Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Lower Leg

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Date: 12/31/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
61 YOM HIT LEFT LEG IN SHOWER ABRASION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2008	Age: 78 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 IN BATHTUB AT HOME. DX-CONTUSION LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
72 YO F BLEEDING FROM LEG LESION AFTER TAKING SHOWER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Hot water
BURN TO LEG FORM HOT WATER IN THE TUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	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, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
PT WAS FIXING SHOWER CURTAIN AND SLIPPED AND FELL IN BATHTUB. DX; LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 80 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF LOWER LEG VARICOSE VEINS BLEEDING WHILE TAKING A SH OWER>>RUPTURED VARICOSE VEINS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2008	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
PT SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF SHOWER AND INJURED LEG DX/ LEFT LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 64 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
PT WAS BEING ASSISTED OUT OF THE BATHTUB WHEN SHE FELL NOW COMPLAINING OF LEFT LOWER LEG PAIN DX FALL WITH NO EVIDENCE OF FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2008	Age: 56 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT STATES HIT LEG ON SIDE OF THE TUB DX RT LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 61 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: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Razors or shavers
DX CELLULITIS LEG/DIABETES: PT W REDNESS/SWELL'G/PN/WARMTH TO L FOOT RAD'G TO GROIN AREA S/P STEP'G ON RAZOR IN SHOWER X 1WK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/23/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT HIT HIS LEG ON THE SHOWER FAUCET AND HAD LACERATION OPEN WOUND LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2008	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
SLIP IN SHOWER, DX; LAC TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2008	Age: 79 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: Avulsion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AND SUSTAINED A LARGE AVULSION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/12/2008	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
FIBULA FX-FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF SHOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/29/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT HAS SCABS ON THE LEFT LOWER LEG 2ND TO DIABETES, WAS SUBMERGED IN BATHTUB, SKIN SLOUGHED OFF, BEGAN BLEEDING. DX-SKIN TEAR-LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2008	Age: 51 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 SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO THE LOWER LEG AFTER FALLING AT THE BATHTUB.@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2008	Age: 84 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
FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER, DX; FX R TIB FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2008	Age: 64 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
PT DX CONTUSION OF RT LEG - S/P SLIPPED AND FELL IN BATHTUB 2 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2008	Age: 72 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
RIGHT LOWER LEG INJURY FROM SLIPPING AND FALLING IN SHOWER. DX- RIGHT FIBULA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2008	Age: 56 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
WITH VARICOSE VEINS ON THE LOWER LEG WHICH ACCIDENTALY ?HIT WHILE TAKIN G SHOWER&VEINS STARTED BLEEDING>>BLEEDING VARICOSE VEINS/INABLE TO AMB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 72 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 BANGED LEG AGAINST TUB AT HOME DX: SUPERIFICAL LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT HIT LEG ON BATHTUB AT HOME DX: RT HEMATOMA AND CONTUSION TO RT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 86 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, Medical equipment, general
PT CUT LEG ON SHOWER CHAIR WHILE SHOWERING AT ASSISTED LIVING INJURED L EG DX// LEFT LEG ABRASION CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/28/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN HER BATHTUB AND SUSTAINED A LOWER LEG FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/25/2008	Age: 56 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
GETTING OUT OF SHOWER WHEN VARICOSE VEIN IN LEG STARTED BLEEDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2008	Age: 64 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 SHOWER. DX: L LEG LAC 4 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2008	Age: 64 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 IN THE BATHTUB SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2008	Age: 57 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 WITH CONTUSION TO LEG FROM FALL IN SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2008	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
SKIN TEAR S/P SHOWERING, DX; LEG ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 61 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
RLL LAC IN SHOWER DX; RLL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2008	Age: 74 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: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN SHOWER AND HIT LOWER LEG FX IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER. DX: ANKLE SPRAIN, KNEE SPRAIN, TIBIAL PLATEAU FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/21/2008	Age: 74 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
LEFT FIBULA FX.PT FELL OUT OF A SHOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2008	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
PT WITHI CONTUSION TO LEG FROM FALL IN SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2008	Age: 84 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
LAC LEG- FELL TUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	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
FX LEFT FIBULA-FELL IN BATHROOM WHILE GETTING OUT OF TUB. INJURED BILAT ERAL KNEES AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 67 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
RT LOWER LEG CONTUSION.PT FELL OUT OF A BATHTUB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 56 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
PT HIT SHIN ON BATHTUB 1 WEEK AGO STILL HAS PAIN DX// LEFT LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
72 YO MALE SLIPPED IN SHOWER LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 51 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
TIBIA FX-FELL IN SHOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2008	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER AT HOME AND SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO LT LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2008	Age: 76 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
H/O VARICOSE VEINS ON THE SHIN WHICH ACCIDENTALLY HIT WHILE TAKING A SH OWER&STARTED BLEEDING>> BLEEDING VARICOSE VEINS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2008	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, Glass bathtub or shower enclosures
PT COMING OUT OF THE SHOWER AND SLIPPED STRUCK RIGHT LOWER LEG AGAINST THE GLASS SHOWER DOOR LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN BATHTUB 1 WK AGO, HEMATOMA TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2008	Age: 78 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Furniture
H/O LOWER LEG VARICOSE VEINS, ACCIDENTALLY HIT LEG AGAINST FURNITURE VE RSUS HIT IT WHILE IN THE SHOWER&STATED BLEEDING>>BLEEDING VARICOSE VEIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 54 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
DX L TIB FIB FX: PT STEPPED OUT OF SHOWER AND SLIPPED W PAIN TO ANK W MECHANCIAL FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 83 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
TIB/FIB FX. PT FELL IN SHOWER INJURING LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/19/2008	Age: 77 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 WITH CONTUSION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG AFTER FALLING IN SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL YESTERDAY MORNING IN SHOWER DX: RT DISTAL FIBULA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2008	Age: 86 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 RLL IN SHOWER DX; RLL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2008	Age: 86 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, Beds or bedframes
AFTER TAKING SHOWER AND GONG BACK TO BED NOTICED SKIN AVULSION TO LOWER LEG. DX-LAC. BILATERAL LOWER LEGS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 72 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 BATHTUB. DX. LEG CONTUSION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2008	Age: 80 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
FELL IN SHOWER FX TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2008	Age: 63 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
FELL IN SHOWER LAC LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
88 YO FEMALE HAS PINS AND NEEDLES IN LEGS WHILE TAKING SHOWER ACUTE LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 72 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: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
L LEG BLEEDING VEIN/72YOM STS VEIN STARTED BLEEDING IN SHOWER TODAY AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2008	Age: 63 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
ACUTE BLEEDING VARICOSE VEINS, RESOLVED: TAKING SHOWER, NOTICED BLOOD COMING FROM LT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 75 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
REPORTS SUDDEN BLEEDING FROM VARICOSE VEINS ON LOWER LEG WHIEL TAKING S HOWER >> RUPTURED VARICOSE VEINS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	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
PT FELL GETTING IN BATHTUB AND INJURED LOWER LEG DX: CONTUSION LOWER LE G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 91 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
PATIENT FELL GETTING INT THE SHOWER. DX-LACERATION LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2008	Age: 56 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 SHOWER/ SPR LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 56 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.INJ.L.LOWER LEG AT HOME WHEN IN SHOWER & FELL. DX; LAC.L.LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Bathtubs or showers
71YOM ACCIDENTLY HIT LOWER LEG ON THE CORNER OF HIS BATHTUB; HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/11/2008	Age: 58 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
LACERATION LOWER LEG - 58 YO MALE SUSTAINED A LACERTION TO HIS RIGHT LO WER LEG WHEN HE FELL IN HIS SHOWER - 2" ANGULATED LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2008	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF SHOWER, LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
73 YO FEMALE HIT LEG ON TUB BLEEDING VARICOSE VEIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2008	Age: 61 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
H/O RIGHT LOWER EXTERMITY VARICOSE VEINS, UNCONTROLLED BLEEDING THAT WA S NOTICED AFTER GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER >> BLEEDING VARICOSE VEINS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2008	Age: 92 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 FELL IN THE SHOWER STRIKING RIGHT LOWER LEG CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2008	Age: 94 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, Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WAS STANDING IN THE SHOWER AND LEGS GAVE OUT AND PT FELL AGAIGNST TH E HANDRAIL AND THE WALL OF THE SHOWER. D: ECCHYMOSIS, SKIN TEARS, FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2008	Age: 78 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
PATIENT STATES THAT HE SCRAPED HIS LEG DURING HIS SHOWER, C/O BLEEDING FROM THE SITE. DX-LT LEG ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2008	Age: 84 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
84 YO FEMALE'S LEG BEGAN BLEEDING WHILE SHOWERING VARICOSE VEIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2008	Age: 71 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
71 YO F LEG PAIN SLIPPED IN SHOWER LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN BY DOCTOR*
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/04/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Medical equipment, general
PT WAS GETTING IN SHOWER AND SLIPPED OFF THE GURNEY AND HIT ANKLE DX: LT LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	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
PT SLIPPED NAD STRUCK SHIN ON EDGE OF TUB ON NEW YEAR'S EVE. PAIN IS WO RSENING. D: SHIN CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2008	Age: 79 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 SLIPPED IN THE BATHTUB STRIKING LEFT LOWER LEG ON THE SIDE OF THE TU B SUSTAINED A LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
DX LEG PAIN, IMPROVED: W RLE PAIN X 2D. H/O PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY. PT BUMPED HIS R SHIN ON SHOWER POLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER, LLL PAIN DX; FX TIB FIB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/13/2008	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
RT LOWER LEG CONTUSION.PT FELL OUT OF A SHOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2008	Age: 54 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT GETTING INTO TUB-SLIPPED ON TUB MAT-HIT LEFT LEG ON TUB-CONTUSION LE G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 51 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: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2008	Age: 69 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
69YOF WHILE AT HOME HAD BUMPED LOWER LEG OFF BATHTUB,DEVELOPED CELLULITIS;CELLULITIS LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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