Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,955
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Date: 12/13/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME AND FELL ON FLOOR INJURED ARM DX// LEFT FOREARM CONTUSION SYNCOPE HTN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/13/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
LEFT FOREARM ABR. PT FELL FROM A WHEELCHAIR IN NURSING HOME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/10/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Stairs or steps
PT FELL OFF WHEELCHAIR DOWN 2 STEPS ONTO DIRT. DX: CONT HEAD/CHEST/L ELBOW, FX R DISTAL RADIUS, ABR FACE/L ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR FX FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/05/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT DX FX RT RADIUS/DISTAL - FELL FORWARD FROM WHEELCHAIR AT HOME TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WENT OVER CURB AND FELL OUT OF MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR SUSTAINING ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT LAC RT ARM ON WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2006	Age: 85 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
PT C/O FALL. PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX ARM CONT ARM SKIN TEAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
SLID OUT OF WHEELCHAIR @NURSING HOME, C/O R WRIST PAIN, FOREARM PAIN, DX; FOREARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT'S WHEELCHAIR LURCHED FORWARD IN VAN AND SHE HIT SEAT. DX: R ARM STYLOID FX, VERTIGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: CLOSED FX OF LT ULNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2006	Age: 76 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
LACERATED ARM ON WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
70 YO MALE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR CONTUSION LEFT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2006	Age: 99 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 LAC FOREARM WHEN HELPING GETTING INTO WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
AT CARE CENTER AND WALKING DOWN HALL AND STRUCK BY A WHEELCHAIR RADIUS/ ULNAR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL AT HOME GETTING UP FROM WHEELCHAIR DX: L FA CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
TIRE ON WHEELCHAIR SLIPPED, HIT ARM ON WALL @ CHURCH DX FOREARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX: CONT R ARM/WRIST/HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR OUTSIDE CARE CENTER. DX: R FOREARM PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2006	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: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME. DX: L HAND LAC, ULNA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FX R FOREARM, VIA AMB, PT FELL FROM A WHEELCHAIR IN THE NURSING HOME, C/O PAIN, ROM LIMITED, OBSERV. ER.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 08/03/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Chairs
PT FELL MOVING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO CHAIR AT NURSING HOME. DX: LUMBAR CONT, MULT LACS L ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2006	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
SLID OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO BUTT AND CONTUSED FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 77 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
77 YO FEMALE WAS SYNCOPAL AND FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR CONTUSION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
TRAUMA RT.FOREARM.PT.REFERS FALING DOWN FROM WHEELCHAIR IN PATIO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Tables
SENT IN FROM NURSING HOME PT. WAS STANDING, WHEELCHAIR MOVED, FELL INTO NIGHT STAND DX: FOREARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
TRIED TO GET INTO WHEELCHAIR AND MISSED AND FELL RADIUS/ULNAR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2006	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
SKIN TEAR: COMBATIVE AT NURSING HOME, SWINGING ARMS, HIT RT FOREARM ON WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Chairs
PT FELL WHEN BEING MOVED FROM WHEELCHAIR TO CHAIR DX: LOWER ARM FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT INJ RT ARM ON WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2006	Age: 80 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
FALL FROM WHEELCHAIR @ NURSING HOME DX R RADIUS & ULNA FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/30/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR SUSTAINED ABRASION RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FOREARM FX-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2006	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FALL AND STRUCK WHEELCHAIR FX FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
SKIN TEAR R ARM/77YOF TRIED TO GET INTO WHEELCHAIR AND FORGOT TO LOCK C HAIR AND FELL INJURING ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2006	Age: 92 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 FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER A RM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2006	Age: 83 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
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NH, L SHOULDER AND NECK PAIN DX: NECK STRAIN, L FA LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2006	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Wheelchairs
INFECTED HEMATOMA L ARM - FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2006	Age: 58 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
SLIPPED OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TO THE GOUND F.AMR CONTS'
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME. DX: L DISTAL RADIUS/ULNA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2006	Age: 99 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: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OFF WHEEL CHAIR CUTTING F.ARM " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL OUT OF HER WHEELCHAIR COMPLAINING OF SKIN TEARS TO HER BOTH ARMS & SCALP. DX - SKIN TEARS TO RT ARM & SKIN AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2006	Age: 84 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 GETTING INTO WHEELCHAIR AND FELL, LAC RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT IN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR WAS HIT BY CAR. DX: 4 X 3 CM SUPERFICIAL SKIN AVULSION L ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FOREARM FX-STOOD UP FROM WHEELCHAIR-FELL BACKWARDS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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