Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - Wrist

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,523
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Date: 12/28/2005	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Heaters or heating systems
PT. TRIPPED ON WALKER, HIT HEAD AND INJURED WRIST, HIT IT AGAINST HEATI NG UNIT. DX. FX L WRIST, CONT SHOULDER, CONT ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED OVER CANE AND FELL ON ARM. WRIST DEFORMITY. D:MULTIPLE FXS I NCLUDING WRIST. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/13/2005	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Clothing accessories
TRYING TO HOLD PACKAGES AND WALK WITH A CANE AND HOLDING THE CHAIN FROM HER PURSE AND TRIPPED AND FELL IN RESTAURANT WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2005	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
HER CANE LOST RUBBER TIP AND IT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER AND FELL AND FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2005	Age: 99 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WITH WALKER FX WRIST ABRASION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2005	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT. FELL AT HOME WHILE TRYING TO AMBULATE WITH WALKER. DX FX R RADIUS, ULNA, COLLES FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING C WALKER, TRIPPED&FOOSH " WRIST FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2005	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED ON HER WALKER AND FELL WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2005	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING WITH CANE AND LOST FOOTING AND FELL WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2005	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Doorsills or frames
PT WALKING THROUGH DOORWAY WITH A QUAD CANE, CANE SLIPPED AND PT HIT WR IST ON DOOR FRAME. CONTUSION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WHILE WALKING W/ CANE, PT. FELL INJURED L. WRIST. DX. L.WRIST. FX. #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2005	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Doorsills or frames
TRIPPED OVER WALKER / FELL INTO DOOR JAMB DX: L WRIST FX. / L ELBOW ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2005	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
L WRIST PAIN AFTER USE OF WALKER DX STRAIN L WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2005	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WRIST FX-FELL W/ CANE-@ NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2005	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT LIVES IN NURSING HOME AND FELL WITH WALKER AND INJURED RT WRIST C/O PAIN RT WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2005	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
SET CANE DOWN LOST BALANCE AND FELL FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2005	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED&FELL ON CANE, FOOSH, " WRIST FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2005	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIP OVER WALKER FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
LEFT WRIST FX. PT FELL WITH CANE TO FLOOR AT STORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2005	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: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps
FX R WRIST: AMBULATORY WITH A CANE GOING DOWN STEPS, DIDN'T REALIZE SIDEWALK SLOPED, BROKE FALL WITH HER WRIST, COMING FROM DR'S OFFICE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2005	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Ceilings and walls
PT WHILE WALKING C A WALKER, WALKER GOT CAUGHT ON A CORNER OF A WALL FELL,FOOSH, WRIST PAIN. " SPRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/30/2005	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH WALKER AND SLIPPED STRIKING RT WRIST C/O PAIN RT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2005	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH CANE AND FELL 8 DAYS AGO, LANDED ON R WRIST DX: SPRAIN R WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
TANGLED IN WALKER, FELL IN FLOOR DX WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2005	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WHILE AMBULATING WITH WALKER. DX. R WRIST SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2005	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE REACHING FOR SOMETHING DURING THE AMBULATION C A WALKER S USTAIEND" WRIST FX"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/25/2005	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL TRYING TO GET UP TO USE WALKER LEFT WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2005	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER AND LANDED ON RT WRIST C/O PAIN RT WR IST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2005	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL IN BACK YARD WHILE USING WALKER INJURING WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2005	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH WALKER AND TRIPPED AND FELL LANDI NG ON LEFT WRIST C/O PAIN LEFT WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2005	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Beds or bedframes
WHILE MAKING BED AT NURSING HOME, WAS USING WALKER, AND FELL OVER ON WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2005	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT C/O FALL. PT FELL USING WALKER. DX LFT WRIST DISTAL RADIUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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