Accidents - Sheets or pillowcases - 50+ years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,624
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	684	Toe:	223
Head:	127	Knee:	125
Shoulder:	111	Mouth:	77
Unkown:	69	Upper Trunk:	59
Ankle:	33	Wrist:	30
Foot:	30	Lower Leg:	16
Eyeball:	16	Upper Leg:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
BENT OVER BED TO CHANGE SHEETS, WITH HIP BRACE ON, HIP POPPED HIP DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2003	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
PT PUTTING SHEETS ON HER BED AT HOME WHEN SHE GOT HER FOOT CAUGHT IN TH E SHEETS FELL STRIKING RIGHT KNEE ON THE FRAME LACERATION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
PT GOT TANGLED IN BED SHEETS AND FELL. DX: L COLLES FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
LUMBAR STR. PT FELT POP IN BACK WHEN GETTING TANGLED UP IN BED SHEETS A ND FALLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Floors or flooring materials
78 YO M TWISTED IN BED SHEET FELL AND STRUCK HEAD ON FLOOR CONCUSSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Tables
SLIP ON SHEETS GETTING OUT OF BED, BACK OF HEAD HIT NIGHTSTAND SCALP CONTUSION S/P BHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2003	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED OVER LINENS AT HOME FELL TO THE FLOOR ONTO RIGHT HIP FRACTUR ED HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/01/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
57 YOM EYED IRRITATED BY BED SHEETS CONJUCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
PT GOT FOOT CAUGHT UP IN THE SHEETS AT HOME AS SHE WQAS GETTING OUT OF BED FRACTURED RIGHT GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
PT FELL OUT OF BED TRIPPING ON SOME LINENS STRIKING LEFT KNEE CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Pillows
PT STATES LAST EVENING SHE WAS PUTTING A PILLOW INTO A CASE AND HEARD A CRACK R SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
75 YOWF INJURED HERSELF WHILE TAKING THE SHHETS OFF A BED. DX. STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Floors or flooring materials
PT. TRIPPED, TANGLED IN LINENS MAKING BED, FELL TO FLOOR. DX. CONT BAC K.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
DX: R ANKLE SPRAIN. CAUGHT FOOT IN SHEETS ON BED GETTING OUT OF IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
57 YO MALE LIFTED HEAVY LINEN SPRIAN RIGHT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
NURSING HOME RESIDENT SENT TO ER FOR G-TUBE REPLACEMENT, TUBE THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM HER WHEN SHEETS REPLACED. DX G-TUBE DISLODGEM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
PT GOT TANGLED IN SHEETS GETTING OUT OF BED INJURING SHOULDER, ACUTE AN TERIOR SHOULDER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
C/O L KNEE PAIN, TRIPPED OVER SHEETS AT HOME. DX. FX L DISTAL FEMUR/KN EE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
PT CHANGING BED LINENS AT HOME, STRAINED CHEST MUSCLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
75 YO F GOT HUG IN SHEET FELL LANDING ON SHOULDER CONTUSION SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Floors or flooring materials
PT. CAUGHT FOOT IN SHEET IN FLOOR. DX. L HIP FX., SUBCAPITAL.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/15/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Tables
77 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CHI. PT GOT TNGLED UP IN BED SHEETS & FELL AGAINST N IGHT STAND @ HOME. E8889
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/06/2003	Age: 93 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
TRIP ON BED LINEN HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
55 YEAR OLD MALE CAUGHT TOE ON SHEET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2003	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
FRACTURE TOES - PATIENT REPORTS SHE FELL OUT OF BED - FOOT CAUGHT IN SH EETS - FELL HITTING MEDIAL ASPECT OF LEFT FOOT INJURING TOES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
LT ANKLE FX-TANGLED FOOT IN SHEETS-FELL-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/06/2003	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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Floors or flooring materials
ACUTE LUMBOSACRAL SPINE STRAIN, WORKING IN HER GARDEN YESTERDAY, TODAY BENT OVER TO PICK SHEETS OFF FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2003	Age: 86 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: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
86 YO F TANGLE IN SHEET FELL FROM BED CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2003	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
PULLING BED SHEET - FELL CONTUSION LUMBARSACRAL SPINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2003	Age: 89 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: Sheets or pillowcases, Ceilings and walls
RT THIGH CONTUSION.PT TRIPPED OVER SOME SHEETS AND HIT A WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
TRIP & FALL OVER SHEET HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/15/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Floors or flooring materials
CHI,FACIAL CONTUSION.PT RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME AND TRIPPED ON BED SH EETS AND FELL AND HIT HEAD AND FACE ON THE FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2003	Age: 80 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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
FX LT HIP, TRIPPED ON SHEET AT PERSONAL CARE HOME AND FELL, DOESN'T STATE WHAT FELL ON
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/30/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Floors or flooring materials
FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN BEDSHEETS, PT FELL TO FLOOR. DX. FXS L 5TH, 6TH AND 7TH RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
FELL - CAUGHT FOOT IN BED LINEN - FRACTURED LEFT HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/10/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
63 YO F R HIP DISLOCATION, PUTTING SHEETS ON BED. DX R PROSTHETIC HIP D ISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2003	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
92 YO MALE TRIPPED ON SHEET GETTING OUT OF BED ACUTE HIP FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/04/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
PT SCRAPED FOOT AGAINST BED SHEETS. DX: BLEEDING DECUBITUS ULCER L HEEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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