OSHA Injury Report: Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Catching falling pt and performing CPR

What happened

PCA [REDACTED] arrived the pt was on the toilet and reaching for toilet paper. She called me and stated he was diaphoretic and having difficulty breathing. I arrived and the pt was standing up and trying to walk out of the bathroom [REDACTED] was trying to get him to sit back down so we can clean him up. He suddenly stopped moving went pale then blue then collapsed. As he collapsed i caught him. He did not fall to the floor. He was cyanotic and could not get a good pulse. I had him in my arms carried him to bed and placed him on mattress and checked again for pulse and immediately pulled the code blue and initiated CPR. During the fall I felt my left mid and lower back strain when catching him. During CPR my left thumb wrist was in intense pain during compressions

Injury or illness

Sprain To Left Wrist And Low Back catching falling patient and then performing CPR

Object or substance involved

Not Applicable

Summary line

Sprain To Left Wrist And Low Back

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.