Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - Years 1997-2010 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,738
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	21
Year 1998:	206
Year 1999:	237
Year 2000:	186
Year 2001:	194
Year 2002:	223
Year 2003:	250
Year 2004:	295
Year 2005:	177
Year 2006:	459
Year 2007:	366
Year 2008:	418
Year 2009:	260
Year 2010:	440

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	535
6-15 years old:	1,176
16-25 years old:	382
26-50 years old:	529
50+ years old:	1,114

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
9 YR F HIT WITH HAIRBRUSH;DX CONTUSED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2010	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Toilets
64YOF LOST BALANCE WHILE BRUSHING HAIR AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON TOILET CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/11/2010	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
90 YOF WAS COMBING HAIR, GOT DIZZY AND FELL AT NURSING HOME. DX: DIZZINESS, POSS SYNCOPE, SCALP LAC 1".
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/10/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
6YOF; PT JUMPED FROM A PARKED TRUCK AND HIT HER HEAD ON SIDE OF THE TRU CK ; THE HAIRBAND PT WAS WEARING CUT PTS HEAD. D: LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2010	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
19 YOF CUT SCALP WHILE COMBING TANGLES OUT OF HAIR SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2010	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
88YOF HAD NEW HEAD LAC SUTURED, PT BRUSHING HAIR W/ BRUSH & POPPED A ST ITCH DX;# HEAD LAC, RESUTURED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Bathtubs or showers
DX BLDG SORE ON HEAD: 12YOM C/O BLDG F SORE ON HEAD HE 1ST NOTICED SEVERAL WKS AGO WHILE BRUSHING HIS HAIR AFTER SHOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2010	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
49 Y FEMALE ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HEAD W HAIR BRUSH BY GRANDCHILD C/O HEAD INJ DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2010	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
A 25 YOM WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH BRUSH AT HOME, CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2010	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
75YOF SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE REACHING FOR HAIR BRUSH TRIAGE SOURCE: GROUP HOME DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 04/23/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 02/23/2010	Age: 4 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 02/17/2010	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SCALP ABRASION-68YOF SUS INJ TO SCALP WHEN SHE TRIED TO SCRATCH HER HEA D WITH A COMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
7YO HISP MALE AT HOME HIT IN HEAD WITH BRUSH THAT BROTHER THREW DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2009	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT SUS LAC TO HEAD WHILE COMBING HIS HAIR WITH A COMB%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HIT IN HEAD W/A CONE OR COMB, NOW W/CONTUSION TO FOREHEAD, NO LOC; H EAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SOMEONE THREW A HAIR BRUSH & IT HIT BACK OF HEAD DX SCALP LAC *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT WITH HAIR BRUSH;DX LACERATED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BRUSHING HAIR UPSIDE DOWN THEN STOOD UP QUICKLY AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN HEAD--SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 05/03/2009	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 03/16/2009	Age: 44 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
C/O FRONTAL SCALP PAIN UPON COMBING HER HAIR, +LESION IN AREA >>CUTENOUS HORN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS SCRATCHED IN HEAD BY BROKEN BRUSH 4 DAYS AGO. DX: SCALP ABSCESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
AT HOME SISTER THREW HAIRBRUSH LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	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
DX TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA: P/W L SIDED ELECTRIC FEEL'G SHOOT'G HEAD PAINS AFTER TOUCH'G L HEAD W BRUSH'G HAIR OR OTHER TOUCH'G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Other drugs or medications
MOM USED LICE SHAMPOO ON PATIENT 2 DAYS AGO, RUBBING TOO HARD W/LICE COMB, NOW HAS SUPERFICIAL SCALP ABRASIONS FROM COMB; SCALP ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS COMBING HEAD & FELT A PC OF METAL STICKING OUT OF SKULL PT HADBR AIN SURGERY 7 YRS OLD DX: FOREIGN BODY IN HEAD DX: TRANS TO ***
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 08/23/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT GETTING HAIR COMBED WHEN FELL FLAT ON HER FACE HITTING NOSE, BL EEDING FROM NOSE, VOMITING; HEAD INJURY, HAIR GROOMING SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
NOTED BLOOD ON SCALP WHEN COMBING HAIR, NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED. DX. HEA D INJURY, SCALP LACERATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
COMBING HAIR. DX SCALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 06/06/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
52 YO FEMALE COMBED HAIR AND POPPED ABCESS ABCESS DRAINING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
10 YO BROKE COMB TOOTH IN HEAD LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE AT A FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A HAIRBRUSH THROWN BY A FRIEND. PT DIZZY. DX CONCUSSIO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HIT IN HEAD WITH A BRUSH, NO DETAILS, HEAD INJURY WITH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
10 YO MALE WAS HIT IN HEA WIH HAIRBRUSH LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
12 YOM HIT ON HEAD WITH BRUSH LAC SCALP
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: 10/26/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CUT HEAD WHEN HIT WITH HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT BENDING OVER TO REACH FOR HAIRBRUSH WHEN FELL BACKWARD AND HIT HEAD. D: CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 04/06/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT RECEIVED LACERATION WITH HEMATOMA TO SCALP WHEN SISTER THREW HAIR BRUSH AND HIT SIDE OF HEAD AT HOME.
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: 02/02/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENTS COUSIN WAS COMBING HER HAIR HARD AND NOW HEAD IS HURTING. DX; ABRASION TO HEAD
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

Date: 01/17/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT HEAD WITH A BRUSH. DX ABRASION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT SLIPPED AND FELL S/P 2WKS HITTING BACK OF HEAD SUSTAINING A CUT.WAS USING HAIRBRUSH, AREA STARTED BLEEDING.RAISED AREA ON SCALP.DX=CHI,NO L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CHI, FELL WHEN BRUSHING HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2006	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT C/O HEADACHE FROM BRUSHING HAIR DX:TENSION HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CHI, FELL TO FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PUNCTURE HEAD, PT SUST INJURY W/A COMB AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2006	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 05/27/2006	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 05/07/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 04/18/2006	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 04/12/2006	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
48 YO COMBING HAIR W/COMB INJURED SCALP LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SCALP LACERATION HIT WITH HAIR BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT IN HEAD WITH HAIR BRUSH; LACERATION TO SCAPL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
WOUND TO HEAD, PICKING AT IT & HAIR BRUSH KEPT CATCHING IT DX: SCALP A BSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HEAD CONTUSION, VIA EMS, MOTHER STS PT STRUCK W/A HAIRBRUSH IN THE SCHOOL, C/O PAIN, SWELLING, TENDERNESS, NO DIZZINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT INJURED SCALP WHILE COMBING HAIR X4 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN THE HEAD WITH A BRUSH.DX HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2005	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT LACERATED HEAD WITH A COMB AT HOME, LIVES WITH SON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SCALP MINOR LAC-INJURY OCCURRED WHILE COMBING HAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT HAD PREVIOUS HEAD WOUND 10 YEARS AGO, HAD PERM DONE 2-3 DAYS A GO, WAS COMBING HAIR AND NOTED BLOOD, HAS HEADACHE; HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
NOTICED TICK ON SCALP WHEN BRUSHING HAIR; FB REMOVED FROM SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STANDING WHILE MOM WAS DOING HAIR BRUSHING HAIR WHEN SHE FAINTED HITTING HEAD D SYNCOPAL EPISODE W HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Sinks
PT LOST BALANCE WHILE BRUSHING HAIR, STRUCK HEAD ON SINK, SUSTAINED " HEAD HEMATOMA"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 11/09/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR AND INJURED HEAD. DX HEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Floors or flooring materials
WHILE GETTING HAIR BRUSHED FELL ONTO FLOOR DX: CONTUSION SCALP, NEW ONSET SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT REPOTS SISTER THREW A PLASTIC COMB WHICH BROKE HITTING PT IN HEAD WI TH BLEEDING, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LACERATION HEAD - PATIENT REPORTS HE CUT HEAD WHEN COMBING HAIR - SMALL LACERATION TO LEFT SIDE OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 03/30/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SCALP AB-APPARENTLY INJURED WHILE COMBING HER HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD WITH A METAL HAIR PICK LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT.INJ.HEAD AT HOME WHEN USING A HAIRBRUSH & HIT SELF IN HEAD. DX; LAC. SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT. REPORTS HEAD BENT OVER AND PT BRUSHING HAIR WHEN PT FLIPPED HEAD, S HE BECAME DIZZY AND FELL. DX. CONT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
DX:SCALP VERRUCA. WART ON HEAD WHICH BLEEDS WHEN HE COMBS HIS HAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2003	Age: 12 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: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH A "PRESSING COMB" BY EX-FRIEND, LACERATION TO H EAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 07/26/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 07/16/2003	Age: 8 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CHILD KNOCKED ON BROW BY HAIRBRUSH. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, EYEBROW LACE RATION, SIMPLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT SUSTAINED BURN TO SCALP FROM HOT COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT STATES HER SISTER HIT HER WITH A COMB DX HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2002	Age: 47 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
ABCESS ON SCALP-AFTER SHE USED A COMB-USED ON HER DOG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT DX MINOR HEAD TRAUMA - PT C/O HIS HEAD W/HAIR BRISH LAST NIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK WITH HAIR BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HEAD WITH A BRUSHDX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT SUSTAINED HEAD INJURY AFTER BEING HIT WITH A BRUSH BY HIS BROTHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2002	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: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CONTUSION HEAD - VICTIM STATES SHE WAS BRUSHING/COMBING HAIR AND FELT F AINT AND FELL STRIKING HER HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ACUTE CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SCALP LAC-HIT IN THE HEAD ACCIDENTLY WIT H A HAIR BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2001	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2001	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2001	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2001	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Rugs or carpets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2001	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2000	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2000	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2000	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2000	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2000	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2000	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2000	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2000	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2000	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/1999	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/1999	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/1999	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/1999	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/1999	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/1999	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/1998	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/1998	Age: 52 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/1998	Age: 38 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: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/1998	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/1997	Age: 42 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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