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Accidents - Wheelchairs - 6-15 years old - Year 2002 - Lower Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 211
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Date: 11/20/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL BACKWARDS IN WHEELCHAIR AND HTI BACK OF HEAD AND THIGH (PT HAS HX OF OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA) D: FRACTURE OF LEFT HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/31/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
7-YOM SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HIS HIP AS A RESULT OF HIS MOTHER PUS HING HIS WHEELCHAIR OVER A CURB AND FALLING ON HIM ON THE STREET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
PT IS PARAPLEGIC, SOME BOYS WHEELED HIS WHEELCHAIR INTO A WALL, BILAT H IP DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/22/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT SUFFERED LOWER BACK PAIN DUE TO LIFTING WHEELCHAIR. DX; MUSCULOSKELETAL BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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