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Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 683
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Date: 12/25/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Soaps
PT SLIPPED ON BAR OF SOAP IN SHOWER; FX HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT SLIPPED AND FELL IN BATHTUB AND FRACTURED HER HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Paper products
NEIGHBOR'S NOTED 2 DAYS OF NEWSPAPERS OUTSIDE PT'S HOME, FOUND IN BATH- TUB IN SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER, MULT BRUISES HANDS/FEET. CONTUS/SEPSIS/DE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/23/2003Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
NURSING HOME RESIDENT INJURED WHILE BEING TRANSFERRED FROM MAXI LIFT TO SHOWER CHAIR. DX LACERATION RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/05/2003Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
59 YO MALE FELL ON SHOWER MAT ONE HOUR AGO COMING OUT OF BATHROOM CONTUSION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2003Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL 2 DAYS AGO IN SHOWER AND HAS TINGLING IN HANDS AND FEET. DIZZY. LEFT PRIOR TO MEDICAL SCREENING.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 07/27/2003Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LOST BALANCE IN BATHROOM, HIT RT HAND AGAINST SHOWER FRAME/ LAC RT HAN D AND WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT FELL INTO THE BATHTUB. DX-RIGHT EYE CONTUSION, RIGHT HAND CONTUSION, FRACTURE RIGHT 5TH METACARPAL, ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2003Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL YESTERDAY AGAINST TUB INJURING L HAND, LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 04/20/2003Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
HAND INJ. PT FELL WHEN GETTING INTO BATHTUB AND INJURED HAND,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2003Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB A CONTUSED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2003Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LEFT HAND AND RIB CONTUSION.PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AND INJURED HAND AND RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2003Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Soaps
PT IN SHOWER DROPPED BODY WASH LOST BALANCE & REACHED FOR RAIL. PAIN IN (R) HAND. DX: (L) 5TH METACARPAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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