Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Ankle

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Date: 12/13/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Nightwear
ON WHEELCHAIR, BATHROBE CAUGHT ON THE WHEEL, FELL OFF TWISTED ANKLE " SPRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX: L ANKLE FX, CHEST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT SUS STRIAN TO ANKLE FALLING FROM A WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Tables
PT TIPPED AND FELL WHILE TRYING TO GET FROM WHEELCHAIR TO TABLE AT HOME DX RT ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT LIVES IN NURSING HOME AND SLID OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR DX: SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Doors
CONTUSION ANKLE - 84 YOF WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR YESTERDAY AND GOT LEFT FOO T CAUGHT IN A DOOR SUSTAINING A CONTUSION TO ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
INVERTED ANKLE P BEING RUN OVER BY WHEELCHAIR " SPRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
LEFT ANKLE STRAIN-FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
P/W ANKLE PAIN S/P FALLING FROM WHEELCHAIR " SPRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR ONTO CONCRETE FX ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHILE ON RAMP OF BUS, FX ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT SLIPPED AND FELL GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT HOME DX// LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME YESTERDAY. DX: OSTEOMYELITIS R ANKLE, MULT PRESSURE ULCERS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/04/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
RT FOOT CONTUSION.PT WAS PUSHING A WHEELCHAIR AND TWISTED ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
PT FELL AND TWISTED ANKLE BETWEEN GOING FROM TOILET TO WHEELCHAIR DX: RT ANKLE INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Other ranges or ovens
WHEELCHAIR BOUND, HIT FOOT ON STOVE WHILE COOKING " ANKLE FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
ANKLE SPRAIN-INJURED ON A POWERED WHEELCHAIR-@ CAMPGROUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS HAVING A TEST AT THE HOSPITAL AND WHEN GETTING OUT OF THE WHEELC HAIR CAUGHT RIGHT FOOT ON A BAR FELL STRAINED ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
DX LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN: TWISTED ANKLE UNDER WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL OUT OF HER WHEELCHAIR ON 8/3/06 & TWISTED HER ANKLE SUSTAINING A ANKLE FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
SPRAIN ANKLE - PATIENT REPORTS WHILE IN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR SHE GOT TOO CLOSE TO WALL OF BUILDING AND ANKLE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN WC AND WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Elevators or other lifts
AT VA HOSPITAL AND SOMEONE IN WHEELCHAIR BRUSHED PATIENT WHILE ENTERING ELEVATOR ANKLE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
ANKLE SPRAIN-FOOT SLIPPED OFF WHEELCHAIR FOOT REST-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FALL FROM WHEELCHAIR @ HOME DX ANKLE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
FELL MOVING FROM TOILET TO WHEELCHAIR/ANKLE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
HIT CURB IN WHEELCHAIR / FELL DX: R ANKLE SPRAIN / CONTUSION / HYPOTENSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/04/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WENT OVER CURB AND DOWN 15 FT EMBANKMENT IN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR. DX: L ANKLE AVULSION FX, ABR FACE, ARMS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
SENT IN FROM NURSING HOME CAUGHT ANKLE ON WHEELCHAIR DX: ANKLE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR BENT OVER TO PICK SOMETHING OFF THE FLOOR AND FELL ON THE FLOOR, C/O TRAUMATIC ANKLE PAIN. DX-ANKLE FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/18/2006	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: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT HAS A HISTORY OF MS FELL OUT OF HIS WHEELCHAIR SUSTAINED A FRACTURE- DISLOCATION TO RIGHT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/05/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT INJURED ANKLE ONE WEEK AGO WHEN USING ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR. SWELLING AND REDNESS. D: ANKLE CONTUSION, CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
67 YO FEMALE HIT RIGHT ANKLE AGAINST WHEELCHAIR RIGHT ANKLE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NSG. HOME RT ANKLE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Riding power lawn mowers
PT. CAUGHT ANKLE BETWEEN WHEELCHAIR AND LAWNMOWER WHEN TRYNG TO GET OFF RIDING LAWNMOWER. DX. FX L DISTAL TIBIA, DISTAL FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT IN REHAB FOR RECENT HIP SURGERY, GETTING UP AND DOWN OUT OF WHEELCHA IR, SUSTAINED ABRASION TO RT FOOT, NOW LEG SWOLLEN, EDEMA ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Televisions
LEANING FORWARDS TO TURNED TV UP,FELL OFF THE WHEELCHAIR " ANKLE FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT IN THE NURISN HOM,E AND STRUCK LEFT ANKLE ON A WHEELCHAIR SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
LEFT ANKLE SPR. PT TRIPPED WHEN FALLING OVER A WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
MOVING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED DX ANKLE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT HAD A WHEELCHAIR RUN OVER LEFT ANKLE STRAINED ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2006	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
ANKLE FX-FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR-@ SENIOR HOUSING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/26/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
MOVED FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED TWISTED ANKLE ..SPRAINED ANKLE LIVES IN NU RSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT WENT TO SIT IN WHEELCHAIR; BRAKES ON WHEELCHAIR WERE NOT LOCKED; PT THEN FELL TO FLOOR LANDING ON ANKLE------------DX: ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT'S ANKLE RUN INTO BY A MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR AT STORE. D: TALUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
LEFT ANKLE FX. PT INJURED ANKLE WHEN FALLING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT HAS BEEN HAVING TROUBLE AMBULATING DUE TO PAIN, SHE FELL & RT LEG SLIPPED BETWEEN HER WHEELCHAIR TWISTING FOOT. DX-RT ANKLE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT ROLLED ANKLE GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX: R ANKLE/FOOT SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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