Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,017
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Date: 12/08/2003	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: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
SENT IN FROM NURSING HOME / FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: FOREARM AVULSION / CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2003	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
R FA LAC, FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: 1 CM L ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2003	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: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR INJURING FOREARM DX FX FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Not recorded	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIETN FELL FROM A WHEELCHAIR AT HOME. DX-FRACTURE RADIUS, MULTIPLE ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR; LAC ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2003	Age: 83 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: Wheelchairs
FELL STANDING FROM WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2003	Age: 77 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: Wheelchairs
PT TRYING TO GET UP FROM WHEELCHAIR AND FELL DX: SKIN TEARS TO LT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT GETTG OUT OF WHEELCHAIR CUT FOREARM ON SPOKE OF TIRE DX LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
WHILE SITTING IN WHEELCHAIR COLLAPSED FOREWARD ONTO FLOOR DX: SYNCOPAL EPISODE, CONTUSION RT. FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/03/2003	Age: 89 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: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOM SUSTAINED LACERATION TO BOTH LOWER ARMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 82 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: Wheelchairs
PT FELL WHEN TRYING TO SIT IN WHEELCHAIR. D: FOREARM LACERTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2003	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
FELL WHILE TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED. SYNCOPE, LAC RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
71YOF GETTING WHEELCHAIR OUT OF CAR CUT RT ARM ON WHEELCHAIR @ HOME DX 5CM SUPERFICIAL LAC RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
PT'S ARM WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN WHEELCHAIR AND WALL. DX: HEMATOMA R FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2003	Age: 53 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: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
LT FOREARM LAC-CUT ON A WHEELCHAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 52 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Automatic doors
PT LEAVING ER IN WHEELCHAIR WHEN ARM GOT CAUGHT IN AUTOMATIC DOOR. D: ABRASION, ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2003	Age: 57 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: Wheelchairs
PT.INJ.RT.FOREARM & RT.5TH.FINGER WHEN FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHILE RID ING ON U.T.A. BUS. DX; F.X. RT.DISTAL ULNA / F.X. RT.5TH.FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2003	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: Wheelchairs
PT FELL CUTTING FOREARM ON WHEELCHAIR DX LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
57 YO MALE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR - ETOH CONTUSION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2003	Age: 93 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: Wheelchairs
LEFT FOREARM CONT. PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR INJURING ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2003	Age: 86 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: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. ETOH INVOLVED. DX: ABRASION LEFT FOREARM. ACUTE ALCOHOL INTOXICATION.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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