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

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,735
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Date: 12/29/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FIBULA FX-TRIPPED ON CANE-FELL-@ THEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TIB FIB FX. PT GOT FOOT CAUGHT IN WALKER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/14/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WALKING WITH WALKER/LOWER LEG CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT REPORTS FELL OVER CRUTCHES THIS MORNING, C/O PAIN TO R KNEE/LEG. DX . L LE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE USING CRUTCHES ON SIDEWALK. DX: R SHIN CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WITH THROMBOPHLEBITIS, FELL USING HER WALKER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/26/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WALKING WITH WALKER/LOWER LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
HIT LEG ON WALKER FELL TO FLOOR AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CUT LEG WITH CANE WHILE WALKING. DX. LOWER LEG LACERATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
82 YO TRIPPED WALKING W/WALKER HIT LEG ON CHAIR LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL ON GRASS WITH WALKER AT HOME, DX; FX TIBIA / ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/04/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS WALKING WITH A WALKER AND FELL BACKWARD. C/O HEAD PAIN. D: LEG L ACERATION, BACK PAIN, MULTIPLE ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Bottles or jars
81YOF WAS WALKING ON WALKER WHEN WATER BOTTLE FELL OF HER WALKER & HIT HER ON THE SHIN. DX - SKIN TEAR LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
63 YO WALKING W/CANE FELL INJURED LEG CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED OVER WALKER CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT USING WALKER STUMBLED AND FELL @ HOME - CONTUSED R LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	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 Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMB C WALKER, LOST BALANCE&FELL B/C HUSBAND WAS RUSHING HER >> LEG/CW CONTS/LEG CELLULITIS/DECUB ULCER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/23/2007	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT C/O KNEE PAIN, FELL WHILE AMBULATING WITH A WALKER. DX-FRACTURE TIBIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/21/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED&FELL WHILE AMB C WALKER >> TIB/FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/19/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CALF STR. PT STRAINED LEG WHEN FALLING WITH A WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2007	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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMB C WALK/CANE, UNWIT ?FALL, NOW C L. EXTS DEF > TIB/FIB FX/?SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/14/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
60 YO MALE TRIPPED ND FELL WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER FRACTURE TIBIA/FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/11/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
62 YOF WALKING WITH WALKER, SLIPPED AND FELL D/T WET FLOOR LANDING ON L EFT SIDE SUSTAINING A FRACTURED TIB/FIB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/10/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
STANDING UP TO WALKER LOST BALANCE FELL HAS PAIN TO RT LEG DX- TIB FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/05/2007	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
THIS PT TRIPPED ON HER WALKER AT HOME CAUSING MULTIPLE SKIN TEARS, ON BOTH KNEES , LARGE ONE LOWER LEG, AND ELBOW. DX; MULTIPLE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMB C THE WALKER, TRIPPED&FELL ONTHE DRIVERWAY " LEG LAC''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH HER WALKER AND BUMPED LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST THE WALKE R LEG SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL USING WALKER LAC LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT WALKING TO AN ELEVATOR WITH A WALKER AND FELL TO A CARPETED FLOOR FR ACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
81YOF AT HOME WALKING INTO THE KITCHEN USING HER CANE, LEG GAVE OUT, FELL AND HIT THE FLOOR; LEFT LOWER LEG INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/01/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER DX: FX TIB/FIB
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/30/2007	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LOST BALANCE WALKING WITH WALKER AND FELL/ FX LT TIB/FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2007	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH A THREE WHEELED WALKER AND IT FELL OVER ONTO RIGHT LOWE R LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT FELL WITH WALKER-FX FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/10/2007	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
RT LEG CONTUSION-SUS INJ TO RT LEG WHEN HE FELL WHILE USING HIS WALKER. NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMB C WALKER, TRIPPED&FELL C/O SEVERE LEG PAIN " LEG PAIN''
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/04/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
79YOF WHILE AT HOME WAS USING HER WALKER,TRIPPED AND FELL,RIGHT LEG BENT UNDERNEATH; AVULSION FRACTURE OF LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2007	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT HIT LOWER LEG ON WALKER, CUTTING LOWER LEG, LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED OVER WALKER OF WOMEN WALKING, FELL. DX. CONT R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT, WHO RECENTLY HAD SURGERY, WAS WALKING WITH WALKER WHEN TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO STUMP OF LEG. D:DEHISCENCE BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION SITE. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/14/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
COMING INSIDE HOUSE USING WALKER, LOST BALANCE. DX. FX L TIBIA, ABRA L TIBIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
L DISTAL TIB/FIB FX; AMBULATING WITH WALKER @ HOME, CAUGHT ON RUG & FEL L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2007	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
HOLDING 2 CANES, FELL TIBIA & FIBULAR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/02/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT SUST FRACTURE TO LOWER LEG FELL WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WHILE USING WALKER OPEN FRACTURE LEFT TIBIA FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/27/2007	Age: 76 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 Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS AT A NURSING HOME USING A WALKER,FELL CAUSING A LACERATION TO LT LW LEG, ADMITTING DX ACUTE ATAXIA, CHRONIC DEMENTIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/27/2007	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL AND INJURED LOWER LEG WHILE WALKING WITH HER WALKER. DX: RIGHT LOWER LEG PAIN, RULE OUT FIBULA FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED OVER WALKER/ FX RT TIB FIB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/31/2007	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER AT HOME DX// BILAT LOWER LEG CONTUSION FACIAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEG STR. PT STRAINED LEG WHEN FALLING OVER WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2007	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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT SUSTAINED A INFECTED WOUND OF A LOWER LEG BY BUMPING IN A WALKER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chair, recliner
PATIENT STANDING BEHIND WALKER, LAID HEAD ON BACK OF RECLINER, WENT TO SLEEP, FELL AT HOME. DX-FRACTURE LEFT FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT TRIPPED OVER WALKER & FELL INJURING LT TIBIA/FIBULA AREA. DX - LT LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED AND FELL 9 DAYS AGO WHILE USING WALKER. D: LEG STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT STRUCK LOWER LEG ON WALKER A FEW WEEKS AGO AREA STILL PAINFUL DX; CELLULITIS TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/07/2007	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 Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
79 YO WALKING W/WALKER TRIPPED FELL ON FLOOR CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
87 YOM TRIPPED ON WALKER, FELL - FX R LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2007	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL AND CANE HIT LEG. DX: CONT/CELLULITIS L LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2007	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL USING WALKER CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL LAST PM WHILE USING WALKER. DX: LEG PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
ASSISTING HUSBAND OFF THE FLR P FALLING, ACC HIT LEG ON THE WALKER, NOW SWELLING;&REDNESS" HEMATOMA/CELLULITIS"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/08/2007	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL AND HIT LOWER LEFT LEG ON WALKER AT HOME. DX; SKIN TEAR LOWER LEG .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Lighting equipment
USING A WALKER AND FELL BENDING TO TURN OFF LIGHTS AND FX LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE WALKING W/WALKER. DX: R FIBULAR HEAD & MEDIAL MALLEOLUS FX, MULTI INFARCT DEMENTIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/11/2007	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WITH SKIN TEAR TO LEFT LOWER LEG FROM SLIPPING AND BUMPING IT ON WAL KER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING WITH WALKER AND CAUGHT LEG ON WALKER LACERATION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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