Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - Year 2009 - Ear

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 798
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	209
6-15 years old:	92
16-25 years old:	99
26-50 years old:	397

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Ceilings and walls
32YOF WAS SCRATCHING EAR WITH THE POINTED END OF A HAIR BRUSH AND FELL AGAINST A WALL PUSHED IT IN FURTHER PERFORATED EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
TRAUMA RT EAR-26YOF SUS INJ TO RT EAR WHILE SCRATCHING IT WITH END OF A COMB. HAS BLEEDING FROM EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
5YOM MOM BRUSHING HAIR WITH HAIR BRUSH AND CAUGHT EAR ABRASION EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ABRASION TO EAR FROM A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
EAR DRUM ? PERFORATION08 Y/O F-ACCIDENTLY PUT END OF COMB INTO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STUCK END OF COMB IN RIGHT EAR RUPTURED TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ABRASION TO EAR FROM A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2009	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
OLDER BROTHER MAY HAVE PUT COMB IN EAR LAST NIGHT PERFORATED TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT POKED A RAT TAIL COMB N EAR, DX; EAR CANAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT STUCK END OF COMB IN HER EAR, DX: ABRASION TO INNER EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	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
PATIENT SCREAMING WITH EAR PAIN AFTER STICKING A COMB IN EAR; EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WITH EARDRUM INJURY FROM STICKING COMB INTO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	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
PT STUCK POINTY COMB IN EAR, DX EAR PAIN/INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	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
PT STUCK POINTY COMB IN EAR, DX EAR INJURY
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/20/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Ceilings and walls
LAC TO EAR WHEN WALKING WITH A COMB IN EAR AND STRUCK A WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
EAR INJURY FROM STICKING COMB IN LEFT EAR. DX-LEFT EAR TYMPANIC MEMBRANE RUPTURE, LEFT EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR WHEN THE BRUSH CAUGHT HER EARRING AND PULLED IT THROUGH HER EAR, DX: LAC TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STUCK A COMB IN EAR AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT DX EAR CANAL LACERATION - HIT BY CHILD WHILE CLEANING EAR WITH COMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
R EAR PAIN, STUCK COMB IN IT DX: PERF TM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2009	Age: 2 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
PATIENT PLAYING WITH A COMB, TOOTH OF COMB BROKE OFF IN EAR; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SIS PUT SHARP PART POINT OF COMB (POINT FOR PARTING HAIR) IN L EAR, SAW DRIED BLOOD. DX: L EAR CANAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT STUCK END OF COMB IN EAR, ACCIDENTALLY SUSTAINED RUPTURE OF TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BRUSHING HAIR W/BRUSH INJURED EAR LAC EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
EAR LAC-CUT EAR W/A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2009	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
PT HAS A PIECE OF A COMB IN EAR. DX FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2009	Age: 6 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
PT SCRATCHING EAR W/A COMB WHEN PIECE OF COMB BROKE OFF IN EAR, FB REMO VED IN ED; FOREIGN BODY IN AUDITORY CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ABRASION TO RIGHT EAR CANAL - ACCIDENTLY STUCK THE END OF A COMB IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT GOT FB IN EAR (PIECE OF A COMB)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT.S SISTER STUCK END OF COMB IN EAR CANAL W/ BLOOD DX: R EAR CANAL TRAUMA/ BLEEDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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