Accidents - Toilets - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,190
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Date: 12/28/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets, Wheelchairs
PT FELL GETTING UP FROM MOTORIZED CHAIR TO BEDSIDE COMMODE HITTING BACK OF HEAD. DX. CONT HEAD, LAC SKIN TEAR NECK/R LOWER LEG, ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2009	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
88 YO F FELL GETTING OFF TOILET. DX LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2009	Age: 94 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: Toilets
SITTING ON TOILET AND FELL OFF AND FX LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Toilets
85 YO F LOST BALANCE GETTING UP FROM TOILET IN BATHROOM. FELL. NOT USIN G WALKER AT THE TIME. DX:SKIN AVULSION/HEMATOMA, LEG; CHEST PAIN. OBSER
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 11/26/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
STANDING ON TOILET WHILE CLEANING BATHROOM AND FELL HAS PAIN TO R KNEE AND ANKLE DX- FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2009	Age: 87 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: Toilets
87 YO F SUSTAINED A FALL AT HOME IN THE BATHROOM ON THE TOILET INJURING LOWER LEG- DX-FRACTURE LOWER LT LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/31/2009	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: Fracture
Product: Toilets, Sinks
DX MECH FALL/FX FIBULA/FX LATERAL MALLEOLUS: STAND'G UP F TOILET, LOST BALS, FELL ON L BUTTOCK, L LOW BACK, STRUCK L ANK AGAINST SINK.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/22/2009	Age: 74 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: Toilets
TRAUMA LT.LEG.PT.WAS BOUGHT TO THE ER,DUE TO FALLING ***N FROM TOILET S EAT.WHILE IN BATHROOM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2009	Age: 63 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: Toilets
PT WAS GOING TO TOILET AND LOST BALANCE WHEN GETTING UP INJURING RT LOW ER LEG- DX- FRACTURE RT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/18/2009	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: Toilets, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT WAS SITTING ON COMMODE - FELL TO FLOOR. FRACTURE, LEFT LOWER LE G
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 07/27/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
RT TIB/FIB FX-PT WITH DEMENTIA FELL OF THE TOILET INJURING RT LOWER LEG . NO LOC OR HEAD INJ PER CAREGIVER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Toilets
PT C/O BILATERAL LEG PAIN, PT GOING TOILET & SLIPPED & HIT BACK AGAINST TOILET BOWEL. LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
PT WITH FRACTURED LOWER LEG, FELL FROM TOILET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
TIB/ FIB FX-FELL OFF TOILET-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/10/2009	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Toilets, Floors or flooring materials
87YOF SITTING ON TOILET SLIPPED OFF FELL TO THE FLOOR,CRAWLED TO THE BED;INABILITY TO AMBULATE/FALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/09/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets, Exercise
PT. FELL WHILE HOLDING A POTTY CHAIR & PERFORMING EXERSIZES DX:TIBIA FIBULA FX R LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/04/2009	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: Toilets
LEFT TIB/FIB FX.PT FELL OFF A TOILET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2009	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
SENT IN FROM ECF S/P MULIT EPISODES OF VOMITING&DIARRHEA, STOOD OFF THE TOILET&FELL CUTTING LOWER LEG>>LAC/EMESIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/15/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
TRIPPED ON O2 CORD GETTING OFF COMODE THIS MORNINGLOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toilets
A WAS CARRYING OUT A CERAMIC COMMODE AND IT BROKE DX: LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2009	Age: 55 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: Toilets
SLIPPED IN B ATHROOM,STRUCK PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED LEG ON TOILET SEAT AND N OW IS INFECTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2009	Age: 75 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: Toilets
75 Y/O FELL WHEN LEG GAVE WAY ON HIM, FELL HIT BACK ON TOILET AT NURSING HOME. DX-CONTUSION LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2009	Age: 80 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Toilets
BLEEDING VERISOSE VEIN R LEG/80YOM STS WAS SITTING ON THE TOILET WHEN T HE VEIN JUST STARTED BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2009	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Toilets
PT SUSTAINED A SKIN TEAR TO LOWER LEG FELL OFF AN EXTENDED TOILET SEAT CATCHING ONE OF THE SCREWS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2009	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: Toilets
R TIB;FIB FX/80YOF FELL OFF COMMODE AT HOMOE AND FELL TWO TIMES TODAY. NOTED R LOWER LEG DEFORMITY. C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/21/2009	Age: 93 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
PT FELL WHILE TRYING TO SIT ON TOILET. DX: R DISTAL FIBULA FX, L FOREARM ABR, CHRONIC SDH.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/15/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets
PT FELL OFF THE TOILET AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/14/2009	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: Fracture
Product: Toilets
FELL OFF TOILET AND FX LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2009	Age: 61 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: Toilets
PT SLIPPED AND FELL OFF TOILET. DX LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/03/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Toilets
79YO WHITE MALE AT HOME TRANSFERING FROM LIFT CHAIR TO TOILET,FELL,LAND ED ON BACK,LOWER LEG SWELLING-RED, DX CHF, CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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