Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 886
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Date: 12/14/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT HAD UNWITNESSED FALL FROM WHEELCHAIR AND POSSIBLE SEIZURE. D: SEIZUR E, SEIZURE DISORDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2005	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FORWARD OUT OF WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/02/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
FOUND ON WHEEL CHAIR WANDERING IN STREETS. "ETOH INTOX" BAC=0.128
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
BIB EMS, FROM STREET, WANDERING ON WHEELCHAIR IN STREETS " ETOH INTOX" BAC=0.095
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 11/06/2005	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
MULTIPLE TRAUMA.PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
ETOH INTOX,FOUND BY POLICE MOVING C WHEEL CHAIR IN THE TRAFFIC " INTOX" BAC.102
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/02/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
MEDICATION REACTION-SENT FROM NURSING HOME AFTER TAKING *** AND FELL FR OM WHEELCHAIR AFTER BECOMING DIZZY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
WAS ON WHEEL CHAIR, TO THE BR, SYNCOPED&?FELL. " SYNCOPE '
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/08/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT WAS FOUND ALTERED ON STREET CORNER VERY INTOX WITH HIS WHEELCHAIR & ALSO TESTED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE & BENZODIAZEPINES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
MULTIPLE ABRASIONS.PT RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME AND FELL OUT OF A WHEEL CHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRYING TO TRANSFER FROM MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR TO BED WHEN FELL TO FLO OR. NOW SOMULENT. D: ALTERED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/31/2005	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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
SYCOPED/PASSED OUT FELL OUT OF WHEEL CHAIR, FS=30'S, " HYPOGLYCEMIA"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2005	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT WAS FOUND IN A WHEELCHAIR ON THE SIDEWALK WITH SMELL OF ALCOHOL ON HIS BREATH. BROUGHT IN FOR EVAL. DX-ALCOHOL INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT, DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL ER, WAS TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO CA R WHEN FELL & HIT HEAD. D: WEAKNESS, UTI. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR IN YARD + ETOH DX SYNCOPE, ETOH ABUSE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/15/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME AND FELL OUT OF A WHEE LCHAIR AND HIT THE FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2005	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
LEG PAIN & WEAKNESS W/PARKINSON DISEASE & PROGRESSED FROM CANE TO WALK ER TO WHEELCHAIR GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR & FELL BACK INTO A WALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/08/2005	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
C/O GENERAL BODY PAIN FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR DX: CVA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/13/2005	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
POISONING, VIA EMS, PT FELL OFF HIS WHEELCHAIR WHILE DRINKING ALCOHOL AT HOME, C/O PAIN, DIZZINESS, TENDERNESS, NO LOC, SIGNED AMA.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/12/2005	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, SZ ACTIVITY DX: NEW ONSET SZ
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/13/2005	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
031PT PRESENTS TO ED C MULTI 0313EPISODE&FALLING OFF W/C SUSTAINED 3" SYNCOPE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Wheelchairs
52 Y/O F WITH DIFFICULT BREATHING WHEN HER OXYGEN TUBE GOT WRAPPED AROU ND WHEELCHAIR WHEEL. DX; ACUTE COPD EXACERBATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME STRIKING CHEST ON * WIT H SEVERE BRUSING AND ECCYMOSIS CONT CHEST WITH * TOXICITY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/17/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT THE BUS STOP DX: ETOH INTOXICATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2005	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS IN DIALYSIS, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE SITTING IN WHEELCHAIR, DX CARDIO PULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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