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Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - 6-15 years old - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 850
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Face:222Mouth:193
Head:185Neck:93
Finger:58Ear:51
All Of Body:19Eyeball:12
Hand:6Foot:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/25/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
MOM COMBING PT'S HAIR WHEN PT SLUMPED OVER & WOULDN'T RESPOND TO VOICE. DX: SYNCOPE & COLLAPS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/22/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
MOM COMBING PT'S HAIR & PT'S EYES ROLLED BACK IN HEAD WITH COLOR CHANGES AROUND LIPS & EYES. DX: SYNCOPE & COLLAPSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HAD NECK POP WHEN COMBING HAIR. HAD SYNCOPE AFTER NECK POPPED. D: SY NCOPE, NOS, DEHYDRATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT HIT ON EYE WITH A COMB AT SCHOOL; EYE INJURY/PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STRUCK IN MOUTH WITH HAIRBRUSH THROWN BY SISTER BROKEN UPPER TOOTH / LIP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT WAS BRUSHING HAIR AT HOME AND HEARD A POP IN HER NECK DX-NECK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT. SCRATCHED HIS EYE WITH A COMB WHILE COMBING HAIR, THIS MORNING, AT HOME. EYE RED & WATERY. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT FELL ONTO A PLASTIC COMB AND THE TOOTH BROKE OFF INTO FOREHEAD FOREI GN BODY FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/09/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 10/29/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND INJURED NECK. DX NECK SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS SCRATCHING EAR WITH A COMB AND TOOTH FELL OFF IN LT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT PUSHED TIP OF COMB INTO HAND; PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 09/18/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS CLEANING HER RT EAR WITH TIP OF A COMB,SISTER BUMPED HER AND COMB STRUCK EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT JABBED POINTY END OF PLASTIC COMB IN EAR, BLEEDING; EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Floors or flooring materials
PT PASSED OUT WHILE GETTING HAIR DRIED OR WHILE MOM WAS BRUSHING HAIR, FELL AND HIT WOODEN FLOOR, NO HX OF SEIZURE; SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT WITH NECK STIFFNESS WHEN BRUSHING HAIR 2 DAYS AGO, STILL WITH N ECK STIFFNESS; MUSCLE SPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT BRUSHING HAIR HARD, NECK SNAPPED AND PAIN RADIATED DOWN TO SOUL DER; NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 07/28/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH HAIRBRUSH DX: FACIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT. STATES COUSIN THREW A PLASTIC HAIR PICK AT HIM ALSO BURNED BY GREAS E LAST NIGHT. DX. LAC FH, BURN 1 DEG FACE/CHEST DUE TO HOT GREASE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SHARP POINT OF PLASTIC RAT TAIL COMB CAUGHT IN BACK OF THROAT WHEN DOIN G PUSHUPS; PUNCTURE INJURY, THROAT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STEPPED ON COMB DX: LAC FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
WENT TO PICK UP A METAL COMB BROUGHT IN BY TEACHER ANOTHER STUDENT ACC CUT FINGER LACERATION LEFT 2ND DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LT SIDE OF LOWER LIP W/A METAL COMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT SUST LACERATION TO FOREHEAD CUT WITH BRUSH BY SISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT C/O POINTED END OF COMP WENT INTO EAR THIS AM - STARTED BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BROTHER THREW A HAIRBRUSH AND IT HIT PT IN MOUTH, CHIPPED FRONT TOOTH. D: PARTIAL AVULSION RIGHT 1ST UPPER TOOTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CUT TO RIGHT SIDE OF INNER MOUTH - PT WAS HIT IN THE MOUTH ACCIDENTALLY BY COUSIN WITH HAIRBRUSH. D: LACERATION ORAL MUCOSA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 03/22/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BRUSH TOSSED TO FACE DX: LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 03/09/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
13YOM-LACERATION UPPER LIP-ACCIDENTLY STRUCK WITH HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
11 YRO COUSIN POKED RATTAIL COMB IN PATIENT'S EAR, EAR BLEEDING; EAR C ANAL ABRASION/TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT IN NOSE WITH WOODEN HAIR BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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