Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Hand

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,351
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Date: 11/11/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
56 YO MALE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2002	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
HAND GOT CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR DX: HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2002	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NH DX. HAND CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2002	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
SKIN TEAR R HAND & L ARM; CUT ON HER WHEELCHAIR THIS AM @ NSG HM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2002	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
80YOF FELL OUT OF WHEEL CHAIR DX: FALL LAC L HAND
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/20/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
SLID OUT OF WHEELCHAIR; CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2002	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
CAUGHT HAND ON WHEELCHAIR.DX 4CM LAC R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
SKIN TEAR TO TOP OF LT HAND FROM WHEELCHAIR +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2002	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
NURSING HOME PT, REPORT OF POSSIBLE FALL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR OR BED. DX: SKIN TEARS OF LEFT HAND AND WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2002	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME FRACTURED LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
RT HAND PAIN-PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR LAST NIGHT. HAS REDNESS AND SWEL LING TO HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2002	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
LAC TO HAND WHEN FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AND LANDED ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Tables
PT WAS IN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR AT DINNER, WENT TO GET AWAY FROM TABLE & ACCIDENTALLY HIT HAND ON EDGE OF THE TABLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2002	Age: 100 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
100-YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HR HAND AS A RESULT OF FALLING FROM A WHEEL CHAIR TO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
ABRASIONS RT HAND-IN WHEELCHAIR OUTSIDE FRONT OF HOSPITAL AND WENT DOWN HILL. FELL OUT AND SKINNED RT HAND KNUCKLES. NO LOC OR OTHER INJURIES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2002	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR YESTERDAY AT NURSING HOME. SKIN TEARS ON HAND AND ELBOW. D: ANEMIA. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/09/2002	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR DX. HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2002	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Wheelchairs
LEFT HAND HEMATOMA.PT RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME AND HIT HAND ON A WHEEL CHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
94 Y.O. W FEMALE W/HAND LAC. PT GRABBED AHOLD OF BROKEN WHEELCHAIR HAND LE WHEN SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS FALLING @ NURSING HOME. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2002	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
WAS FOLDING UP A WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED HER LT HAND. SOFT TISSUECONTUSI ON LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2002	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR FRACTURED LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Ramps or landings
PT. FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR IN BATHROOM AT NH, ALSO FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR T ODAY AND HIT HAND ON POLE OF RAMP. DX. FALL, PAIN HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2002	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
ACUTE LEFT THUMB STRAIN, ACUTE RT HAND CONTUSION-CAUGHT HAND AND FINGER IN THE SPOKES OF A WHEELCHAIR @ ECF WHERE PT RESIDES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
73 YO M CUT HAND ON WHEELCHAIR LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2002	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF W/C AT HOME AVULSION TO R HAND NO LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
LEFT HAND LAC, PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
HAND CONTUSION W/SHOULDER INJURY - FELL OVER MOTHER'S WHEELCHAIR INJURING RIGHT HAND AND SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2002	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
LACERATION HAND - VICTIM CUT BACK OF HAND ON WHEELCHAIR TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2002	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Ramps or landings
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ON RAMP DX: CONTUSIONS BIL. HANDS, & LT. KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2002	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
CAUGHT HAND IN WHEELCHAIR - LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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