Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - 6-15 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,459
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Internal:	386	Hand:	306
Eyeball:	129	Foot:	121
Wrist:	119	Upper Arm:	81
Upper Leg:	75	Ear:	72
Elbow:	43	Finger:	34
Lower Arm:	32	Knee:	21
Upper Trunk:	14	Face:	13
Head:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/22/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SWALLOWED A PIECE OF BARRETTE. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
RT SIDED FACIAL BURN- DAD HAD PICKED PT UP FROM MOM'S HOUSE, & NOTICED THE BURN- MOM SAID IT HAPPENED WITH A CURLING IRON. DX; FACIAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT PRESENTS TO ER AFTER CHOKING ON HAIR SCRUNCY-GASTROINTESTINAL FOREIG N BODY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/03/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
FOOT BURN-STEPPED ON HOT CURLING IRON-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SWALLOWED HAIR BAND;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WAS AT HOME SWALLOWED A BOBBY PIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
FB INGESTION-APPARENTLY SWALLOWED 2 SMALL HAIR CLIPS-@ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT BURNED THIGH ON CURLING IRON AT HOME. DX; 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED FINGER ON CURLING IRON. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SWALLOWED A BARRETTE. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT FELL ASLEEP WITH SEVERAL HAIR BANDS ON WRIST AND WOKE UP WITH WRIST PAIN DX// RIGHT WRIST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SWALLOWED HAIRCLIP DX; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CURLING IRON FELL AND HIT PT ON HER ARM. D : 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RIGHT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURNED FOREARM WITH A CURLING IRON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT TOUCHED A HOT CURLING IRON AND BURNED HAND. D: BURN RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SCRATCHED EYE WITH A BARETTE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 9 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
WAS GETTING WAX OUT OF RIGHT EAR, USING A BOBBY PIN NOW HAS EAR PAIN. DX RIGHT EAR CANAL TRAUMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED RIGHT HAND WHEN SHE GRABBED A HOT STRAITENING IRON. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RIGHT HAND AND WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT OUTSIDE PLAYING, FELL BACKWARD HITTING HEAD WITH BEAD IN HAIR O N GROUND; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2008	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
RUNNING AND A HAIR BARRETT WENT INTO EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT BURNED HAND ON CURLING IRON. DX; 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT PAL M
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
MOM STATES PT BURNT FOREARM ON HOT CURLERS X2-3 DAYS; FOREARM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT DROPPED HOT STRAIGHTENING IRON ON HER L FOOT YEST. BLISTERED THEN PO PPED. AREA IS NOW RED, WARM TO TOUCH. DX L FOOT CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CONCERN THAT CHILD SWALLOWED HAIR CLIP IN SCHOOL YESTERDAY. INITIALLY H AD FOREIGN BODY SENSATION. D:CONCERN FOR INGESTED FB. NONE FOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 11 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: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
C/O EAR PAIN STATUS POST FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING STUCK IN EAR&HAS A *** PIN IN EAR THAT USED TO TRY TO GET WHATEVER STUCK IN>>FB REMO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Televisions
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED METAL PART OF FLAT IRON WHEN PICKING IT UP WHILE WATCHING TV; 1ST DG BURNS OF 3RD/5TH FINGERS, 2ND DG OF 4TH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
8YOF BURNED ARM WITH FLAT HAIR IRON SECOND DEGREE BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT DROPPED HOT HAIR STRAIGHTENER ON WRIST DX// RIGHT WRIST BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SAT ON BOBBY PIN ON KNEE DX: KNEE BOBBY PIN PUNCTURE WOUND/ REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT FELL BACK INTO STRAIGHT HAIR IRON,BURNT L PALM, DX 2ND DEGREE BURN PARTIAL THICKNESS,UPPER EXT UNSPECIFIED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
DX SUPERFICIAL 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS L HAND: PT IN STORE WHERE CURL'G IRON BEING DEMONSTRATED; PT PICKED IT UP BY HOT END AT MALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SWALLOWED A BOBBY PIN. FOREIGN BODY INGESTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT W/BOBBY PIN STUCK IN BALL OF FOOT, FOREIGN BODY REMOVED; FOREIGN BOD Y IN FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Swimming pools
PT RUNNING AROUND THE SWIMMING POOL AT HOME AND STEPPED ON A BOBBY PIN WENT INTO BOTTOM OF RIGHT FOOT PW FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
HIT SELF IN EYE WITH CURLING IRON BURN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Floors or flooring materials
R FOOT BURN/AT HOME PER MOM, PT'S SISTERS HAIR STRAIGHTENER/IRON WAS ON THE FLOOR AND 6YOF STEPPED ON IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
12 YOF C/O EARACHE AFTER CLEANING WITH A HAIRPIN DX: OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
8 YOM SUSTAINED A BURN TO RIGHT SIDE OF CHEST FROM A CURLING IRON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Floors or flooring materials
DX UPPER EXT PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN: PT WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR AND CURLING IRON FELL ONTO HER LUE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SWALLOWED A BARRETTE. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
L EAR PAIN AFTER BEING POKED IN EAR W/BOBBY PIN DX; L EAR CANAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT C/O TENDERNESS AFTER PUSHING A HAIR CLIP INTO EAR,NOW WITH BLOOD FROM EAR AND DECREASE HEARING.DX LT PERFORATED TM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
ACCIDENTALLY GRABBED A HOT CURLING IRON BURNING A FINGER >>BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
13 YO FEMALE ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED EYE WITH HOT CURLING IRON LEFT CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURN TO L KNEE W/CURLING IRON DX; 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT BURNED EYE WITH CURLING IRON. DX; THERMAL BURN TO CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT TOUCHED A HOT CURLING IRON BURNING HAND AT HOME DX: 1ST DEGREE BURN TO LEFT HAND & FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURN TO L ELBOW FROM FLAT IRON AT HOME. DX. BURN L ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WAS FIXING HAIR AT HOME WHEN SHE WAS HOLDING HAIRPIN IN HER MOUTH. A CCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED THE HAIRPIN. DX ASPIRATED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CLASSMATE STUCK A BOBBY PIN IN EAR. DX PERFORATED EARDRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CURLING HAIR AND DROPPED IRON ON FOOT. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
HAND BURN-TOUCHED HOT CURLING IRON-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BURN W/ A FLAT IRON WHILE DOING HAIR BURN SECOND DEGREE RIGHT UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
TOUCHED HAIR CURLING IRON;DX BURNED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
DOING HER HAIR, HAD HAIR CLIP IN THEMOUTH, ?PRONG BROKE OFF&ACCIDENTALL Y SWOLLOWED THE CLIP >> FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED ARM ON HOT HAIR STRAIGHTENER. D: BURN RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
WAS CURLING HAIR AND CURLING IRON FELL BACK AND HIT EYELID-BURN <10%BSA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
MOM WAS STRAIGHTENING PTS HAIR WHEN THE STRAIGHTNER FELL WHILE OPEN ONT O PTS ARM. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CORNEAL AB-HIT EYE W/ BARETTE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT INGESTED A BOBBY PIN. DX: INGESTION OF FOREIGN BODIES SUSPECTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SWALLOWED BOBBY PIN DX CONCERNED FOR FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Electrical outlets or receptacles
PT STUCK A METAL BARRETTE INTO ELECTRICAL OUTLET- WOUNDS TO RT INDEX FINGER & THUMB. DX: ELECTRICAL BURNS TO RT INDEX FINGER & THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
AT COUSINS HOUSE FELL INTO CURLING IRON, BURN 2ND DEG UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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