Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Lower Leg

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Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
85 YO MALE FELL IN BATHTUB AT HOME LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/22/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT C/O PAIN RT LEG AFTER FALLING IN BATHTUB THIS AFTERNOON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2002	Age: 69 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: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER DX: TIB./FIB. FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/03/2002	Age: 80 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: Bathtubs or showers, Toilets
80 Y.O. B FEMALE W/FX TIB/FIB. PT'S FOOT GOT CAUGHT UP IN BETWEEN THE T OILET & THE BATHTUB & PT FELL @ HOME. PT ADM. E8889
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/30/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER DX CONTUSION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT STEPPED OUT OF SHOWER AND SLIPPED AND FELL. DX: R FOOT CONT, CLOSED R TIBIAL PLATEAU FX, R GREAT TUBEROS HUMER FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/26/2002	Age: 83 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT HALF SLEEP GOING TO BATHROOM, FELL HITT LEG ON BATHTUB DX:LEG/ELBOW ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Hot water
BURN.ATTENDANT SAYS HE (PT) GOT INTO TUB & TURNED ON HOT WATER SHOWER, YELLED FOR HELP.DX 2ND DEG BURNS BOTH LOWER EXT'S/SEVERE MR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Stools
PT. FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER HITTING SHINS ON A STOOL. DX. LAC 2 CM L CALF, BILAT PRE-TIBIA SHIN AVULSIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN TUB AT HOTEL DX. LOWER LEG HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATHTUB/ LAC RT LOWR LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT LACERATED R ANKLE ON PIECE OF GLASS IN SHOWER AT FRIENDS, LACERATION R LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2002	Age: 65 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: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LT LOWER LEG LAC-DROPPED CAST IRON BATHTUB ON LEG-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FIVE WEEKS AGO SHE STRUCK HER RIGHT LOWER LEG ON SHOWER TRACK AT HOME, PRESENTS W/SWELLING, DRAINAGE TO AREA. DX LACERATION W/INFECTION LOW LE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN SHOWER INJURING LOWER LEG DX: STRAINED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2002	Age: 65 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL GETTING INTO TUB. DX: L LEG CONT, R RIB CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATH TUB DX: LACERATION RT. LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2002	Age: 85 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: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL GETTING OUT OF TUB HITTING LOWER LEG;CELLULITIS NOW IN THAT SPOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2002	Age: 82 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: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN SHOWER DIFFICULTY GETTING UP CONTUSION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATH TUB HITTING LEG ON SIDE OF TUB. CONTUSIONS TO LEFT LOWER LEG. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2002	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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
STRAIN LEFT LOWER LEG - BECAME DIZZY WHILE GETTING OUT OF SHOWER AND FELL ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER, LACERATING RIGHT LOWER LEG. DX: LACERATION, RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FRACTURE FIBULA UPPER END CLOSED - 58 YOF FELL LAST NIGHT IN THE SHOWER INJURING HER LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2002	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Wheelchairs
PT LIVES IN NURSING HOME, SHE WAS BEING TRANSFERRED FROM THE TUB TO THE WHEELCHAIR VIA A *** LIFT AND SLID OFF ONTO FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2002	Age: 90 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: Bathtubs or showers
90 Y.O. W FEMALE W/FX LEG. PT WAS RECEIVING A BATH BY NURSING HOME AIDE S & THEY DROPPED PT @ NH. PT ADM. E8889
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/29/2002	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LEG STR. PT WAS INJURED WHEN TRYING TO GET OUT OF BATHTUB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AT HOME FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2002	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: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED AND FELL IN SHOWER HITTING ELBOW & SHIN. DX: 5 CM LEFT SHIN LA CERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2002	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Toilets
FELL GETTING OUT OF TUB, HIT TOILET DX. FIBULA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2002	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL GETTING OUT OF TUB-CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LOWER LEG LACERATION - TAKING A SHOWER AND BUMPED RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2002	Age: 82 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: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
BLEEDING LESION L LEG - HIT LOWER LEG WHEN TAKING A BATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2002	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LT CALF LAC-SCRATCHED LEG WHILE IN THE SHOWER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
TAKING A SHOWER AND HIT LEG ON SHOWER. VARICOSE VEIN STARTED TO BLEED.D IAGNOSIS WAS SUPERFICIAL VARICOSITY RT LOWER LEG. DO NOT CONTACT PT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
CUT ON SHARP PART OF TUB WHILE GETTING OUTLAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN TUB.DX: L DISTAL FIB FX, CHEST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN SHOWER AT HOME, STRAINED LT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT FELL OUT OF THE SHOWER AT HOME. DX-LACERATION LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2002	Age: 76 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: Bathtubs or showers, Crutches, canes or walkers
LT TIBIA FX-START5ED TO FALL IN BATHTUB-REACHED FOR HER CANE & FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
53 Y.O. B MALE W/LEG CONTUSION. PT FELL IN THE SHOWER @ HOME. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER AT HOME WHEN SHE SLIPPED SUSTAINED A LACER ATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER AT HOME STRAINED LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Toilets
PATIENT FELL TURNING BETWEEN BATHTUB AND COMMODE. DX-FRACTURE FIBULA, LACERATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2002	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Bathtubs or showers
ON ****, BRUISE TO LEFT LOWER LEG AFTER HITTING ON TUB. LARGE HEMA TOMA LEFT CALF WITH SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE AND HEMORRHEA, HTN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2002	Age: 90 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL INTO BATHTUB - STRAIN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2002	Age: 51 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT STATES SLIPPED GETTING INTO BATHTUB & STRUCK SHIN AGAINST THE EDGE OF TUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
56 Y/O W/F FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF SHOWER AND FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/24/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
63 YO FEMALE C/O PAIN AND SWELLING OF L/ LEG HIT IN SHOWER 3 WEEKS AGO DX: ACUTE CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL IN BATHTUB AND CUT RT LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT TWISTED LEG IN SHOWER. DX: CONT L LEG, POSS MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS TEAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
R ARM NUMBNESS WITH LEG WEAKNESS. 75 FM WAS AT HOME AND FELL INTO BATHT UB, INJURING LEG.#
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/02/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
57 Y.O. W MALE W/LEG CONTUSION. PT FELL WHILE GETTING INTO THE BATHTUB @ MENTAL FACILITY. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2002	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT SLIPPED AND FELL GETTING INTO THE SHOWER. DX-RIGHT TIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/17/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AT HOME FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RT LOWER LEG LACERATION.PT WAS GETTINGOUT OF THE SHOWER AND FELL ON SHO WER DOOR TRACKING AND LACERATED LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT TAKING A SHOWER THIS AM UPON GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER SLIPPED STRUCK LOWER LEG AGAINST A FAUCET LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2002	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: Bathtubs or showers
FX L FIBULA/51YOWF FELL IN THE SHOWER THIS AM AND C/O PAIN L LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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