Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Upper Trunk

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Date: 12/24/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING WALKER - MECH FALL WHILE MOVING PLANTS, FELL ONTO CARPETER FLOOR THORACIC CONTUSION, FX STERNUM, PULMONARY CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 12/22/2003	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TURNED QUICKLY WITH WALKER AND FELL-DX CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, CONFUS ION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/18/2003	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL AT HOME ONE WEEK AGO WHILE USING WALKER, COMPLAINING OF RIGHT RIB CAGE PAIN. DX CRACKED RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Furniture
WALKING WITH CANE, FELL ON FURNITURE DX. RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL ONTO HER QUAD CANE; PAIN TO RIGHT SIDE DX: FRACTURE RIGHT 5TH AND 6TH RIBS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/11/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS WALKING WITH WALKER WHEN FOOT GOT CAUGHT ON FLOOR PT FELL AND HI T FOREHEAD ON FLOOR ALSO STRIKING CHEST WALL CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
RIB FXS-FELL ONTO HER WALKER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
84 Y/O M FELL WHILE USING WALKER ,INJURING R RIBS AT HOME. DX; FX R RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/27/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS WALKING WITH WALKER AT NURSING HOME AND FELL ONTO TILE FLOOR- C/O RT RIB AND COCCYX PAIN; OLD RT RIB FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
BACK CT-LEANED AGAINST HIS WALKER-FELL TO THE GROUND-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE WALKING WITH HER CANE. D: LOWER RIB FX. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/18/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL LAST NIGHT ONTO WALKER, SIDE PAIN DX RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT FELL AND STRUCK CHEST ON THE EDGE OF A WALKER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH A WALKER WHEN HE FELL AT HOME STRIKING HIS CHEST DEVELO PED A HEMOTHORAX INTERNAL ORGAN INJURIES TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
94 YOWF FELL ONTO WALKER. DX. BILATERL RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRUNK AB-@ HOME-WALKING W/ WALKER-LOST BALNCE-FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CONTUSION CHEST - 85 YOF FELL WHILE REACHING FOR WALKER, C/O PAIN RIGHT RIB AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL OUTSIDE CASINO WHILE HURRYING TO BUS, WAS USING WALKER, HAD ONSET OF CHEST PAIN/ CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AT NURSING HOME, FALL WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER HAND CONTUSIONS & ABRASIONS, CONTUSION CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
78 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CHEST CONTUSION. PT STS WAS WALKING W/WALKER & IT FL IPPED & PT FELL @ HOME. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED & FELL ONTO WALKING CANE DX: CONTUSION LT. LOWER RIBS W/ POSSIBLE FRACTURE 10TH RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PAIN TO CHEST AFTER FALLING ON WALKER DX: COSTOCHONDRAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL AND HIT CANE 3 DAYS AGO. DX: R RIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL FROM STANDING POSITION WITH WALKER ONTO CONCRETE FLOOR DX S/P FALL, UNSTABLE ANGINA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/18/2003	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
96 YOF FELL USING WALKER CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Toilets
ON CRUTCHES,SLIPPED AND FELL ON WET FLOOR AT DR'S OFFICE AND HIT CHEST ON TOILET CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2003	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES - LOST BALANCE WHEN WALKING WITH WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
DX CONTUSION TO RIBS: FELL ONTO HIS CHEST ON WALKER PT WAS USING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED WITH WALKER - GROUND LEVEL FALL - C/O SIDE PAIN DX RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/10/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CHEST WALL CT-@ HOME-WALKING W/ WALKER-LOST BALANCE-FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT LOST STABILITY WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER AND FELL. D: AVULSION LACER ATION TO CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2003	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
FRACTURE RIBS - 92 YOF WAS IN THE BATHROOM, WENT TO GRAB WALKER AND MIS SED, FELL TO FLOOR ONTO RIGHT SIDE, HAS RIGHT 5TH AND 6TH RIB FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Doors
TRIPPED WHEN WALKER GOT CAUGHT GOING OUT DOOR OF APARTMENT BUILDING, FELL FROM STANDING POSITION. DX CONTUSIONS CHEST WALL AND LEFT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEFT CHEST WALL PAIN. PT WAS TURNING WALKER AROUND AND FELL OVER IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
TRIPPED WITH WALKER & FELL INTO DRESSER DX RIGHT RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/02/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
WALKING W/ CANE DOWN HALL - FELL ON FLOOR- FELL ON BREASTS UPPER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
FRACTURE RIBS - 89 YOF AMBULATING WITH WALKER AT HOME, SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST CHAIR, NOW C/O PAIN LEFT RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
STABLE ANGINA. PT EXPERIENCED CHEST PAIN AFTER HITTING WALKER ON CURB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WALKING W/ WALKER ADMITTED CHEST PAIN BILATERAL KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL AT HOME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, TRIPPED WHILE USING HIS WALKER, FELL INTO THE WALKER, DIFFICULT TO AROUSE TODAY. DX CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/18/2003	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE USING HER WALKER AT THE NURSING HOME SUSTAINED A COMPRESS ION FRACTURE TO UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/17/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
71 YO FEMALE'S WALKER GOT STUCK AND SHE TRIPPED AND FELL FORWARD OVER WALKER - CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT VERY WEAK AND FELL IN HER KITCHEN AT HOME, USING HER WALKER, FE LL TO FLOOR AND COULDN'T GET UP. DX CONT LT RIBS, LT HIP, NEW ONSET AF.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/14/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CHF,CHEST PAIN - FELL WHEN USING WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
DX:L RIB FX. FELL FROM HER WALKER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/09/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING IN HER APARTMENT WITH A WALKER FELL ONTO HER BACK FRACTURED LEFT FIFTH RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2003	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Tables
91 YOM TRIPPED ON WALKER HIT TABLE SPRAIN RIB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
87YOF AT HOME FELL ON WALKER TO FLOOR INJ CHEST DX/FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CHRONIC BACK PAIN - FELL WHEN USING WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
LEFT RIB FRACTURE.PT TRIPPED WHILE USING A WALKER AND FELL ON THE FLOOR AND INJURED CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Tables
LEFT RIB CONTUSION. REACHING FOR WALKER AND FELL HITTING TABLE AT THE NURSING HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL USING A WALKER AND FELL DX: CHEST WALL ST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED OVER WALKER HITTNG CHEST C/O PAIN DX: CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED OVER WALKER, FELL HITTING SIDE C/O PAIN D FX RIBS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/21/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT SEEN FOR CHEST AND ARM CONTUSION AFTER FALLING FROM CRUTCHES IN THE BATHROOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
75 YOF TRIPPED OVER WALKER SPLEEN INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/15/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
81 Y/O F INJURED MID BACK WHEN FELL WHEN HER WALKER GACE WAY AT HOME. D X; CONTUSION T AND C SPINE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
BACK CT-FELL WHILE USING WALKER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKER SLIPPED AT NH DX. CHEST CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2003	Age: 97 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
SLIP & FALL WITH WALKER AT HOME ACUTE RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/07/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
STUMBLED HIT RIBS ON WALKER AT HOME. DX RIB FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2003	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
CHEST CONTUSION, WALKING IN BETWEEN ROOM, LOST BALANCE, FELL ON WALKER ONTO CARPETED FLOOR AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
82 Y.O. W FEMALE W/FX RIBS. PT WAS WALKING W/WALKER & FELL BACKWARDS @ HOME. PT ADM. E8889
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL EARLY THIS MORNING, STUMBLED WHILE USING WALKER. DX. SKIN TEAR L FOREARM, L RIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
GROUND LEVEL FALL LAST WEEK WAS USING A WALKER AND FELL BACKWARDS DX CO MPRESSION FX T10
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
COMPRESSION FX T11 - GOT DIZZY ,LOWERED SELF TO FLOOR WHEN WALKING WITH WALKER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/23/2003	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT GOT DIZZY FELL WALKING WITH WALKER AT HOME, FALL, L ELBOW CONTUSION, L LOWER RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2003	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
STUMBLED OVER WALKER, FELL TO FLOOR INJURING T-SPINE, KNEE, HIP. DX: T -SPINE STRAIN, CONTUSION KNEE, HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER, HIT THE FLOOR THORACIC COMPRESSION FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/03/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK OUTSIDE OF THE NURSING HOME WITH HIS WALKER WHEN HE FELL ONTO THE HANDLES OF THE WALKER FRACTURED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/29/2003	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Bathtubs or showers
USING 4 PRONG WALKER TRYING TO WALK GOT LIGHTHEADED FELL BACKWARDS HITT ING RIBS ON BATHTUB DX RIB CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Wheelchairs
PT WAS BACKING UP W/WALKER TO SIT IN WHEELCHAIR AND MISSED WHEELCHAIR. DX: CHEST WALL CONT, R SHOULDER CONT, HYPONATREMIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/25/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT FELL BACKWARD'S ON HER WALKER AT HOME. DX-UPPER AND LOWER BACK PAIN, MUSCLE SPASM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL USING WALKER DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED OVER WALKER INJURING RIB C/O PAIN DX FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
LT CHEST, LT HIP PAIN. TRIPPED, FELL. C/O GETTING WALKER, HUNG ON CARPET & FALLING TO GROUND. HIT WALL ON WAY DOWN. DX; CLINICAL RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
74 YO F TRIPPED, FELL OVER WALKER YESTERDAY. DX T7 COMPRESSION FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
WAS WATCHING FIGURE SKATERS ON TV AND GOT UP WITH HER WALKER TO TRY AND DO WHAT THEY WERE DOING. LOST STEP AND FELL ON COUCH. DX. FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
RIB FXS-FELL-HIT HER CANE-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT HAD CHEST PX WHILE PUSHING WALKER. DX: CHEST PX, ABNORMAL X RAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
55 YO F WALKING ON CRUTCHES DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
DX: OLD RIB FX'S. FELL WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER ON STREET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED OVER CANE AND FELL. LIVES AT AN ASSISTED LIVING CENTER. FRACTURED RIGHT 7TH, 8TH, AND 9TH RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
80 YO FEMALE FELL INTO WALKER AFTER LOSING BALANCE GETTING UP FROM CHAIR - FRACTURE RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2003	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED OVER WALKER - RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
89 YO F WALKING W/WALKER INJURED RIB AREA FX RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED OVER WALKER HITTING RIBS DX: CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING WITH WALKER, FELL FORWARD ONTO WALKER VERTEBRAL FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/31/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Ceilings and walls
FELL USING 3 WHEELED WALKER-HIT HEAD ON WALL POSSIBLE HEART BLOCK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/29/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL ONTO WALKER INJURING CHESTDX; CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2003	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WHILE REACHING FOR HER WALKER SPINAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TWO WEEKS AGO PATIENT FELL, INJURING HIS LEFT RIB AREA, SEEN BY FAMILY DOCTOR, SENT TO ER, USES A WALKER AT HOME. DX FX LT 9TH RIB, CONTUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
82 Y.O. W FEMALE W/FX RIBS. PT TRIPPED & FELL OVER A 4 PRONGED WALKER @ HOME. PT ADM. E8889
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/14/2003	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Paper products
THOR AND LUM STR. PT BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF PAPER WHEN USING A WALKER AND STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL USING WALKER - CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT FELL BACKWARDS WHILE WALKING WITH A WALKER. DX-MULTIPLE RIB FX'S.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/07/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Beds or bedframes
PT WAS USING WALKER EN ROUTE TO BED AND FELL TURNING CORNER. DX: ACUTE COMPRESSION FX'S T11,T12,L2, OSTEOPOR, AFIB, INAB TO WALK.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/07/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL USING HER WALKER AND FX MULTIPLE RIBS AND SUSTAINED CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2003	Age: 96 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
96 YO M WALKING W/WALKER FELL CONTUSION CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
USING A WALKER TRIPPED OVER RUG DX: RIB FX. / WRIST FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/03/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
72 YO F FELL FROM WALKING W/WALKER FX THORACIC SPINE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/25/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING CRUTCHES X 1 1/2 WEEKS, PAIN AT STERNUM, AND ACROSS CHEST. DX. M USCLE STRAIN PECTORAL MUSCLES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED AND FELL OVER HIS WALKER IN THE BATHROOM AND FX A RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
THORACIC CT-FELL-AT HOME-USING 4 PRONGED CANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKS W/CANE AT HOME AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FRACTURE LT 7TH AND 8TH RIBS, TRIPPED AT HOME AND FELL ONTO HER WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED WITH WALKER AND FELL- SOFT TISSUE LEFT CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL STRIKING CHEST ON HANDLE HOLDS ON HIS WALKER BLUNT CHEST INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
85 YOM FELL HIT CHEST ON WALKER CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/18/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
RT CHEST WALL STRAIN - FELL WHEN WALKING WITH WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL USING WALKER - RIB FRACTURE STATUS POST FALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/14/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
APPARENTLY WAS ON HER WALKER,FELL BACKWARDS & DEVELOPED UPPER BACK PAIN.DX L2 COMPRESSION FX-OLD VS NEW/CHEST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/05/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL AT NH. LBP. STATES TRIPPED OVER WALKER. DX; ACUTE CERV STRAIN/ THORACIC SPINE FX'S- OCCULT
Disposition: Held for observation

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