Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - Year 2010 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 10
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	5
16-25 years old:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2010	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
16 YOF WAS STABBED BY BROTHER ON ACCIDENT WITH METAL END OF A COMB. DX : PUNCTURE WOUND THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Floors or flooring materials
9YOF- PT WAS @ HOME- A POINTY COMB WAS LEFT ON FLOOR @ HOME PT KNEELED DOWN ON TOP OF IT COMB INSERTED INTO R-THIGH. DX F.B.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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