Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Upper Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,044
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Date: 12/26/2002	Age: 64 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: Wheelchairs
PT. FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT *** PARKING LOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2002	Age: 89 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: Wheelchairs
SLIPPED & FELL ONTO HANDLES OF WHEELCHAIR. ACUTE RT RIB CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2002	Age: 62 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
62 YO M STOOD UP FROM WHEELCHAIR, FELL STRUCK CHEST. DX CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR - HIT RIBS - LEFT RIB INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT. FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR 2 DAYS AGO AT NH. DX. CHEST WALL PAIN. L P LEURAL EFFUSSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR, GOT TOO CLOSE TO SIDE AND GOT THROWN FROM WHEELCH AIR. DX. CONT CHEST, LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
MULTIPLE RIB FXS- SUSTAINED WHEN HE FELL ON A WHEELCHAIR HE WAS PUSHING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/03/2002	Age: 75 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: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2002	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT WAS BEING ASSISTED INTO A WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME, FELT A "POP" IN HER CHEST AREA. DX-CHEST STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2002	Age: 63 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: Wheelchairs
CHEST WALL CONT. PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2002	Age: 66 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: Wheelchairs, Clothing accessories
PT WAS SHOPPING AND REACHED FOR HER POCKETBOOK & FELL OUT OF HER WHEELCHAIR, INJURING HER RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
CHEST PAIN-ELDERLY NURSING HOME PT FLL FORWARD FROM WHEELCHAIR. C/O HES T PAIN. NO LOC OR OTHER INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2002	Age: 70 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: Wheelchairs
PT. FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR ON SAT. C/O LT RIB PAIN. DX. 7TH RIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Scaffolding
DX:BACK STRAIN. TRAVELING DOWNHILL IN WHEELCHAIR AND STRUCK SCAFFOLDING AND FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2002	Age: 57 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: Wheelchairs
PT IS WHEELCHAIR BOUND & HE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHILE DRINKING HEAVI LY. RIB CT & ETOH INTOXICATION. DEPRESSIVE DISORDER@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2002	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: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME, R RIB FX ABDOMINAL PAIN RULE O UT LIVER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/16/2002	Age: 79 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: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
79 YOM FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT HOME; FELL TO FLOOR; IS A PARAPLEGIC; CONTUSION OF RT. CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2002	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
CHEST CONTUSION- AFTER FALLING OUT OF HER WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2002	Age: 81 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: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NH DX. RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2002	Age: 66 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: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TRYING TO MAKE A TURN DX: CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/10/2002	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
SLIPPED OUT OF WHEELCHAIR CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2002	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
81 YO MALE SHORT OF BREATH WHILE PUSHING WHEELCHAIR CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2002	Age: 83 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: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR C/O RIGHT RIB PAIN DX: RIGHT RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2002	Age: 92 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: Wheelchairs
92 Y.O. W FEMALE W/RIB CONTUSION. PT FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF HER WHEE LCHAIR. E8843
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds
FX THORATIC SPINE/ ABRSIONS TO BACK/ CONTUSION R KNEE. WAS TRANSFERRIN G FORM WHEELCHAIR TO BED.!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT IN A MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR WHEN THE ARM GOT STUCK AND JAMMED INTO RIG HT SIDE OF CHEST FRACTURED A RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2002	Age: 71 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: Wheelchairs, Ramps or landings
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR WHILE GOING DOWN A RAMP.DX: CHEST WALL CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT BECAME CONFUSED AFTER FALLING FROM WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 56 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: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIRDX CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 53 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR CONTUSING CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 100 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: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR STRIKING CHEST CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
FELL GETTING INTO WHEELCHAIR ONTO THE FLOOR. ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL. FXRI GHT 5TH TO 10TH RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/21/2002	Age: 95 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: Wheelchairs
PT FELL GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR INJURING RIBSDX; CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2002	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: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL OFF WHEELCHAIR, WHILE BEING ESCORTED TO THE PLANE. DX: CON TUSION CHEST, SHOULDER, WRIST, ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT TOPPLED OVER IN MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR NOW CHEST PAIN DX: CHEST WALL C ONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2002	Age: 55 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: Wheelchairs
HOMELESS PATIENT FELL 2 WEEKS AGO AND STRUCK CHEST AGAINST ARM OF WHEELCHAIR. D:CHEST WALL CONTUSION, ANEMIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2002	Age: 59 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: Wheelchairs
PATIENT COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN SINCE LIFTING 200 LB. NEIGHBOR WHO FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR LAST WEEK. D: MECHANICAL BACK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2002	Age: 80 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: Wheelchairs, Toilets
80 Y/O M C/O FALL - WHILE BEING MOVED FROM WHEELCHAIR TO TOILET. DX: CHEST CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2002	Age: 89 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: Wheelchairs
RIB FXS-AT HOME-BEING PULLED UP IN HER WHEELCHAIR-FELT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2002	Age: 62 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: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
WHEELCHAIR UNLOCKED AND SLIPPED AS PT WAS SITTING DOWN AND PT FELL TO F LOOR DX RIB FX AND ABD WALL CONT PT WAS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2002	Age: 84 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: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR HITTING CHEST, CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2002	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
88 Y/O M C/O FELL THUR - GOING TO WHEELCHAIR TO TOILET. DX: RIGHT RIB FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/21/2002	Age: 80 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: Wheelchairs, Toilets
SAYS HE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT HOME THIS AM, TRYING TO TRANSFER FROM WHEELCHAIR TO TOILET. DX. CONT CHEST, R SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2002	Age: 77 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: Wheelchairs
GETTING UP FROM WHEELCHAIR WITH ASSISTANCE, FELL ONTO WIFE, WAS HIT BY HER KNEE DX: CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2002	Age: 70 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: Wheelchairs
PT'S WHEELCHAIR FLIPPED OVER; C/O OF CHEST PAIN DX: CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR/RT RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2002	Age: 100 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: Wheelchairs
FELL GETTING UP FROM WHEELCHAIR AND FELL IN SITTING POSITION. DX. L CHEST WALL PAIN, MUSCULOSKELETAL SORENESS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/01/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT GETTING UP OUT OF HIS WHEELCHAIR TO PICK UP NEPHEW BECAME DIZZY FELL STRIKING CHEST ON CONCRETE FRACTURED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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