Accidents - Stairs or steps - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 14,236
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Date: 02/26/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
RT FIBULA FRACTURE,RT KNEE SPRAIN.PT FELL DOWN TWO STEPS AND INJURED LO WER LEG AND KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
FALL DOWN STAIRS LEG CELLULITS S/P SOFT TISSUE TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN ON STEPS. HAS PAIN (L) ANKLE & (L) LOWER LEG PAIN. NO LOC. HA S SWELLING. X-RAY DX: CHIP AVULSION FX DISTAL FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN 3 STAIRS DX. L FIBULA FX. R ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Stairs or steps
SLIPPED GOING DOWN STAIRS STRAIN LEFT LEG/KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
STEPPED ON OBJECT ON STAIRS AND TWISTED KNEE FX LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
PT STEPPING OVER SMALL STEP WHEN SHE FELL FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
55-YOM FRACTURED HIS LOWER LEG AS A RESULT OF FALLING DOWN STAIRS AT A BAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stairs or steps
PT SLIPPED ON A STEP. DX: R LEG LAC 5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2002	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
TIB/FIB FRACTURE - FELL DOWN THREE STEPS WITH RIGHT ANKLE AT 180 DEGREE S AND OPEN FRACTURE TO TIB/FIB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/13/2002	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stairs or steps
HIT LET GOING DOWN STEPS DX: LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
PATIENT TWISTED KNEE 2 DAYS AGO WHEN CLIMBING STAIRS. COMPLAINING OF DISCOMFORT. D: TIBIA FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
56 YOF FELL DOWN 8 STEPS CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
TWISTED ANKLE ON STEPS FX LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
PT TRIPPED GOING DOWN STAIRS FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
PT DX ANKLE SPRAIN/FIBULAR AVULSION FX - DUE TO FALL,INVERSION INJURY WHILE WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL OFF OF STEP ONTO RT ANKLE, FX RT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
R DISTAL TIBIA AVULSION FX/51YOWF WALKING DOWN STAIRS AND MISSED LAST STEP. IMMEDIATELY INJURED R ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2002	Age: 95 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL ON STAIRS, L LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
PT MISSED STEP AND FELL CAUSING FRACTURE RIGHT FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2002	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
MISSED THE STEP DX. TIBIA-FIBULA CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN 1 STEP. DX: FX L DISTAL FIBULA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
FX FIBULA W/ TIBIA DISLOCATION-@ HOME-MISSED LAST 2 STEPS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/23/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
PT SUST FRACTURE TO LOWER LEG FELL ON STEPS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
MISSED A STEP, FELL DOWN STAIRS DX. CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL BACKWARD DOWN STEPS - DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/18/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stairs or steps
RIGHT LEG LAC. PT WAS WALKING UP STEPS AND INJURED LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL ON STEPS 4 DAYS AGO. CELLULITIS OF RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY, R/O ENDOCARDITIS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/16/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
LT LOWER LEG CT-@ HOME-FELL DOWN 3 CEMENT STEPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
54-YOF FRACTURED HER LOWER LEG AS A RESULT OF FALLING DOWN STEPS A T HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
DELL DOWN STEPS DX CONTUSION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
PATIENT FELL WHEN STEPPING OFF STAIRS. D: FIBULA FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
MISSED STAIR STEP & FELL DX: CONTSUION LT. LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL UP THE STAIRS, CUT RIGHT LEG DX: ACUTE RIGHT TIBIA-FIBULA SKIN TEAR WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
$LEFT TIB/FIB FRACTURE.PT FELL DOWN THE STAIRS AND INJURED LOWER L EG.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/10/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
SLID DOWN STEPS - CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
FIBULA FRACTURE - TRIPPED AND FELL DOWN THE STAIRS INJURING LEFT L OWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
69 YOF CAME UP BASEMENT STEPS WITH DOG ON A LEASH; SLIPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE. FRACTURE, RT. LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/08/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
54 YO M MISSED STEP INJURED LOWER LEG FX FIBULA CLOSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT TRIPPED ON STAIRS STRAINED RIGHT ANKLE- DX- ACHILLES TENDONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps, Footwear
LT FIBULA AVULSION FX-FELL DOWN 3 STEPS WHILE WEARING SHOES & SOCK S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN LAST STEP AT HOME, TWISTED L ANKLE. DX. FX L TIBIA DIST AL/FIBULA DISTAL/TRIMALLEOLAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
54 YO F FELL FROM STEPS INJURED LOWER LEG FX TIB/FIB CLOSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
TIB/FIB FRACTURE - TWISTED DISTAL TIB/FIB WALKING DOWN SOME STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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