Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,309
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Date: 12/20/2007	Age: 55 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIED TO STAND FROM WHEELCHAIR AND LANDED ON THE FLOOR. DX: LEFT FOREARM CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2007	Age: 85 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
RADIUS/ FINGER FXS-FELL FORWARD FROM WHEELCHAIR-@ NH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Doorsills or frames
61YOM WAS ENTERING A DOORWAY,WHILE IN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR,HIT FOREARM OFF DOORFRAME;FOREARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR FELL ON FLOOR IN BATHROOM AT HOME DX// CONTUSION RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2007	Age: 94 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
PT WAS SITTING IN HIS WHEELCHAIR AND FELL OUT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT HOME SEVERAL TIMES. ISNOT ABLE TO GET UP. ABRASIONS TO ARMS. FEELS WEAK. D:HYPONATREMIA, HYPOXIA. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/04/2007	Age: 92 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
92 YO FELL OUT WHEELCHAIR INJURED ARMCONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 52 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
CUT TO ARM ON WHEELCHAIR DX: ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR AT RESTAURANT AND INJURED ARM DX/ LAC RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2007	Age: 89 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 OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX CONT LFT ARM LFT HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2007	Age: 86 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 REPORTS FELL INTO A WHEELCHAIR WHILE VISITING HER HUSBAND AT NH. DX . CONTS, SKIN TEAR BOTH ARMS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2007	Age: 86 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
PATIENT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-LACERATION AND CONTUSION RIGHT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2007	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 FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME INJURED ARM DX// RIGHT FOREARM ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2007	Age: 84 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: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
IN WHEELCHAIR AND WAS WHEELED INTO WALL TEARING SKIN ON ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	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 OFF WHEELCHAIR DX: ULNAR FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2007	Age: 54 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR WHILE AT NURSING HOME, CONTUSION TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2007	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Chair, recliner
PT HAD FALL WHEN TRANSFERRING FROM RECLINER TO WHEELCHAIR. NO LOC. D: F OREARM LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2007	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
83 YOF, PT WAS TRYING TO GET INTO WHEELCHAIR, WHEELS NOT LOCKED, IT WENT OUT FROM UNDER HER CAUSING PT TO FALL. DX: SKIN TEAR L ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2007	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO OUTSTRETCHED ARM AT CONV. HOSP. SUSTAINING A LT FOREARM FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED FOREARM AT HOME LAST WEEK DX// FX LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2007	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FOREARM LAC-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
84 YO MALE HAD SEIZURE AND FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR CONTUSION ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/12/2007	Age: 91 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
91 YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR AT NURSING HOME SUSTAINING A C ONTUSION TO RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2007	Age: 89 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 BACKWARDS OFF A WHEELCHAIR INJ FA "LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2007	Age: 95 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Handrails, railings or banisters
95 YO M LACERATION TO FOREARM PT WAS RIDING ELECTRIC CHAIR AND SCRAPPED ARM ON HAND RAIL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2007	Age: 88 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 OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME NOW WITH FRACTURE TO LEFT RAD IUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2007	Age: 73 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: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
73YRS FEMALE, FX L FOREARM, PT TRANSFERED FROM A WHEELCHAIR, FELL DOWN IN THE DIALYSIS CLINIC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2007	Age: 59 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
FELL INTO WHEELCHAIR CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2007	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
PT'S SON PUSHING PT IN WHEELCHAIR.ROLLED OF SIDEWALK. PT HIT RT ELBOW. NO LOC.X-RAYS TAKEN-DISPLACED RADIAL HEAD. DX-RADIAL /ULNAR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2007	Age: 91 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts
IN *** PARKING LOT IN WHEELCHAIR,PT L ARM GRAZED BY ARMORED TRUCK, DX L ARM ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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