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Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - 50+ years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 719
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:322Hand:144
Lower Leg:76Neck:76
Upper Arm:68Shoulder:15
Foot:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/16/2002Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK LEFT EYE WITH COMB WHILE AT HOME COMBING HER HAIR. DX ACUTE CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2002Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BRUSHING HAIR 2 WEEKS AGO AT HOME, FELT 2 SNAPS IN SHOULDER, NOW HAS EC CHYMOSIS, SWELLING UPPER ARM. DX; HEMATOMA UPPER ARM, ON ****.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2002Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
POKED EYE W/ RAT-TAILED COMB DX: LT. CORNEAL ABRASION, SUBCONUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2002Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT BRUSHING HAIR WITH A BRUSH AT HOME, ACCIDENTLY BRUSHED LT EYE, LT EY E CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2002Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
DOG BITE;LAC R HAND/88YOF WHILE BRUSHING HER DOG, DOG BIT HER. HAPPENED THIS MORNING. STILL BLEEDING & WORRIED ABOUT BONE INJ.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
67 Y.O. B FEMALE W/SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. PT'S GRANDCHILD WAS PLAY ING W/A HAIRBRUSH & ACCIDENTLY STRUCK PT IN THE EYE @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT.C/O BACK OF NECK TENDER AND SCARRED WHEN SCRATCH NECK W/COMB PT.REPORTED POSSIBLE INSECT BITE.DX-INFECTED INSECT BITE NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2002Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
64 YO M HIT IN EYE WITH HAIR BRUSH CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2002Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SHE WAS COMBING HER CAT AT HOME LAST WEEK AND WAS BITTEN ON THE LEFTHAN D, NOW HAND IS SWOLLEN AND TENDER. DX CELLULITIS LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2002Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT.REPORTED SHE STUCK HERSELF IN LT.LEG WITH END OF COMB AT HOME. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND LT.LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/16/2002Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
DX FOREIGN BODY RIGHT HEEL: STEPPED ON HAIRBRUSH BRISTLE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2002Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT LAST PM COMBING HAIR WITH BRUSH WHICH CAME BACK & HITLEFT EYE. DX: LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2002Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
TRAPEZIUS STRAIN-WHILE COMBING HAIR YESTERDAY HURT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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