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Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 535
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1999:17
Year 2000:18
Year 2003:22
Year 2004:23
Year 2006:130
Year 2007:42
Year 2008:112
Year 2009:90
Year 2010:77

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 04/23/2010Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
3YOM MOM WAS BRUSHING HAIR WHEN TICK GOT CAUGHT IN BRUSH, PULLED OFF HE AD; TICK BITE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2010Age: 4 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
4 MOM-MOTHER STATES NOTIED "BUMPS" ON CHILD'S SCALP-USING *** BABY SH AMPOO & SOFT BRISTLED BRUSH DX ABRASIONS *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2009Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT WITH HAIR BRUSH;DX LACERATED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
TICK REMOVAL: TICK IN HER HEAD, MOTHER FOUND WHILE COMBING HER HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2009Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT DX SCALP ABRASION - S/P DUE TO COMBING BY MATERNAL AUNT DURING BATHING TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/22/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
AT HOME SISTER THREW HAIRBRUSH LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2008Age: 1 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
WAS HIT OVER THE HEAD WITH A HAIRBRUSH BY OLDER BROTHER DX- CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
COMBING HAIR. DX SCALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2008Age: 7 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
WHILE HAVING HER HAIR COMBED, PT FELL, LACERATED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/13/2007Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 04/25/2007Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 03/16/2007Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 01/30/2007Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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


Date: 08/12/2006Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CHI, FELL TO FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2006Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CHILD UPSET WHILE MOTHER BRUSHING HAIR, PASSED OUT CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2006Age: 2 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT IN HTE HEAD WITH A HAIR BRUSH NORMAL EXAM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2006Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HEAD WITH WOODEN BRUSH BY BROTHER, DX; HEAD CONTUSION/
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2006Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Bathtubs or showers
PER MOM,PT ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED ONTO CONCRETE ON 4/16/06, NO LOC TODAY PUT COMB IN MOUTH DURING BATH,NOW CRIES,WON'T EAT DX: HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2006Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SCALP LACERATION HIT WITH HAIR BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2004Age: 5 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
MOM NOTICED BUMP ON PT'S HEAD WHILE BRUSHING HER HAIR, UNKNOWN TRAUMA DX CHI LEFT PARIETAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 05/14/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
OPEN ARE TO BACK OF HEAD AFTER BEING HIT W/BRUSH DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS BROTHER WHO THREW A WOODEN HAIR BRUSH AT H IS HEAD LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT SLEEPY MORE THAN USUAL CC/O RT SIDE OF HEAD PN TOLD MOM HE WAS STRUC K ON HEAD WITH COMB YEST, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2000Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2000Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2000Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/1999Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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