Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Neck

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,198
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Date: 12/22/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
WHEELCHAIR POUND WITH H/O HEMIPARESIS, C/O LATERAL NECK PAIN AFTER SITT ING IMPROPERLY IN A WHEELCHAIR>>MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
FELL TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED. DX C2 FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/16/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT FRACTURED NECK AND BRUISES TO FACE WHEN REACHED OVER FROM WHEELCHAIR TO PICK UP NEWSPAPER AND FELL HIT HEAD ON FLOOR AT NURSING HOME.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL TRANSFERRING SELF FROM THE TOILET TO THE WHEEL CHAIR STRAINED NECK ADMITTED FOR WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/09/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
CERVICAL AND LUMBAR STRAIN.PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
SENT IN FROM ECF S/P FELL FROM A WHEELCHAIR, FOUND DOWN ON THE FLOOR, C /O>>NECK/HIP&BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts
^FELL FROM HER WHEELCHAIR INTO A SITTING POSITION ONTO FLOOR OF A VAN NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED STRAIN CERVICAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT TRIPPED GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED NECK DX// C 2 FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/17/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
78 YO M NECK PAIN SLID OUT OF WHEELCHAIR HISTORY OF MENTAL RETARDATION*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
NECK STR. PT STRAINED NECK WHEN FALLING ASLEEP IN WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR. DX; NECK FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/12/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT'S MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR FLIPPED OVER ON SLOPED GRASS. DX: CERVICAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
ACUTE C2 FX: ACUTE HEAD CONT'S:S/P FALL: DYHYDRATION; UTI: FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, STRUCK FACE ON FLOOR, AT LOCAL NRSG HOME
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/04/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OVER WHEELCHAIR-NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS HUGGING SOMEONE IN A WHEELCHAIR WHEN WHEELCHAIR MOVED. DX: C2-3 HERNIATED DISC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts
^PT HX CP,WAS RIDING BUS IN MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR WHEN BUS HIT A BUMP & TEETH KNOCKED TOGETHER.C/O NECK/TEETH PAIN.D:CERVICAL/NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS AT A NURSING HOME, FELL OUT OF AND ELECTRIC WHEEL CHAIR CAUSING A C-1,C-2 FX.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR RESULTING IN ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL FROM A WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR, CERVICAL SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
NECK STR. PT STRAINED NECK FALLING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/07/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
CERV STR. PT STRAINED NECK FALLING OFF A LEDGE IN WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL ASLEEP IN WHEELCHAIR, FELL DX: SHOULDER CONTUSION, CERVICAL STRAI N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN WITH SPASM: HAS BEEN LIFTING HER HUSBAND WHO HAS PARKINSON'S AND PUSHING HIM IN A HEAVY WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR,+FEVER,CERVICAL STRAIN DX HEAT STROKE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/02/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR AT HOME DX: CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
STRAIN NECK - 51 YO FEMALE FELL WHEN TRANSFERRING FROM HER BED TO HER W HEELCHAIR - ALSO RIGHT SHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2008	Age: 99 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR - HIT CURB ODONTOID FRACTURE / FOREHEAD LACERATION / KNEE TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/19/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OFF WHEELCHAIR. NECK, BACK CONTU.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Ramps or landings
ACUTE CERVICAL MYOFASCIAL STRAIN - GOING UP RAMP IN WHEELCHAIR WHEN WHEELCHAIR TURNED OVER.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/09/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
PT FELL TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED 2-3 DAYS AGO. DX: CERVICAL STRAIN, HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
CERV STR. PT FELL GOING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO TOILET IN NURSING HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
78 YO FEMALE TRIED TO REACH WHEELCHAIR AND FELL TO FLOOR CERVICAL SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NH. DX. CONTS HEAD, FACE, R SHOULDER, SPRAI N NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR SPRAIN NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM W/C THIS AM, NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN DX; NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT HOME ONTO THE FLOOR. DX-NECK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO STREET, NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
NECK SPRAIN-C/O PAIN TO NECK SINCE SHE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSIN G HOME. NO OTHER INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, BASE LINE DEMENTIA, FOUND ON THE FLOOR COMPLAIN S OF NECK&FOOT PAIN >. NECK&FOOT PAIN S/P FALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/18/2008	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
PT WAS TRANSFERRING FROM THE WHEELCHAIR TO THE BED AND FELL STRAINED NE CK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
PT FELL WHILE BEING TRANSFERRED FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED AT NURSING HOME. DX: NECK STRAIN, HEAD CONT, UTI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT HOME. DX. SPRAIN NECK, CONT BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR @ NURSING HOME, LANDED IN FLOOR DX CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF HIS WHEELCHAIR. DX SPRAIN NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
CERV STR. PT STRAINED NECK WHEN FALLING OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR IN NURSING HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
BACK SPRAIN-SUS INJ WHEN SHE FELL WHILE TRANSFERRING FROM HER WHEELCHAI R TO THE BED. C/O NECK, BACK AND RT SHOULDER PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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