Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Upper Trunk

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Date: 12/29/2007	Age: 64 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
PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER HER WALKER STRIKING CHEST SUSTAINED A RIB CONT USION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
84 YO FEMALE TRIPPED OVER WALKER WHILE WALKING FRACTURE RIB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/18/2007	Age: 86 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
NURSING HOME PT FELL TO FLOOR WHILE USING WALKER, DEVELOPED COMPRESSION TO FX UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED OVER WALKER FX T-SPINE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/12/2007	Age: 64 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 STRIKING CHEST ON THE METAL HANDLE OF HER WALKER AND FRACTURED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/07/2007	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Toilets
PT AT THE NURSING HOME TRYING TO GET TO THE TOILET WITH HER WALKER AND FELL STRIKING CHEST AGAINST THE TOILET CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2007	Age: 62 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 TRIPPED OVER WALKER AND DX WITH CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
PT FELL WHILE USING HIS WALKER TO GO TO THE BATHROOM STRUCK CHEST AGAIN ST A CHAIR DYSPNES FOR A FEW DAYS DEVELOPED A PNEUMOTHORAX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/09/2007	Age: 86 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
PT HAD A TRIP AND FALL STRIKING CHEST AGAINST HIS WALKER AND FRACTURED RIB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/07/2007	Age: 79 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 AMBULATING WITH WALKER WHEN HAD FALL YESTERDAY. FELL FLAT ON BACK. D : T12 COMPRESSION FX, THORACIC STRAIN, CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2007	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
MULT CONT'S S/P FALL:FOUND BY SQUAD SITTING ON FLOOR, USING WALKER,LOST BALANCE, FELL, PAIN UPPER BACK, STATES PAIN "ALL OVER"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2007	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 WHILE WALKING W/CANE. DX: NECK/LUMBAR STRAIN, L RIB FX, HEAD/FACE CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2007	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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT ABULATING TO BATHROOM W/ WALKER AT HOME AND FELL, NO LOC DX: PNEUMOTHORAX, UTI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/27/2007	Age: 97 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
PROG CP SINCE STARTED USING WALKER >> MS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2007	Age: 87 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
FX RIGHT 5TH, 6TH AND 7TH RIB. AT *** VISTA WALKING WITH WALKER AND LOS T BALANCE, FELL ON RIGHT SIDE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2007	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, Sinks
CHEST WALL CONT. PT FELL HITTING FRONT OF SINK WHEN USING A CANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2007	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: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
TRANSFERRING FROM CHAIR TO WALKER AND FELL AND FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2007	Age: 85 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, Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER HIT CHEST ON BATHTUB AT HOME TODAY DX// RIB FXS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL ON HER SIDE ONTO THE WALKER AND INJURED HER RIB. DX: LEFT RIB FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/05/2007	Age: 78 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: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
78 YO M FRACTURED RIBS LOST BALANCE AND FELL WHILE USING A NEW WALKER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2007	Age: 73 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, Rugs or carpets
73 YO F COMPRESSION FRACTURES TO THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE TRIPPED ON RUG WHILE USING HER WALKER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2007	Age: 92 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 FELL AT HOME WHILE USING WALKER. DX: CHEST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF THE CHEST BY FALLING ON A CURB WHILE WALKI NG WITH A CANE ON THE STREET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2007	Age: 87 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, Ceilings and walls
THOR STR. PT STRAINED CHEST WHEN REACHING FOR WALKER FELL INTO A WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2007	Age: 92 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
PT GOT TANGLED UP IN WALKER AND FELL AT RETIREMENT HOME. DX: UPPER BACK ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2007	Age: 93 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 FELL WALKING WITH WALKER LAST NIGHT AT HOME LEGS GAVE OUT INJURED CH EST DX// CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/17/2007	Age: 90 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, Floors or flooring materials
AMB C WALKER VS CANE, TRIPPED&FELL INT HE BR, FD ONTO FLR >>T8&L2 COMPRESSION FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
INJURED T-SPINE 7 MONTHS AGO,FELL THIS AM ,USES WALKER T-SPINE PAIN CH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2007	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING WALKER AND FELL AND FX C7
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/30/2007	Age: 85 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 WHILE USING WALKER AT HOME, INJURED CHEST WHEN TRIPPED OVER SIDEWA LK. DX; ACUTE CHEST WALL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2007	Age: 74 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
AT HOME PT BACKING UP W/ WALKER,FELL BACKWARDS,FELL TO GROUND,R ELBOW PAIN, DX L RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2007	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PROBABLE RIB FX: FELL WITH WALKER LAST WEEK, RIB, COCCYX PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2007	Age: 59 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
AMBULATING WITH WALKER & SLIPPED DX CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED OVER HER WALKER AT HOME AND HAS PAIN CHEST DX- RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2007	Age: 66 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, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PATIENT C/O RIB PAIN, TRIPPED OVER WALKER STRIKING ELBOW AND SIDE ON CEDAR CHEST. DX-FRACTURE 2 RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2007	Age: 89 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, Ceilings and walls
PT USING WALKER, LOST BALANCE AND FELL, HIT WALL, FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2007	Age: 82 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, Other fireplaces
82YFC WALKS WITH WALKER TRIPPED HITTING CHEST AGAINST FIREPLACE CONTUSION NO FIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2007	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT STATES KNEE GAVE OUT WHEN WALKING WITH WALKER, FELL, NOW C/O CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/24/2007	Age: 97 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 OVER WALKER R CHEST CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2007	Age: 69 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, Chairs
WALKING WITH WALKER, FELL AGAINST CHAIR/RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 76 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 C/O USING A WALKER WHEN PT'S LEG GAVE OUT . DX COMPRESSION FX. L1 AN D L2
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2007	Age: 78 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
WAS TRYING TO SIT IN WALKER CHAIR AND MISSED. FELL ONTO FLOOR HAS STRA IN TO UPPER BACK, SHOULDER AND CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2007	Age: 76 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
THORACIC SPINE FX-FELT PAIN WHILE REACHING TO USE CANE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/03/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	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, Floors or flooring materials
PT WALKING, TRIPPED OVER CANE. FELL HITTING CHEST, AND SHOULDER ON FLO OR. C/O CHEST PAIN. XRAY NEGATIVE. DIAGNOSIS CONTUSION OF CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2007	Age: 86 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
86 YOF, WAS TURNING USING HER WALKER WHEN LOST BALANCE AND TRIPPED AND FELL OVER WALKER, HITTING RIBS ON SUPPORT. DX: RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2007	Age: 86 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 WALKING WITH A WALKER SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING CHEST ON THE WALKER SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Televisions
PT DX BACK CONTUSION - S/P PT FELL FROM WALKER,HIT BACK ON TV AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2007	Age: 78 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
RIBS FXS-TRIPPED-FELL-LANDED ON A WALKER-@ NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2007	Age: 86 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, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER WALKER AND FELL ONTO FLOOR HAS PAIN TO HIP, KNEE AND CHEST DX- CHEST WALL CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2007	Age: 92 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 CT-LOST BALANCE W/ WALKER-FELL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL IN THE STREET AND CANE WENT INTO CHEST DX// CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	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
PT SLIPPED FROM WALKER, FELL CAUSING INJURIES DX: UPPER BACK/FOOT/ANKLE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2007	Age: 85 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
PT WALKING OUT OF CHURCH FELL WHILE USING WALKER DX// CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2007	Age: 58 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 WHEN FELL AGAINST HER WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 72 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, Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED ON A RUG WHILE USING CRUTCHES AND FELL/ RT RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 69 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 OVER WALKER/RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2007	Age: 80 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
PT WAS WALKING AT HOME WITH A WALKER, STUMBLED AND FELL CAUSING A RT CHEST WALL INJURY, ADMIT DX PNEUMONIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/06/2007	Age: 68 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
PT HAS CONTUSION TO BACK WHEN FELL WHILE USING A WALKER AT *** HOSPITAL TAL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/03/2007	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
BACK CT-TRIPPED ON A CANE-FELL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
86 YO F- TRIPPED AT HOME-FELL WITH WALKER-COMPUND FX SPINE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/01/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	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
PT TRIPPED OVER HUSBAND'S WALKER AND FELL. DX: CHEST WALL CONT, CHRONIC HIP PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2007	Age: 95 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 WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER @ HOME DX BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2007	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
BACK PAIN-91 Y/O FEMALE PT WAS USING WALKER-FELL BACKWARDS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2007	Age: 83 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
PATIENT WAS WALKING WITH HIS WALKER AND FELL HITTING HIS RT SIDE OF CHEST ON THE BED, THEN THE TABLE. DX-RT RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/13/2007	Age: 87 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 AND FELL ONTO HIS CANE, CANE HIT (R) SIDE OF CHEST DX- CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2007	Age: 60 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 FALLING INTO HER WALKER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL TODAY WHILE USING WALKER, LAYED ON FLOOR FOR 1 HR., KNEE GAVE O UT. DX. PULMO EMBOLI.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/03/2007	Age: 83 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
CHEST WALL CONT. PT LOST FOOTING WHEN USING A CANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2007	Age: 89 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 WHEN FALLING INTO HER WALKER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2007	Age: 76 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
LOST BALANCE WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER ANDFELL/ DORSAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
PT FELL WHEN USING WALKER , STUMBLE GETTING UP CATCHING FOOT INTO CHAIR C/O CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/13/2007	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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
92 YO F CONTUSION TO RIB CAGE AND THIGH FELL WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2007	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	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
PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL WHILE USING WALKER DX: CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2007	Age: 86 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
WAS USING WALKER AND FELL ONTO HER (R) SIDE HAS PAIN IN LATERAL CHEST AND BRUISE TO (R) LOWER LEG DX- RIB FX LEG HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2007	Age: 73 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 WAS USING WALKER AND FELL DX: T11 FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2007	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, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
TRIP WITH WALKER FALL ON DRAWER FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2007	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CHEST WALL CT-FELL W/ WALKER-@ NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2007	Age: 84 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
RIB FX/84YOM CVA IN FALL, USES WALKER & WENT TO TOILET & WIFE HEARD HI M FALL.COULD NOT HELP HIM UP. AFTER FALL VOMITED 6-8 TIMES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2007	Age: 91 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
AMB C ROLLING WALKER, T'D&F HITTING CW " MS/CONTS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2007	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
BACK STRAIN-FELL BACKWARDS W/ WALKER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2007	Age: 90 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
FELL AND STRUCK WALKER ADMITTED INTRACTABLE UPPER/LOWER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/19/2007	Age: 86 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
CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME AND FELL ON A WALKER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2007	Age: 90 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
TRIPPED OVER WALKER PNEUMOTHORAX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/18/2007	Age: 60 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
DX LEFT RIB CONTUSION: FELL WHILE USING WALKER AND STRUCK RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2007	Age: 89 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 USING A WALKER TODAY AND FELL AT HOME COMPLAINING OF MID BACK PAIN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/14/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
USING WALKER FELL INJURING UPPER TRUNK CONTUSION TO CHEST FELL TO FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2007	Age: 87 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
AMB C WALKER SLIPPED&FELL C/O BACK/CW PAIN " MS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2007	Age: 80 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, Exercise
CHEST PAIN WHILE USING WALKER, WORSE WITH EXERCISE. DX: CHEST PAIN, UN STABLE ANGING, ANEMIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/05/2007	Age: 66 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
FELL ON WALKER AND CONTUSED UPPER CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS STANDING ON BUS WHICH CAME TO A STOP AND HE FELL ON TOP OF HIS WALKER. DX: R CHEST MUSCULOSKELETAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2007	Age: 80 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
FELL USING WALKER SPRAIN UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2007	Age: 83 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
83 YOM FELL TANGLED IN WALKER / RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	Age: 81 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
PATIENT FELL WHEN WALKER SLIPPED AND FRACTURED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2007	Age: 76 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
TRIPPED OVER WALKER AND FELL SATURDAY NEAR SYNCOPE INJURED LT UPPER QUADRANT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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