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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 145
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2006 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PT SUSTAINED 2DEGREE BURN TO RIGHT FOREARM FROM A MALFUNCTIONING HAIR D RYER, ?POSSIBLY FLASH FIRE AT HANDLE OF DRYER CAUSED BURN.NO FD CALLED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PT WAS SHOCKED WHEN SHE BIT A HAIR DRYER CORD AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| BLOW DRYING HAIR AND ARMS "BECAME STUCK". DX MUSCLE CRAMPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2006 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| SITTING UNDER HAIR DRYER AT SALON, GOT UP, SYNCOPED&FELL INTO SZ " SYNCOPE" +" SZ" , FELL HITTING FACE 1ST . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| MOM BLOW DRYING PATIENT'S HAIR AT CONVENTION CENTER AT DANCE COMPETITIO N, PT FELL FORWARD HITTING CHIN, SEIZURE LIKE ACTIVITY; CHIN LAC., SYNC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PATIENT PASSED OUT WHILE IN BATHROOM STANDING AND DRYING HAIR; SYNCOPE EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2006 | 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: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PT STUCK A SMALL HAIR DRYER UP HER VAGINA AND THE BATTERY CAP CAME OFF IN VAGINA AND UNABLE TO REMOVE VAGINAL FOREIGN BODY* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2006 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| CUT HEAD WITH HAIR DRYER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2006 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PT. STRUCK IN EYE W/ BLOWDRYER YEST. SAME EYE WAS STRUCK 2DY AGO W/O SE QUELAE. DX.: EYE TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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