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Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 975
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/03/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
FOUND ON SIDE OF ROAD FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: ETOH INTOXICATION / CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2004Age: 91 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
PT TOOK SLEEPING PILLS AND FELL FROM WHEEL CHAIR AT NURSING HOME DEPRES SED OVER RECENT DEATH OF WIFE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/12/2004Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
NEAR SYNCOPE - NEAR SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHEN ANOTHER RESIDENT RAN INTO HER WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2004Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AFTER HAVING DIALYSIS, DX WEAKNESS, S/P FALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/08/2004Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: ALTERED MENTAL STATUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/01/2004Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, UNABLE TO GET UP OFF FLOOR, GLUCOSE HIGH WHEN CHECKED BY EMS/ HYPERGLYCEMIA,WEAKNESS,CHF
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/21/2004Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
INTOXICATED AND FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR --WANTS TO BE CHECKED--NO INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2004Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
GETTING UP OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT HOME, FELL TO FLOOR, COULDN'T GET UP. DX: OBSERVATION FOR FATIGUE, RENAL INSUFFICENCY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2004Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Volleyball
TIGHTNESS IN CHEST, DIFFICULTY BREATHING, SITTING IN WHEELCHAIR PLAYING VOLLEYBALL AT NH. DX. COPD ACUTE EXACERBATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2004Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
FALL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ON BUR, ETOH INTOX LEVEL 254 ACUTE ETOH INTOX, ACUTE ETOH HEPATITIS, PARAPLEGIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2004Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
PT BROUGHT TO ER BY AMBULACE. FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TODAY. PT INTOXICA TED. DX: ALCOHOL INTOXICATION, ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 07/22/2004Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
GOT WEAK MOVING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO TOILET DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2004Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
PT DX ALCOHOL INTOXICATION - S/P ETOH ABUSE PT GOT DRUNK AND FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR IN THE ED - DX FOREHEAD LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2004Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WEAK AND DIZZY FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR STRIKING FACE CONTUSION FACE - BUT BLOOD GLUCOSE 40 INSULIN DEPENDANT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
COLLAPSED IN WHEELCHAIR, CP, R RIB PAIN DX: SYNCOPAL EPISODE, EPIGASTRIC CP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/05/2004Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
88 YO F SITTING IN WHEELCHAIR FAINTED SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2004Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FOUND IN WHEELCHAIR AT BALL PARK, ETOH INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2004Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, HIT HEAD, ACUTE ETOH INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
51YOM-ALCOHOL INTOXICATION-COMBATIVE-MAY HAVE HIT HEAD BY FALLING FROM WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Exercise
DOING LEG EXERCISES IN WHEELCHAIR - DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN - ? PALPITATIO NS
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 02/17/2004Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ON FLOOR FOR 2 1/2 DAYS - DEHYDRATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/27/2004Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
FELL GOING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED - RULE OUT CVA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/13/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT HAD A SEIZURE AND FELL OUT OF WHEEL CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2004Age: 94 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NH DX. SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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