Accidents - Hair dryers - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Trunk

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 462
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	19
Year 1999:	35
Year 2000:	17
Year 2003:	77
Year 2004:	90
Year 2005:	66
Year 2006:	30
Year 2007:	15
Year 2008:	14
Year 2010:	93

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 03/07/2010	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
41YOF CHEST WALL PAIN STARTED WHEN BENT OVER BLOW DRYING HER HAIR*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2010	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
UPPER BACK STR. 32 YOF STRAINED UPPER BACK WHEN BLOW DRYING HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF UPPER BACK PAIN WHILE BLOW DRYING HER HAIR >>MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
PT WAS BLOW DRYING HAIR AND BEGAN TO HAVE CHEST PAINS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
34 YOF HAS THORACIC SPRAIN AFTER DRYING HAIR WITH HAIR DRYER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
PT BLOW DRYING HAIR LIFTING ARM OVER HEAD, DEVELOPED UPPER BACK, SHOULD ER PAIN DX: BACK STRAIN/SPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2005	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
PT WAS BLOW DRYING HAIR WITH ARM ABOVE HER HEAD FELT A PULL IN CHEST ST RAINED CHEST MUSCLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
BLOWDRYING HAIR TODAY & DEVELOPED PAIN NECK/BACK. ACUTE RT TRAPEZIUS & COSTAL STRAIN W/ MUSCLE SPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
PATIENT WAS DRYING HER HAIR WITH A BLOW DRYER NAD FELT SOMETHING PULL IN UPPER BACK. DX-UPPER BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/28/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
THOR SPR. PT INJURED BACK BLOW DRYING HAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
PT WAS BENT OVER USING HAIR DRYER AND WENT TO STAND UP AND ONSET OF INTENSE CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2000	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/1999	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers, Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/1997	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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