Lethal accidents - Wheelchairs - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 784
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other products.

Lethal Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	96
Year 1998:	66
Year 1999:	133
Year 2000:	35
Year 2001:	16
Year 2002:	174
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	58
Year 2005:	15
Year 2007:	61
Year 2009:	22
Year 2010:	86

Lethal Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	6
26-50 years old:	35
50+ years old:	742

Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:

All Of Body:	356	Upper Trunk:	151
Head:	114	Lower Trunk:	77
Lower Leg:	66	Unkown:	18

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/11/2010	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
93 YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/11/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
62 YOM PT FOUND SITTING IN WHEELCHAIR SLUMPED OVER & NOT BREATHING. SU DDEN CARDIAC DEATH.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/24/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
H/O MD, FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR EARLIER IN DAY, NO LOC, HAD LEG PAIN, DAD WOKE TO PT FOAMING AT MOUTH, "BROWN STUFF" OVER FACE; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/21/2009	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME, HIT HEAD,-CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/22/2007	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FOUND DOWN IN *** PARKING LOT WITH ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR ON TOP ONHIM. UNCONSCIOUS/UNRESPONSIVE. D:CODE ARREST, HEAD INJURY. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/11/2005	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS IN DIALYSIS, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE SITTING IN WHEELCHAIR, DX CARDIO PULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/01/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PEDESTRIAN IN WHEELCHAIR GOING ACROSS STREET WHEN STRUCK BY CAR. ETOH O DOR. D: CARDIAC ARREST. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Wheelchairs
PEA. FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR THEN CODED AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD IN ER.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/22/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PT RESIDENT AT NURSING HOME FELL OUT WHEELCHAIR STRIKING HEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/06/2002	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
NURSING HOME PATIENT IN X-RAY DEPARTMENT AT HOSPITAL, FOUND SLUMPED OVER IN WHEELCHAIR FOLLOWING X-RAY. DX CARDIORESPIRATORY ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/27/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OFF WHEELCHAIR -PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY A CAR IN A PARKING LOT TRAUMA RIGHT HEMOTHORAX INTRA ABDOMINAL / CLOSED HEAD INJURY EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/24/2002	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
CARDIAC ARREST-AFTER SHE FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR @ NURSING HOME-PT EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/31/2001	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Wheelchairs
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/22/2000	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/07/2000	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire:
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/15/1999	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/15/1999	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/28/1998	Age: 64 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: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/29/1997	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Wheelchairs
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/09/1997	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire:
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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