Accidents - Chairs - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Upper Leg

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Date: 12/26/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Chairs
79YO WHITE MALE DRANK ALCOHOL AT SONS HOUSE TRIED TO SIT IN CHAIR & FEL L ON BUTT,POSS SYNCOPE,UPPER LEG PAIN,DX SYNCOPE,CAD,S/P PACEMAKER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/14/2009	Age: 66 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: Chairs
FELL OFF CHAIR AND FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/10/2009	Age: 93 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: Chairs
RIGHT THIGH CONT. PT FELL OUT OF A SWIVEL CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2009	Age: 74 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: Chairs
SOFT TISSUE INJ R UPPER LEG/74YOM STS CAUGHT ON CHAIR AND FELL ONTO R S IDE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
PT WAS SITING IN CHAIR EATING, WHEN CHAIR BROKE, PT FELL, OCCURED AT HO ME, POSS FX TO THIGH
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/20/2009	Age: 90 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: Chairs
FX UPR LEG- FELL CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
GOT UPFROM CHAIR LEGS GAVE OUT FELL INJURING UPPER LEG FX FEMUR AND FX RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/10/2009	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: Chairs, Motorized vehicles
PT FELL GOING FROM CHAIR TO ELECTRIC SCOOTER AT NURSING HOME & INJURED LEG DX: FRACTURED LEFT FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/17/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
PT FELL FROM CHAIR DX: FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
FELL GETTING OUT OF CHAIR DX: L FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/12/2009	Age: 86 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: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials
FRACTURE FEMUR - 86 YO FEMALE PRESENTS FROM NURSING HOME AFTER A FALL - FELL FROM CHAIR TO FLOOR - ADMIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/11/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
LEFT FEMUR FX.PT FELL OVER A CHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
PT WAS TRYING TO GET UP FROM SHOWER CHAIR WHEN SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON LEFT SIDE, INJURING HIP DX: FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/25/2009	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: Fracture
Product: Chairs
82YOF SLIPPED OUT OF A CHAIR AT *** RESIDENCE INJURED FEMUR AND POSSIBLE HIP INJURY;FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/22/2009	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
FELL AT HOME TRANSFERRING FROM CHAIR TO CHAIR, C/O PAIN UPPER LEG, KNEE AND FOREARM. DX-FX FEMUR, LAC FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/17/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Chairs
PT DX SPRAIN/STRAIN RT THIGH - S/P PT FELL OFF CHAIR WHILE STANDING ON CHAIR TO REACH A HIGH OBJECT IN BATHROOM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2009	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: Chairs
FEMUR FX-FELL-LEG HIT CHAIR-@ NH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/08/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
LEFT FEMUR FX.PT FELL OUT OF A CHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/01/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs, Rugs or carpets
GOT UP FROM CHAIR AND FELL TO CARPET FRACTURED FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/27/2009	Age: 84 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: Other
Product: Chairs
RT LEG & HIP PAIN: 84YOF FEW HRS AGO SITTING IN A CHAIR, C/O PAIN RT UPPER LEG & HIP AREA, @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2009	Age: 86 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: Chairs
PT AT HOME FELL ASLEEP ON A CHAIR AND FELL OFF INJ L HIP/ DX FX RIGHT UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2009	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
PT FELL WHILE TRYING TO GET UP FROM CHAIR. DX: L DISTAL FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/07/2009	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: Chairs
PT'S LEGS GAVE OUT AND SHE FELL ON LEG OF CHAIR. DX: R FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/05/2009	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
PT WENT TO SIT IN CHAIR AND IT FELL FROM UNDER HER, OCCURED AT HOME, FX THIGH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/03/2009	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs, Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS TRANSFERRING FROM CHAIR TO WALKER AND MISSED WALKER. DX: R FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/29/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Chairs
PT DX LT THIGH CONTUSION - SHE GOT HIT W/A CHAIR 2 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Chairs
FELL MOVING A CHAIR DX: THIGH STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2009	Age: 61 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: Fracture
Product: Chairs
FELL DOWN IN CONTROLLED WAY HOLDING HIMSELF ONTO CHAIR FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/15/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
WAS TRYING TO SIT IN CHAIR AT CASINO AND FELL FRACTURED FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/25/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs, Wheelchairs
59 Y/O FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TRANSFERRING TO HER CHAIR. DX-FX FEMUR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/24/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
PT FELL OUT OF CHAIR DX: RT FEMORAL NECK FX. CHF
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/21/2009	Age: 96 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: Chairs
PT WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF "LIFT" CHAIR AND SLID ONTO THE FLOOR AT NURSING HOME. DX: CLOSED L DISTAL FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 68 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: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL FROM A CHAIR AT NURSING HOME HITTING LEG ON FLOOR DX: FRCTURED RIGHT FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/05/2009	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
FEMUR FX. PT FELL OUT OF A CHAIR INJURING LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/19/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
PT SLIPPED AND FELL OUT OF CHAIR. DX: L SUBCAPITAL FEMUR FX, TACHYCARDIA, UNCONTR HTN, COPD, CONCUSSION W/LOC, LEUKOCYTOSIS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/19/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chairs, Knives
PT SAT ON A CHAIR AND CUT LEG ON A KNIFE AT HOME DX/ LEFT THIGH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
70YOM TWISTED IN HIS CHAIR,SLID OFF CHAIR DEVELOPED SUDDEN ONSET OF PAIN IN UPPER LEG;FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/01/2009	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: Chairs, Beds or bedframes
TRANSFERRING FROM BED TO CHAIR FELL IN FLOOR AT NURSING HOME, HURT LEG. DX FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/31/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS AT HOME AND WENT TO SIT IN CHAIR, MISSED AND FELL OVER ONTO FLOO R INJURING THIGH. DX THIGH PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/29/2009	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs, Televisions
PT GOT UP FROM A CHAIR TO CHANGE THE CHANNEL ON THE TV SET AND FELL TO KNEE FRACTURED FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/21/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
ON ***, SLID&FELL WHILE BEING TRANSFERRED FROM A CHAIR TO A WHEELCHAIR> >FEMUR FX/ELEVATED INR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/21/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Chairs
C/O WORSENING THIGH PAIN THAT STARTED 2D AGO AFTER RISING FROM A CHAIR >>MS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2009	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: Chairs
LEFT FEMUR FX.PT FELL OUT OF A CHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/08/2009	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
WAS GETTING UP FROM CHAIR AND FELL PAIN TO R HIP AND LEG PT IS ON *** DX- FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/02/2009	Age: 91 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: Chairs
PT WAS AT A LOCAL FURNITURE STORE WHEN HE WENT TO SIT DOWN AND MISSED THE CHAIR PAIN TO RIGHT HIP DX RIGHT FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/01/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT FRACTURED AN UPPER LEG AFTER STANDING FROM A CHAIR & FALLING TO THE FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/01/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Chairs
78 YOM FELL GETTING UP OUT OF CHAIR BY SELF CONTUSION UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Chairs
THIGH STRAIN-PAIN WHEN RISING FROM A CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
RIGHT HIP INJURY FROM FALLING OUT OF CHAIR. DX-FRACTURE RIGHT FEMORAL HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/15/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Chairs, Motorized vehicles
PT IN HER THREE WHEELED MOTORIZED JAZZY SCOOTER TRYING TO GET INTO A RE GULAR CHAIR AND FELL SUSTAINED A HEMATOMA TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
PT WAS SITTING IN CHAIR, WENT TO RISE AND TWISTED R AND FELL ON R KNEE. DX. FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/06/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials
FEMUR NECK FX-TRIPPED ON CHAIR LEG-FELL TO FLOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/06/2009	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
PT FELL OFF OF CHAIR. DX: R INTERTROCHANTERIC FEMUR FX, L UPPER LOBE NODULE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/05/2009	Age: 97 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: Chairs, Beds or bedframes
97YOF IN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WAS MOVING FROM CHAIR TO BED,TWISTED LT LEG;FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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