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Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 641
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Date: 11/24/2006Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT SUST LACERATION TO HAND ON BANISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2006Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
RT HAND CONTUSION.PT FELL AND HIT HAND ON A RAILING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2006Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
RIGHT HAND LAC, PT RAN HAND ACROSS A RAILING CUTTING IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2006Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LOST BALANCE AND CAUGHT HAND IN RAILING AT HOME HAND SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2006Age: 96 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
SCRAPED HAND AGAINST A BANISTER. DX. R HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2006Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION: CUT ON HAND RAILING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2006Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PATIENT STRUCK HAND ON BANISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2006Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT GOT SPLINTER IN RT HAND FROM STAIR RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2006Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
HIT HAND ON RAILING WHILE WALKING DOWN STEPS DX: L HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2006Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HIT HAND ON BANISTER AT HOME CAUSING INJ DX:HAND SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2006Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WAS WALKING HOLDING ONTO A WOODEN RAILING THEN A SPLINTER WENT INTO IT FOREIGN BODY HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/04/2006Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CAUGHT HAND ON METAL RAILING, TORE SHKIN/ SUPERFICIAL WOUND LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2006Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL AND HIT LEFT HAND ON WOODEN BANNISTER AT HOME CONTUSION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2006Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PATIENT WAS RUNNING AFTER HIS SON, THREW HIS HAND UP HITTING IT ON A RAILING, SUSTAINING A LT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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