Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Neck

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,789
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Date: 12/26/2009	Age: 82 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, Stairs or steps
CERV STR;HEAD CONT/82YOF C/O SEVERE NECK PAIN. TS HIT BACK OF HER HEAD YEST.@HM WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED DOWN STAIRS IN HER WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2009	Age: 92 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
92 YO F FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME, FELL IN FLOOR. DX C5 FR ACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/07/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR YESTERDAY. DX: CHRONIC NECK PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2009	Age: 65 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
WHEELCHAIR BROKE AND HE FELL. DX. NECK SPRAIN.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
^PT IN HIT HEAD ON SIDE OF VAN WHILE RIDING BACK TO NURSING HOME, PT IN WHEELCHAIR, NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2009	Age: 90 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, Floors or flooring materials
90YOM FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND WAS FOUND ON FLOOR - NECK PAIN FROM FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2009	Age: 70 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, Crutches, canes or walkers
PT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL WHEN TRYING TO TRANSFER FROM WHEELCHAIR TO WALKER, NECK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2009	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR. DX: CERVICAL STRAIN, WRIST SPRAIN/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2009	Age: 51 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
PT FELL FROM MOTORIZED CHAIR DX: CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
NURSING HOME STAFF STATES PT FELL AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED HIS NECK. DX: FRACTURE TO CERVICAL SPINE*
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/17/2009	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
NECK STRAIN-SLID OUT OF WHEELCHAIR-HIT HEAD-@ NH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2009	Age: 78 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: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
BIBA AS FTR S/P SUSTAINED FALL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, ?MEHC >>C-SPINE FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/29/2009	Age: 87 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
PT FELL FROM WHEEL CHAIR. C/O PAIN ALL OVER. CERVICAL STRAIN, FOREHEAD LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2009	Age: 74 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, Tables
PT FELL ASLEEP AND FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR STRIKING TABLE & THEN TILE AT NURSING HOME. DX: HEAD CONT/HEMATOMA, CERVICAL STRAIN, ANEMIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2009	Age: 60 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
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME. DX: HEAD CONT, CERVICAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2009	Age: 68 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
BEING PUSHED AT N/H IN WHEELCHAIR WHEN PT PUT FEET DOWN AND WHEELCHAIR STOPPED AND PITCHED FOREWARD SPILLING PT TO FLOOR DX- NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
WHILE BENG WHEELED IN WHEELCHAIR, PT FELL BACK, HIT HEAD ON FLOOR, NECK PAIN, OCCURED AT STORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2009	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR YESTERDAY AT NURSING HOME. DX: C1 FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/08/2009	Age: 94 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, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR HITTING THE FLOOR C/O NECK PAIN DX: NECK AND SHOULDER STRAIN, LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2009	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
NECK CT-SLID OUT OF ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR-NECK HIT THE ARM REST-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
^UNRESTRAINED PASSENGER FRONT SEAT *** TRUCK A WHEELCHAIRFLIPPED UP JAM MED AGAINST SEAT PT FELL TO FLOOR CONTUSION NECK KNEE HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
^PT RIDING BUS IN WHEELCHAIR WHEN CHAIR FELL OVER CAUSING INJURIES DX: NECK AND SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2009	Age: 65 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 SUS FRACTURED NECK DUE TO FALL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR%
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/09/2009	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
TRIPPED OVER HER WHEELCHAIR THAT WAS OEFT OUT OF PLACE AND FELL SUST IN J TO NECK R SHOULDER L FOREARM WHEN HIT WHEELCHAIR D CERVICAL STRN CNTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2009	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
C2 FX,FACIAL LAC.PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/03/2009	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
FELL AT NH FROM WHEELCHAIR DX: NECK STRAIN, FACE AND L SHOULDER CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
C2 VERTEBRAL FX.PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/23/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
PT FELL GETTING UP FROM WHEELCHAIR AND HIT SIDE OF BED AT REHAB CENTER. DX: C1 FX, L FOREARM ABR, SCALP ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
WHEELCHAIR FLIPPED BACK AND PT HIT HEAD AT CARE CENTER. DX: CERVICAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT SUSTAINTED NECK FRACTURE WHEN ACCIDENTALLY FELL OFF THE WHEELCHAIR.@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2009	Age: 61 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: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
LACERATION NECK - 61 YO FEMALE REACHED OVER THE SIDE OF HER WHEELCHAIR TO PICK UP ITEM FROM FLOOR AND SHE FELL OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIR - AT NH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
CERVICAL STRAIN.PT SLIPPED IN WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2009	Age: 57 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
PT WAS TRANSFERING FROM ONE WHEELCHAIR TO ANOTHER FELL ONTO BUTTOCKS TH EN FELL BACK AND HIT HEAD DX- NECK SPRAIN MULTIPLE CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2009	Age: 70 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: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
BIB EMS AS FTR AFTER SUSTAINED A FALL FROM A WHEELCHAIR, ?MECH >>C1 SPINE FX/FACIAL CONTS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/15/2009	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WITH CONTUSION TO NECK AFTER FALLING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHILE IN NURS ING HOME. DX CONTUSION TO NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2009	Age: 72 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT REHAB STRAINING NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2009	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, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR INJURING NECK AT NURSING HOME DX: CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2009	Age: 57 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
57YOF AT HOME SLID SIDEWAYS IN WHEELCHAIR,FELL ONTO FLOOR; NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
^PT, WHO USES WHEELCHAIR TO PUSH OXYGEN & BELONGINGS, WAS GETTING OFF B US WHEN SLIPPED ON RAMP & FELL FROM STANDING.D:CERVICAL/THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2009	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR AT NURSING HOME. DX CERVICAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/19/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL BACKWARDS OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHILE AT HOME C/O CHEEK LAC,?LOC. D X: LACERATION,CONTUSION,CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEEL CHAIR C/O LACERATION OVER EYEBROW. DX: LACERATION ,C ERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
NECK PAIN FALLING FROM WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
PTS SLEEVE GOT CAUGHT IN MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR,CAUSED HANDCONTROL TO STI CK, PT JOLTED FORWARD, FELL BETWEEN WHEELCHAIR AND WALL-CONT. TO NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2009	Age: 81 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
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME. DX: UTI, HEAD CONT, CERVICAL STRAIN, DEGENERATIVE CHANGES LUMBAR SPINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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