Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Elbow

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,328
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Date: 12/24/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
CONTUSION TO ELBOW WHEN FELLF ROM A WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2007	Age: 99 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX: L ELBOW LAC 2.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
81YOM WAS AT HOME ACCIDENTLY FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR,HITTING ELBOW; ELBOW CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2007	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
ELBOW PINCHED IN WHEELCHAIR TODAY CONTUSION RIGHT ELBOW CONTUSION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2007	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
72 YO MALE WAS HIT BY CAR WHILE CROSSIG STREET IN WHEELCHAIR ABRASION ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT C/O PAINFUL L ELBOW, L HIP W/ABRA AFTER FALLING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR O NTO PAVEMENT. DX. CONT ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS ASSISTING HER HUSBAND INTO A WHEELCHAIR SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO RIGHT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
PT C/O FALL WHILE TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED. DX ABRASION RT ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS LEAVING HOSPITAL AND GOT OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND FELL, HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE. DX. CONT R ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
65 YO MALE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR FRACTURE ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX- L ELBOW ABRASION, MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NH/ELBOW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	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: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
ELBOW PAIN S/P TRYING TO BOOST SELF ON WC,ALSO REPORTS FALL ONTO ELBOW " SPRAIN/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN STAIRS IN WHEELCHAIR FELL OUT INJURED ARM DX// FX LEFT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT C/O FALL. PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX CONT RT AND LFT ELBOW HAND K NEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
WOUND LT/ELBOW.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN FROM WHEELCHAIR,HITTING CEMENT WA LL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs, Doorsills or frames
AVULSION ELBOW - 73 YO MALE SUSTAINED SKIN TEARS ON ELBOW - FROM DOORWA Y FRAME WHILE TRYING TO GO THROUGH DOORWAY IN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2007	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL FROM A WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-ABRASION ELBOW AND WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO LEFT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
WHEELCHAIR FELL BACKWARD STRIKING ARM FX ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL HITTING ELBOW ON WHEEL CHAIR " FX''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT SLIPPED OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME AND INJURED ELBOW DX// RIGHT ELBOW CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM W/C DX: ELBOW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2007	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS IN WHEELCHAIR AND ENDED UP ON FLOOR BUT DOES NOT RECALL HOW AT ASSISTED LIVING. DX: SYNCOPE, R ELBOW ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL FROM HIS WHEELCHAIR TODAY WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF TRANS- FERRING AND INJURED HIS ELBOW. DX-RT SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT FRACTURED AN ELBOW BY FALLING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR AT THE HOSPIT AL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR AT NURSING HOME. DX; CONTUSIO N TO RIGHT ELBOW AND KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR CONTUSION ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR ELBOW LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2007	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: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
SLIPPED OUT OF WHEELCHAIR&FELL LANDING ONTO ELBOW " ELBOW PAIN" +UTI"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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