Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Upper Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,218
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Date: 12/20/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR, L LEG PAIN DX: FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/16/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Clothing
52YO WHITE FEMALE AT HOME IN WHEELCHAIR-TAKING CLOTHES OUT OF DRYER- FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR,DX L FRACTURE FEMUR-MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 93 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 TRIED TO SIT IN WHEELCHAIR BUT BRAKES WERE NOT ON & HE FELL AT ASSISTED LIVING. DX: L FEMORAL NECK FX, ANEMIA, RI.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 51 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
51 Y/O FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, C/O RIGHT HIP PAIN. DX-FX RIGHT FEMUR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 63 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 BEING PUSHED IN WHEELCHAIR ON FRIDAY & FOOT GOT CAUGHT UNDER THE FOO T PEDAL CAUSING THE INJURY. DISTAL FEMUR FX, NON DISPLACED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
LEFT FEMUR FX. PT FELL SIDEWAYS OUT OF WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/28/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
SLIPPED OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX. FEMUR FX, MS, UTI, PNEUMONIA.*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/24/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
LEFT FEMUR FX.PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2008	Age: 65 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
LEG PAIN AFTER FALL FROM WHEELCHAIR, DX; THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
78 YOF WAS TRANSFERRING TO WHEELCHAIR FROM CAR AND FELT POP FRACTURE FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/23/2008	Age: 80 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 C/O R HIP AND BACK PAIN AFTER FALLING OUT OF HER WHEELCHAIR. FX R F EMUR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/22/2008	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, Floors or flooring materials
FRACTURE LT.FEMUR.PT.REFERS TRYING TO SIT ON WHEELCHAIR SLIP FALLING DO WN ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/22/2008	Age: 83 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, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR HIT FLOOR AND FRACTURED UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/11/2008	Age: 82 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
82 Y/O TRANSFERRING TO WHEELCHAIR, GOT TANGLED UP WITH ASSISTANT AT NURSING HOME. DX-STRAIN UPPER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2008	Age: 85 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, Floors or flooring materials
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR AT NURSING HOME FRACTURE RIGHT FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/23/2008	Age: 92 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
SLIPPED & FELL GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR @ NH. RT FEMUR FRACTURE. C
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/10/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	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, Beds or bedframes
60 YO FELL OUT BED WSTRUCK LEG ON WHEELCHAIR CONTUSION THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		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
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 81 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
LOST BALANCE WHILE STANDING FROM WHEELCHAIR AND FELL/ FX RT FEMUR, RT PARIETAL CONTUSION, CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/06/2008	Age: 90 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
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME. DX. FX. FEMUR.*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/02/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
TRYING TO GET OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TO GO TO BATHROOM AT HOME, FELL HURT LE G. DX FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/31/2008	Age: 95 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
FX FEMUR, PT FELL GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 72 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
YESTERDAY, TRIPPED&FELL OVER A WHEELCHAIR, NOW WITH THIGH PAIN >>CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2008	Age: 81 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
81YOF WAS HOME TRYING TO GET OUT OF WHEELCHAIR SLIPPED OUT FALLING STRIKING UPPER THIGHS;THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2008	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
FEMUR FX-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR-@ NH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/15/2008	Age: 88 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 OFF WHEELCHAIR-@ NH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 52 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
52 YOM FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR FRACTURE FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/02/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
FELL WHILE TRANSFERRING FROM BED TO WHEELCHAIR LEG SWOLLEN DX SWOLLEN L EG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, HURT LEG. DX FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/27/2008	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 FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AND FRACTURED FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, R LEG PAIN DX; THIGH STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2008	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, Beds or bedframes
WHEELCHAIR BOUND,TRANSFERRING FROM BED TO WHEELCHAIR, FELL DX: FX FEMU R,HX STROKE, HX POLIO
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/11/2008	Age: 83 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
COMES WITH COMPLAIN OF NOT BEING ABLE TO AMBULATE , REPORTS THE WHEELCH AIR TOO SMALL&LEG 2 INCHES SHORTER>>FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 85 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 FFROM WHEELCHAIR-HAS ALZHEIMER'S-@ NH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
92 YO FEMALE GOT FOOT CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR FRACTURE RIGHT FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/19/2008	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: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE THIGH BY FALLING ON A WHEELCHAIR AT TH E NURSING HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FX UPPER LEG WHEN FELL FROM A WHEELCHAIR AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/12/2008	Age: 62 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, Elevators or other lifts
FALL FROM A WHEELCHAIR OFF A WHEELCHAIR LIFT TO GROUND FRACTURE RIGHT FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/02/2008	Age: 71 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
LEFT FEMUR FX.PT WAS GOING FROM A WHEELCHAIR TO BED AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT SUS LACERATION TO UPPER LEG AFTER LEG GOT STUCK WHILE GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 70 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, Floors or flooring materials
70 YO FEMALE TRIPPED OVER WHEELCHAIR AND FELL TO FLOOR AT HARRAHS STRAIN UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2008	Age: 88 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, Beds or bedframes
PT BEING ASSISTED FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED, FELL & FRACTURED FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/26/2008	Age: 94 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 FELL OUT OF A THE WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME AND SUSTAINED A FEM UR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PAIN TO STUMP OF LEG FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR DX: CONTUSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2008	Age: 89 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, Beds or bedframes
TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED FELL HURT LEG. DX FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/05/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Handrails, railings or banisters
ATTEMPTING TO TRANSFER FROM WHEELCHAIR TO A CHAIR, GRABBED RAIL WITH LEFT HAND SPUN AROUND AND FELL. DX-FRACTURE FEMUR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/03/2008	Age: 87 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
87 YO FELL OUT WHEELCHAIR INJURED LEG FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/28/2008	Age: 72 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: 03/25/2008	Age: 61 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 FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX: R SUPRACONDYLAR FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	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 WAS IN WHEELCHAIR AND WAS HIT BY A CAR IN PARKING LOT. DX: L FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FX, HYPERKALEMIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT DX LACERATION OF THIGH - CUT HERSELF ON WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2008	Age: 72 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 FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIRDX: FX LT FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT CONTUSION TO RT THIGH - FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT N/H HAS PAIN TO (R) HIP DX- UPPER LEG AND HIP SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
84YOF WAS HOME WALKING WITH WHEELCHAIR,ACCIDENTLY FELL FORWARD, INJURING UPPER LEG;FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2008	Age: 89 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
SLIPPED FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NH/FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/14/2008	Age: 88 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, Crutches, canes or walkers
FEMUR FX-TRIPPED-FELL WHILE GETTING UP FROM A WHEELCHAIR W/A WALKER-@ N NH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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