Accidents - Rugs or carpets - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Wrist

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,382
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Date: 12/28/2002	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
RIGHT WRIST STR. PT STRAINED WRIST WHEN FALLING ON CARPET AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2002	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
STUBBED TOE AND FELL ON CARPET SPRAINING WRIST AND FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Containers
COLLES FRACTURE, ANTERIOR DISLOCATION OF RADIUS, WALKED INTO CARPETED ROOM, TRIPPED OVER BOX, FELL, CAUGHT SELF WITH HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED OVER RUG @ HOTEL AND FELL FORWARD LANDING ON WRIST & KNEE. BOTH PAINFUL & HAS FOREHEAD CONTUSION. DX: SPRAIN (L) WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
FX R WRIST - TRIPPED ON CARPETED FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
FELL TO CARPET OPEN FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/05/2002	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
LOST BALANCE, FELL ON CARPET DX: COMPRESSION FRACTURE LT. DISTAL RADIUS LT. WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
FELL ON CARPETED FLOOR AT RESTAURANT DX. WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2002	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Footwear
FELL @ CHURCH(CAUGHT SHOE ON RUG). ACUTE FX LT DISTAL RADIUS W/ DORSAL DISPLACEMENT & NASAL CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
PT. SLIPPED ON RUG CAUSING PT TO FALL, LANDED ON FLOOR W/INJURY TO R WR IST. DX. FX R WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2002	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Tennis
AT HOME WEARING TENNIS SHOES TRIPPED OVER CARPET FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2002	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT STUMBLED ON RUG AND FELL. DX: L COLLES FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2002	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT. TRIPPED ON THE EDGE OF THE RUG AND FELL LANDING ON R WRIST. DX. SP RAIN R WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
76 YO FEMALE MALE TRIPPED OVER CARPET AT HOME AND FELL TO FLOOR FRACTURE WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Footwear
PT WAS WEARING THONGS ON FEET WHEN THEY GOT CAUGHT ON THE CARPET, AND PT FELL ON WRIST DX: FX RT RADIUS +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
CONTUSION WRIST AND HIP - 80 YOF TRIPPED ON RUG AT A GROCERY STORE AND FELL TO THE FLOOR INJURING RIGHT WRIST AND HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2002	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED OVER A RUG AND FELL FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED ON CARPET IN DEPARTMENT STORE 1 DAY PTA-DX-ACUTE L WRIST SPRAIN , CERVICAL RADICLOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2002	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
ACUTE FX LEFT WRIST - TRIPPED ON A CARPET @ HOME FELL ONTO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED OVER CARPET BROKE FALL USING HAND INJURED WRIST DX; CONTUSION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
68YOF-FRACTURE LEFT WRIST-BENT OVER TO FIX RUG-AT HOME-FELL TWISTEDWRIS T
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
FELL AT HOME YEST, TRIPPED ON RUG. DX. CONT HEAD, WRIST FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2002	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED OVER CARPET LANDING ONTO HAND INJURING WRISTDX; SPRAINED W RIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED OVER CARPET INJURING WRIST C/O PAINDX; CONTUSION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2002	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
FELL DOWN ON CARPET TWISTING HER R WRIST. R WRIST FX $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Gasoline
FRACTURE WRIST - VICTIM WAS WALKING INTO LOCAL GAS STATION TO PAY FOR H ER GAS AND TRIPPED ON A RUG AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Ceilings and walls
SLIPPED ON A RUG AND HIT L WRIST ON A WALL. L RADIUS FX $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
52 Y.O. W FEMALE W/WRIST STRAIN. PT TRIPPED OVER A RUG @ HOME. E8859
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED ON A THROW RUG AT HOME FELL TO THE FLOOR FRACTURED LEFT WRIS T
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED OVER CARPET BROKE FALL INJURING WRIST DX: SPRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2002	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
FRACTURE WRIST - VICTIM SLIPPED AND FELL AT HOME THIS MORNING - SHE REP ORTS SHE TRIPPED ON THE CARPET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL OFF CARPET ONTO FLOOR AT RITE AID. DX: CONT R WRIST/CHEST WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets, Crutches, canes or walkers
PT AT ***WALKER GOT CAUGHT ONTO CARPET FELL ON WRIST TO BREAK FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
FELL ONTO THE CARPETED FLOOR, INJURING HER LEFT WRIST. LEFT RADIUS FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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