Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Upper Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,669
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Date: 12/30/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH A WALKER AND FELL ONTO RIGHT SHOULDER FRACTURED RIGHT U PPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL BACKWARDS WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER DX: ARM FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT GOT LEG TANGLED IN WALKER FELL AND HAS (R) SHOULDER PAIN HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2006	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL ON TO CANE. FX R HUMERUS#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2006	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Doorsills or frames
PT WAS CARRYING A BAG AND HIT DOORFRAME WITH WALKER AND FELL INJURING UPPER ARM, DX; FRACTURED LEFT HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMB C WALKER, T'D&F FORWARDS LANDING ONTO SHOULDER " HUMRUS FX"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/31/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT. LOST BALANCE USING WALKER AT HOME. DX. FX HUMERUS, NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL WHILE USING WALKER. DX: L HUMERAL HEAD FX, ACUTE GAIT INSTABILITY.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/11/2006	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMB C WALKER, TRIPPED&FELL ,LOST BALANCE&FELL, DIDN'T HIT HEAD " ANKLE/HUMRUS FX"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/24/2006	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LOST BALANCE WHILE AMB C WALKER, OVEREXTENDED AMRS TO AVOID FALLING " ARM STRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS USING A WALKER AT HOME WHEN SHE FELL CAUSING A FX TO LT HUMERUS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/10/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING WITH CANE AND FELL ON SHOULDER AND HIP HUMERUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH CANE AT HOME INSTEAD OF WALKER, FELL, FX RT UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS AT HOME, TRIPPED OVER HER MOTHERS WALKER, FX LT HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/02/2006	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL TO FLOOR USING WALKER FX HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/29/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT SLIPPED WHILE USING WALKER. DX: UTI, L HUMERUS FX, L1 COMPRESSION FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/23/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PW ALKING W/ WHEELED WALKER, LOST CONTROL AND FELLON R ARM DX: COMPLEX R HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/21/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEFT HUMERAL FX. PT FELL WHEN WALKING WITH A WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2006	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER A CANE&FELL HITITNG SHOULDER ONTO CARPETED FLOOR " HUMRUS FX"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/30/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING WALKER AT HOME,FELL ON SHOULDER FX LT HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/28/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMB C A WALKER, TRIPPED&FELL ONTO UPPER ARM " HEMATOMA" LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/23/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
77 YO WALKING W/WALKER TRIPPED FELL ON FLOOR LANDED ON ARM FX HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/16/2006	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT C/O TRAUMATIC SHOULDER PAIN, TRIPPED AND FELL OVER WALKER INJURING SHOULDER. DX-HUMERUS FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
HUMERUS FX-FELL OVER WALKER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2006	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WAS WALKING WITH WALKER FELL INJURING UPPER ARM...FX HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/17/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CONTUSION/STRAIN R ARM: FELL WHILE USING WALKER 2 WKS AGO, NOT ABLE TO RAISE RT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
92 YOF TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE USING WALKER CAUSING FRACTURE TO LEFT HUM ERUS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/08/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
75 YOF TRIPPED AND FELL WITH WALKER AT HOME CAUSING FRACTURE TO LEFT HU MERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEFT HUM FX. PT FELL WHEN USING A WALKER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
84YOF AT HOME FELL WITH WALKER TO FLOOR INJ SHOULDER DX BLUNT TRAUMA LT HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Tables
WALKING WITH WALKER, HIT TABLE AND FELL/HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WALKING WITH WALKER/UPPER ARM CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2006	Age: 98 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 Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMB C WALKER, TRIPPED&FELL " UPPER ARM SKIN TEARS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2006	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
91 YOF FRACTURES UPPER ARM FALLING TO FLOOR WHILE USING WALKER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/15/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
PATIENT SLIPPED WITH WALKER ON A RUG, FELL AT HOME. DX-FRACTURE HUMERUS FRACTURE RIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL TRYING TO GET WALKER. DX: CONT R UPPER ARM/ELBOW/FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING WALKER, FALL @ HOME DX R HUMERUS / HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/28/2006	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FRACTURE HUMERUS - 91 YOM TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE USING A WALKER INJURIN G HIS RIGHT UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
RT UPPER ARM LACERATION.PT RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME AND TRIPPED OVER W ALKER AND FELL,LACERATING ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2006	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED&FELL AMB C A WALKER " HUMRUS FX"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/22/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Beds or bedframes
PT WITH A HISTORY OF PARKINSONS DISEASE WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT O F BED WITH THE AID OF A WALKER AND FELL FRACTURED RIGHT UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2006	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED WHILE WALKING WITH CANE HUMERAL HEAD FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING WALKER @ NURSING HOME, HURT ARM DX HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/01/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Benches
TRIPPED OVER A WALKER TRYING TO GET OUT OF A CHURCH PEW DX: L HUMERUS FX. / FACIAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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