-LEFT LEG ABRASION LOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Towel racks or bars
PT COMING OUT OF THE SHOWER AND SLIPPED GRABBED THE TOWEL BAR IT CAME O UT OF THE WALL LANDED ONTO LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WITH FRACTURED LEG, HEARD A "POP" WHILE IN SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2008	Age: 37 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
CONTUSION LOWER LEG - 37 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH PAIN AND SWELLING OF HIS LEFT LOWER LEG SINCE BUMPING LEG WHEN GETTING OUT OF HIS BATHTUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2008	Age: 43 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF TUB, LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
CONTUSION TO LEG WHEN FELL IN THE TUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 47 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: Bathtubs or showers
47 YO F AHCILLES TENDONITIS CLEANING SHOWER WHILE REACHING UP FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HEEL AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT C/O FELL IN SHOWER. DX RUPTURED ACHILLES TENDONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Bathtub or shower enclosures
26 YO FEMALE SLIPPED IN TRACK FOR SLIDING DOOR AND FELL IN TUB CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO,LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WITH PAIN TO RIGHT LOWER LEG AFTER HITTING IT ON SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 38 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: Bathtubs or showers, Towels or cloths
R LOWER LEG WOUND/38YOF WHEN GETTING OUT OF SHOWER ABOUT 1 HR AGO, DRYI NG R LOWER LEG W/TOWEL AND SCABBED AREA STARTED BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2008	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 Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED&FELL IN THE SHOWER, REPORTS SINCE STARTED NOTICING GRADUAL ONSE T OF REDNESS&SWELLING OF LOWER LEG>>CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LAC. TO LEG. WATER IN BATHROOM. SLIPPED IN BATHTUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
BUMPED LEG GETTING OUT OF SHOWER, BLEEDING, LOST APPROX 400 CC BLOOD. D X RUPTURED VARICOSE VEIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2008	Age: 36 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: Nerve Damage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RLE NEUROPATHY: R PIRIFORMIS MUSCLE SPASM: WAS IN SHOWER, GOT OUT, LEG WAS NUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL WHILE GETTING INTO BATHTUB DX CONTUSION TO RT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2008	Age: 33 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
?SCRAPED VARICOSE VEINS ONTO LEFT LOWER EXTERMITY WHILE TAKING SHOWER, NOW BLEEDING >> BLEEDING VARICOSE VEINS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
R FIBULA FX. R LEG & ANKLE PAIN. PT FELL ON HER TUB YESTERDAY AFTER SLI PPING IN BATHTUB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
31 YO FEMALE SLIPPED IN BATHTUB CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER. DX: TIBIAL SPINE FX/AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/02/2008	Age: 42 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
H/O VARICOSE VEINS, WHILE TAKING SHOWER NOTICED BLEEDING FROM THE VEINS >> VARICOSE VEINS BLEEDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LEFT TIBIAL FX. PT SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL THROUGH BATHTUB AT HOME LAST EVENING CONTUSION LT LOWER LEG *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2008	Age: 32 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER,BUMP ON HEAD,RLE NUMBNESS,CANT FEEL LEG DX NONE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/25/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
38 Y/O MALE SUS CONTUSION TO LOWER LEG AFTER FALL OUT OF SHOWER DX LOWER LEG CONTUSION%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER AND RUPTURED A VERICOSE VEIN BLEEDING VEIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 35 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT HIT LEG ON A BATHTUB AT HOME, CONTUSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2008	Age: 32 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: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER,C/O R KNEE PAIN DX TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
39 YO FEMALE SLIPPED AND FELL TO FLOOR IN SHOWER CONTUSION LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2008	Age: 48 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: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
ACC SCRAPED SHIN AGAINST BATHTUB >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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