Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - 0-5 years old - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 488
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	190	Ear:	139
Head:	42	Mouth:	33
Face:	28	Neck:	27
Finger:	15	Lower Arm:	5
Lower Leg:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2007	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
RUNNING WITH A COMB AND POKED SELF IN EYE. DX LACERATION EYELID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
POKED SHARP END OF COMB IN R EAR DX; PERFORATED TM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2007	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
FELL ONTO BRUSH DX: R EYE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CONTUSED EYE, HIT WITH HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT SELF IN EYE WITH HAIRBRUSH AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HER FRIEND WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR& BIG CHUNK FELL OUT >> HAIR LOSS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/18/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT'S SISTER STUCK A PERM PICK IN PTS EAR HAS HAD BLOODY DRAINAGE DX- TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2007	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT'S MOTHER STATES THAT INFANT WAS GETTING HIS HAIR COMBED.PT RAN OFFWI TH COMB IN HIS MOUTH AND TRIPPED.DX THROAT LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PLAYING W/ A SMALL PLASTIC COMB AND A PIECE OF IT BROKE OFF AND WENT IN TO EYE. DX: F.B. (COMB PIECE) IN L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
COMBING HAIR ON SIDE OF HEAD AND STARTED HAVING NECK PAIN, HOLDING SIDE OF NECK DUE TO PAIN, ICE NECK AND GIVE MOTRIN FOR P AIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2007	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CONTUSED EAR WITH COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
POKED SELF INTO EYE C A COMB PICK @ THE STORE >> CORNEAL ABRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Clothing accessories
PT GOING THROUGH POCKETBOOK AND JABBED BY A METAL COMB/PICK. DX ARM IN JURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CORNEAL ABRASION OF LEFT EYE - HAIRBOW FROM ANOTHER CHILD STRUCK HER IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Tables
FELL OFF COFFEE TABLE WITH HAIRBRUSH IN MOUTH DX; THROAT AND SOFT PALLET ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2007	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SIBLING POKED COMB IN PTS EYE, REDNESS OUTER EDGE SCLERA, SUBCONJUNCT IVAL HEMORRHAGE, SUPERFICIAL EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WITH FINGER LAC FROM A BRUSH THAT BROTHER WAS SWINGING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2007	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BURNED LEG WITH A HOT COMB. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN - LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
TOOTH FROM COMB IN EAR. DX FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
NO OBVIOUS DRAINAGE FROM EAR NO INJURIES AFTER PUTTING COMB IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HAIR BRUSH INJURY DX: LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2007	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
MOM NOTICED A BUMP ON PT'S HEAD, WHILE SHE WAS COMBING PT'S HAIR- PT HAS FOREHEAD ABRASION. DX; ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
4 YO MALE HIT EYE ON HAIR BRUSH SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PLASTIC TOOTH FROM COMB IN EAR, DX FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT BROKE OFF BRISTLE OF A HAIRBRUSH AND STUCK IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
RUNNING W/COMB IN MOUTH AND FELL, COMB POKED BACK OF MOUTH, LACERATION THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT HIS IN FACE BY HAIRBRUSH THROWN BY ANOTHER CHILD; MID FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PUNCTURED EAR WITH END OF COMB
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/25/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT IN HEAD WITH A BRUSH BY SIBLING. DX ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2007	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT RUNNING UP/DOWN HALLWAY AT HOME WITH TWIN BROTHER WITH COMB IN MOUTH, HEARD CRYING AND BLEEDING FROM MOUTH; TORN FRENULUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2007	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT BY SIBLING WITH A HAIR BRUSH SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT BY HAIR BRUSH DX: LIP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2007	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STUCK A COMB IN MOUTH. DX ABRASION THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BRUSH VS. SCALP BRUSHIN TOO HARD DX: CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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