Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,136
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Date: 12/27/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
PT GOT CANE TANGLED UP IN RUGS AND FELL AT TIRE STORE. DX: R ARM/ELBOW CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2007	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMB C WALKER, FELLX2 @ HOME >> HIP PAIN/FA SKIN TEAR S/P FALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/13/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING WALKER, HAD MECHANICAL FALL, DX; RADIUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WITH FRACTURED ARM, REACHED FOR WALKER AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/01/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Medical equipment, general
WALKING IN WALKER LOST BALANCE FELL HIT LEFT ARM ON END OF BED WHERE TRAPEZE CONNECTS DX:13X 6.5 CM LACERATION WITH FLAT AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED OVER WALKER/RADIUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL AT NURSING HOME WITH WALKER TO FLOOR FX LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WHILE WALKING W/ WALKER, C/O PAIN ALL OVER, PT HAS SKIN TEARS AND ABRASIONS ON BODY, DX; FOREARM CONTUSIONS, MULTIPLE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED OVER WALKER AT HOME INJURING LOWER ARM. DX; FRACTURE LOWER ARM .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2007	Age: 99 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
RADIUS FX-99 Y/O FEMALE PT FELL ON ARM WHILE WALKING W/ WALKER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2007	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE WALKING W/WALKER. DX: L ARM/HIP CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2007	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT, NURSING HOME RESIDENT, TRIPPED OVER WALKER, FELL TO FLOOR -ADMITTED FOR MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS TO BOTH LOWER ARMS & CARDIAC WORK-UP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/26/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT DX LT ULNA FX - S/P PT TRIPPED/FELL ON A CRACK IN THE STREET WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
RT FOREARM SKIN TEAR.PT TRIPPED AND SCRAPED FOREARM ON A WALKER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT WAS IN HER GARDEN HAS TO USE WALKING CANE TO PUSH HERSELF UP FELL ON ARM. DX-FRACTURE RIGHT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
CONTUSION RT ARM-WAS WALKING WITH CANE AND BECAME DIZZY. FELL ONTO FLOO R LANDING ON RT ARM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/19/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEFT FOREARM LACERATION.PT WAS USING A WALKER TO WALK AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
70 YOF TRIPPED OVER WALKER FELL FRACTURE LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL USING CRUTCHES FX FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING A CRUUTCH, SLIPPED, TOP OF CRUTCH CUT ARM, DX; FOREARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2007	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Televisions
SKIN TEAR RT FOREARM: TRIPPED OVER CANE, FELL AGAINST TELEVISION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2007	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT WAS WALKING WITH HER WALKER AND FELL INJURING HER RIGHT FOREARM KNEE AND SHIN. DX-RIGHT ARM LACERATION, KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/26/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED ON HUSBANDS CANE/ULNA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2007	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL AT THE NURSING HOME WHILE USING A WALKER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
79 YO WALKING W/WALKER FELL STRIKING ARM ON FLOOR LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/08/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED OVER WIFE'S WALKER LEFT FOREARM ABRASION SCIATICA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Ceilings and walls
PT WAS AT A NURSING HOME USING A WALKER, FELL HIT A WALL CAUSING A LACE RATION TO LT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT USES A WALKER, FELT DIZZY, HAD AN UNWITNESSED FALL C/O LT FORE- ARM & LT GREAT TOE PAIN. DX-LEFT FOREARM & LT GREAT TOE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/04/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Motor vehicles or parts
PT WAS DRIVING AND HIT A PARKED CAR BECAUSE HER CANE HOOKED HER ARM DX: RADIAL / ULNAR FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT PUSHED HIS WALKER AGAINST A WALL AFTER HIS WALK, THE WALKER STARTED SLIPPING, HE FELL SCRAPING HIS ARM. DX-SKIN AVULSION, FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WHILE WALKING WITH HER WALKER. DX- FRACTURE L RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WITH LAC TO ARM, CAUGHT ON WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL TRYING TO GET TO WALKER. DX: R ARM/KNEE CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED WITH WALKER FX DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
CONTUSION FOREARM WHEN TRIPPED OVER HER WALKER AND FELL TO FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2007	Age: 99 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL AT NH, TRIPPED OVER WALKER DX; R FA LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2007	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Motor vehicles or parts
PT PUTTING HIS WALKER INTO THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR AND SUSTAINED A LACERAT ION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT STRUCK RIGHT LOWER ARM AGAINST HIS WALKER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT FELL ONTO WALKER AND HAS MULTIPLE ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEFT RADIAL FX. PT FELL WHEN USING A WALKER TO GET TO BATHROOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKS WITH A CANE AND TRIPPED AND FELL INJURING FOREARM DX: FRACTURED LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER WALKER HIT FLOOR AND FRACTURED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT USING WALKER AT AIR SHOW WHEN FELL BACKWARD. D: RADIAL FX, CHRONIC B ACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
TRAUMA LT.FOREARM.PT.WAS BOUGHT TO THE ER,DUE TO FALLING DOWN LOSS BALA WHILE USING WALKER LOSS BALANCE FALLING ON FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS IN HIS KITCHEN WHEN HE WENT TO GRAB HIS WALKER AND IT WAS NOT LO CKED AND HE FELL AGAINST THE GARBAGE CAN SKIN TEAR LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2007	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FOREARM & KNEE LACS-FELL W/A WALKER-@ NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT WAS AT HOME, GOING TO BATHROOM USING A WALKER AND FELL ON FLOOR DX-FRACTURE DISTAL RADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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