52YOM PRESENT TO ED AS TRAUMA NINE PT FOUND BY NEIGHBOR ALTERED LYING ON THE GROUND. EMS ARRIVED CALLED *** FOR ACUITY. PT UNABLE TO MOVE LEGS W/ LOSS OF SENSATION/MINIMAL SENSATION TO GROIN/DEFORMITIES OF THORACIC/LUMBAR SPINE. PT WAS TRIMMING BUSHES AT TOP OF TREES' BRANCHES HIT LADDER KNOCKED HIM OFF. NOTED COMPRESSION FX'S T12/L2/BURST FX L4/MULTIPLE TRANSVERSE FX'S DX: TRAUMA; HYPERKALEMIA
Date: 6/21/2025
Category: tools and workshop equipment
Product: LADDERS, OTHER OR NOT SPECIFIED
Products involved: LADDERS, OTHER OR NOT SPECIFIED; UNCATEGORIZED PRODUCT (TO BE ASSIGNED)
Diagnosis: Fracture
Body part: Upper Trunk
Location: Home