Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 773
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/17/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT DX RT THIGH CONTUSION - PT FELL DOWN WHILE IN THE SHOWER YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2004	Age: 88 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: Bathtubs or showers
FEMUR FX-@ NURSING HOME-SLIPPED-TWISTED LEG-IN SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/28/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL GETTING OUT OF TUB. DX: R FEMORAL NECK FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/24/2004	Age: 72 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: Bathtubs or showers
SLIP & FALL GETTING OUT OF TUB FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2004	Age: 71 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER. COMPLAINING OF HIP/KNEE PAIN. RECENTLY H OSPITALIZED WITH RENAL FAILURE. D:FEMORAL NECK FX, CRF. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/24/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED& FELL IN THE SHOWER , INJURIED UPPER LEG SUSTAINED " LT FEMUR FRACTURE"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/10/2004	Age: 59 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL IN BATHTUB 3 DAYS AGO BUT HASN'T SEEN DOCTOR UNTIL NOW. HIP PAIN. D: FEMORAL NECK FX, DM, HTN. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/06/2004	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Towels or cloths
PT WHILE GETTING OUT OF SHOWER, TRIED TO GET TO THE TOWEL, SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE FLOOR SUSTAINED" RT INNER THIGH INJURY"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2004	Age: 79 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER AT ASSISTED LIVING. DX: L FEMUR FX, DEMENTIA, HX A FIB, GERD.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/18/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT WAS AT HOME, FELL OUR OF THE SHOWER, PAIN TO LEFT THIGH. DX-FRACTURE PROXIMAL LEFT FEMUR FRACTURE WITH BONE INVOLVEMENT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/16/2004	Age: 75 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: Bathtubs or showers
GETTING OUT OF SHOWER AND FELL AND FX U PPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2004	Age: 75 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
QUADS INJ;STRAIN/75YOF SUSTAINED TWISTING INJURY IN SHOWER 2 DAYS AGO. HAPPENED AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATHTUB YESTERDAY. DX. ECCHYMOSIS R THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2004	Age: 74 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WITH UPPER LEG PAIN AND LARGE LUMP. BUMPED INTO TUB YESTERDAY. D: CO NTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELKL INTO THE SHOWER THIS AM DIRECTLY ONTO LEFT KNEE FRACTURED FEMU R
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/19/2004	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER COMMUNICATED LEFT FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/14/2004	Age: 76 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN SHOWER DX DISTAL FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/04/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL WHILE IN BATHTUB AT HOME DX SPRAIN TO UPPER LEG / ETOH
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/04/2004	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: Bathtubs or showers
PT FX UPPER LEG WHEN FELL IN TUB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/27/2004	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER. DX: L FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/07/2004	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN TUB DX. THIGH CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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