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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 444
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT INJURED @ HOME WHILE BRUSHING HAIR INJURED NECK DX: NECK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| BRUSHING HAIR FELT A "POP" IN THE NECK TORTICOLLIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 19 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS COMBING HER HAIR AND TWISTED NECK STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT KINKED NECK WHILE BRUSHING HAIR. DX: CERVICAL SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| SPR NECK BRUSHING HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT BRUSHING HAIR AT HOME AND BRUSH GOT CAUGHT IN HAIR AND PULLED NECK S TRAINED NCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT HURT HER NECK THIS AM WHILE BRUSHING HER HAIR. C/O NECK PAIN STIFFN ESS TO R SIDE OF NECK AND SHOULDER. DX. NECK MUSCLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2008 | Age: 32 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| DX ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN WITH SPASM: ONSET THIS A.M. OF NECK PAIN W BRUSH'G AND COMB'G HAIR, HEARD "SNAP" NOW PAIN C MV'MT OF NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT REACHING ABOVE HER SHOULDERS COMBING HAIR TO PUT IN A TIGHT PONEY TA IL AND STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 18 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT COMBING HAIR WITH A HAIR BRUSH AND DEVELOPED NECK PAIN STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 9 YO FEMALE PULLED RIGHT SIDE OF NECK WHILE BRUSHING HAIR NECK SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| NECK PAIN AFTER BRUSHING HAIR DX; NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT DX ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN - S/P PT C/O SHARP PAIN IN NECK WHILE BRUSHING HAIR THIS AM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| TURNED HEAD WRONG WHILE BRUSHING HAIR/C-STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| NECK STR. PT STRAINED NECK WHEN BRUSHING HAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CERVICAL STRAIN.PT WAS COMBING HAIR AND TWISTED NECK WRONG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR AND NECK STARTED TO HURT DX- CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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