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Accidents - Step stools - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Elbow

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 117
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Date: 08/13/2009Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Step stools
ELBOW PAIN-FELL OFF A STEP STOOL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2009Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Step stools, Clocks
PT FELL OFF STEP STOOL WHILE CHANGING TIME ON THE CLOCK DX: ELBOW DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/29/2009Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Step stools, Counters or countertops
PT FELL OFF STEP STOOL & HIT BOTH ELBOWS ON COUNTER. MULTIPLE CONTUSIO NS, ELBOW CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2009Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Step stools
PT SLIPPED OFF STEPSTOOL, LANDED ON ELBOW, DISLOCATION OF ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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