98YOM PRESENTS AFTER A FALL. HE WAS USING HIS WALKER WHEN IT GOT STUCK, CAUSING HIM TO SLOWLY DESCEND TO THE GROUND. HE WAS FOUND ON THE FLOOR THIS MORNING WITH A LACERATION TO HIS FOREARM AND SORENESS IN HIS CHEST FROM HITTING THE WALKER. PATIENT RETURNED NEXT DAY AND RIB FRACTURES FOUND. DX: SKIN TEAR OF RIGHT FOREARM WITHOUT COMPLICATION; MULTIPLE FRACTURES OF RIB INVOLVING FOUR OR MORE RIBS
Date: 1/13/2025
Category: home structures and construction materials
Product: FLOORS OR FLOORING MATERIALS
Products involved: FLOORS OR FLOORING MATERIALS; UNCATEGORIZED PRODUCT (TO BE ASSIGNED)
Diagnosis: Avulsion
Body part: Lower Arm
Location: Home