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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 169
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/24/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| ABRASION TO LEFT EAR CANAL - WHILE SCRATCHING HER EAR SHE SLIPPED COMB INTO EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT PASSED OUT WHILE HAVING HER HAIR BRUSHED INJURED EAR DX// RIGHT EAR LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PATIENT POKED IN EAR WITH A COMB, EAR PAIN; OTALGIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Ceilings and walls |
| PT DX RT PERFORATED TM - S/P PT C/O EARACHE YESTERDAY AFTER SCRATCHING EAR WITH POINTY COMB AND PT RAN INTO A WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2008 | 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: Ear | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| END OF COMB WAS ACCIDENTALLY PUSHED INTO EAR BY BROTHER, DX TRAUMATIC R UPTURE EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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