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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 236
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| LYING DOWN GOT A PIEC OF COMB INTO EAR " FB REMOVAL" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Ceilings and walls |
| PUNCTURE R EAR DRUM, PT INSERTED HANDLE OF A COMB, STRUCK A WALL & SUST INJURY AT HOME, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2005 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| SCRATCHING EAR WITH END OF COMB DX. EAR CANAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT PUNCTURED HIS EAR WHILE CLEANING W/A POINTED HANDLE PART OF THE COMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| ACCIDENTALLY STUCK EAR WITH A PICK COMB DX: NO DX. OR INFO ON CHART PT. LEFT PRIOR TO BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/23/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT DX PERFORATED RT TM - PT C/O BLEEDING TO RT EAR AFTER TAIL COMB PUNCTURE EAR LAST NIGHT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| POINTED END OF COMB PUSHED INTO EAR BY SISTER PUNTURE EAR DRUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT DX RT EAR FOREIGN NBODY - WAS COMBING HAIR AND PIECE OF COMB WENT INTO RT EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| STUCK TAIL OF COMB INTO EAR DX. EAR CANAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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