Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Neck

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,370
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Date: 12/29/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
CERVICAL SPRAIN,SYNCOPE. FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/28/2003	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX: CONT CERVICAL/THORACIC/L SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX. C-STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/12/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
C/O PAIN BACK OF HEAD WITH BURNING LEFT SIDE OF FACE SORE LEFT SIDE OF NECK FLIPPED BACKWARDS IN WHEELCHAIR HITTING BACK OF HEAD NO OPEN AREAS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/27/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
75YOF=CONTUSION NECK-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT GOT UP FROM HER WHEELCHAIR AND FELL STRIKING HEAD. DX-C1 AND C2 CERVICAL FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL GETTING IN WHEELCHAIR - CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Doors
PT FRACTURED HIS CERVICAL SPINE AS A RESULT OF SLAMMING HIS WHEELCHAIR INTO THE CLOSET DOOR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/03/2003	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
CERVICAL STRAIN, MILD CLOSED HEAD INJURY, FELL BACKWARDS GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT *** CARE CENTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
SPRAIN NECK - PATIENT REPORTS SHE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHEN VISITING AT FRIENDS HOUSE - COMPLAINS OF NECK PAIN - ALSO CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2003	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR, BACK PAIN DX CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT HYPEREXTENDED NECK WHILE TRYING TO SIT UP RIGHT IN WHEELCHAIR DX: HYPEREXTENDED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
DX"NECK STRAIN. FELL WHILE TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NSG HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
82 YO FEMALE SLUMPED IN WHEELCHAIR WHEN HUSBAND JERKED IT SYNCOPE - NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT, NORMALLY UNSTEADY ON HER FEET, FELL WHILE STANDING UP FROM WHEELCHA IR. D: CERVICAL/THORACIC STRAINS, SHOULDER CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
PT FELL GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHEN HE CAUGHT FOOT STRIKING EDGE OFW ALL - LOC - NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT MOVING A WHEELCHAIR AT HOME FELT A POP IN NECK STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT-FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, INJURING NECK DX-MINOR NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2003	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NH DX. CERVICAL FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/24/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
CERVICAL STRAIN,HEAD INJURY.PT SLID OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AND HIT NECK AN D HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
NECK PAIN ON & OFF SINCE DEC. PUSHED MOTHER IN WHEELCHAIR TODAY. DX; CERVICAL PAIN/ CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2003	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT SLIPPED AND FELL OVER WHEELCHAIR YESTERDAY AND SUSTAINED CONTUSIONS TO THE NECK AND BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT LIFTING MOTHER UP FROM HER WHEELCHAIR AT HOME STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME. DX: CERVICAL STRAIN, FACIAL CONT/ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
70 YO SITTING IN WHEELCHAIR DEVELOPED NECK PAIN SPRAIN/STRAIN NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2003	Age: 99 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
CERVICAL STRAIN C2 FX-FELL HEAD 1ST FROM WHEELCHAIR-AT NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT DX CERVICAL MUSCLE STRAIN - WHILE GOING TO DIALYSIS IN AMBULETTE, DRIVER SHORT STOPPED AND PT LANDED SIDEWAYS AND HIT HEAD ON WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
CERV ST AND FACIAL CONT. PT FELL FROM AN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL IN HER WHEEL CHAIR LAST NIGHT NOW HAS NECK PAIN AND FEVER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
SLIPPED OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND FELL FORWARD RESULTING IN COMPRESSION FX OF C4-AND C5
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
CERVICAL STRAIN-FELL WHILE TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED-AT NURSI NG HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
77 YO FEMALE FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR CERVICAL SPRAIN/STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
SPRAIN NECK AREA, PT TRIPPED BACKWARD FROM HER WHEELCHAIR WHILE IN AN AMBULETTE, STRUCK A RAILL, C/O PAIN, NO LOC, HX OF WHEELCHAIR BOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
INTOXICATED PATIENT STATES WAS HIT BY A TRUCK WHILE IN HIS WHEELCHAIR DX: NECK STRAIN / SHOULDER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
CERVICAL STRAIN.FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT DETOX CENTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
HAD BEEN IN A WHEELCHAIR AND WAS FOUND BY THE STAFF IN THE FLOOR, C/O LOW BACK PAIN. CERVICAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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