Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Upper Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,328
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Date: 12/24/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR CONTUSION UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/17/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR IN BATHROOM AT CLINIC. DX: FEMORAL NECK FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/13/2007	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT CAUGHT FOOT UNDER WHEELCHAIR AND TWISTED LEG AT NURSING HOME. DX: L DISTAL FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL ONTO WHEELCHAIR - ROD OF BRAKE IMPALED THIGH PENETRATING ARTERIAL INJURY LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/24/2007	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: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR AND FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/12/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PLASTIC SHOE BRACE RIPPED WHILE GETTING UP FROM WHEELCHAIR & SHE FELL IN FLOOR DX FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/11/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WITH FRACTURE TO LEFT FEMUR AFTER FALLING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSI NG HOME
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/30/2007	Age: 100 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ON TO FLOOR WAS REACHING FOR SOMETHING AND BR AKES WERE NOT ON FX UPPER LEG ...IS 100YRS OLD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/23/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF W/C, R LEG PAIN DX; THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FEMUR FX. PT WAS RIDING AN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY HI T THE STOP BUTTON AND FELL FORWARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2007	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FEMUR FX-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/01/2007	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Wheelchairs, Hot water
PT IN WHEELCHAIR WAS MAKING SOUP AND SPILLED BOILING WATER ONTO LAP 1 WK AGO. DX: 6% DEEP PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN BILAT THIGHS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/30/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PAIN TO R LEG, HIT ON W/C DX; THIGH STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Exercise
PT C/O R LEG UPPER THIGH/PAIN THAT STARTED TODAY, DAUGHTER STATES HE DI D WHEELCHAIR EXERCISES YEST.. DX. R THIGH PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
RIGHT HAMSTRING STR. PT WAS PUSHING OBESE SISTER UP A HILL IN WHEELCHAI R AND STRAINED LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FEMUR FX-FELL WHILE PUSHING WHEELCHAIR-@ NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/07/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX. LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY ECCHYMOSIS, CONTUSION. JS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2007	Age: 100 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FX UPPER LEG WHEN FELL FROM HER WHEEL CHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/24/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
RT FEMUR FRACTURE.PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT'S WHEELCHAIR ROLLED AND HIT A CURB AT PARADE AND PT FELL. DX: R THIGH CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT SCRAPED HER RIGHT THIGH ON AN EDGE OF HER ELECTRIC WHEEL- CHAIR LAST NIGHT. DX-ABRASION, RIGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
FELL WHILE TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Chair, recliner
IMPACTED SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE OF DISTAL LEFT FEMUR FROM FALL AT HOME DURING ATTEMPTED TRANSFER FROM WHEELCHAIR TO RECLINER.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/17/2007	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: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
LEG CAUGHT UNDER WHEELCHAIR " FEMUR FX''
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/13/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
78YMC GOING TO SIT IN WHEELCHAIR FELL TO FLOOR C/O THIGH PAIN FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/01/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL AT HOME TRYING TO LOAD WHEELCHAIR, C/O HIP PAIN. DX-FRACTURE LEFT FEMUR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/05/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT IS PARAPLEGIC, REACHING FOR OBJECT, FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/31/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
LEFT THIGH CONT. PT FELL OVER A WHEELCHAIR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
FELL MOVING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED/FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/15/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT IN WHEELCHAIR WAS HIT BY A BUS AT LOW SPEED. DX: L DISTAL FEMUR FX, T10 VERTEBRAL BODY FX, OPEN LAC ANT TIBIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/26/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS SITTING BACK DOWN INTO WHEELCHAIR AND LANDED ON HIP. DX: R FEMORAL NECK FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/24/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
GOT LEFT UPPER LEG TWISTED WHEN MOVING HER WHEELCHAIR. STRAIN, LEFT UPP ER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PUSHED SOMEONE ON WHEELCHAIR OUT OF THE SNOW, NOW P/W THIGH PAIN " MS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
70 YOF TRANSPORT FROM W/C TO BED FX L FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/04/2007	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: CONTUSION HIP,LEG,ANKLE,FOOT & CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
82 YO GETTING OUT WHEELCHAIR FELT POP IN LEG FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/22/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
PT FELL TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO TOILET AT NURSING HOME. DX: SEVERE/DIFFUSE OSTEOPENIA, DEMENTIA, R LEG STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2007	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
91 YOM FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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