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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 692
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| BITING DOWN ON HAIR PICK WHICH BROKE DX. FB MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2003 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT FELL WITH A COMB IN MOUTH AND INJURED TOP OF MOUTH. DX MOUTH LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| FELL ON PLASTIC HAIR COMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Blankets |
| MOTHER DESCRIBESCHILDPLAYINGWITH HER BROTHER IN LIVINGROOMHAD A PLASTIC COMB IN HER MOUTH BROTHERLIFTEDBLANKETHITTINGHERIN MOUTH WITH THE BLAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PUT PIECE OF HAIRBRUSH BRISTLE IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2003 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CONTUSED EYE WHEN HIT SELF WITH COMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2003 | Age: 4 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: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| A 5 YR OLD POKED PTS EAR WITH END OF COMB, DX TRAUMATIC RUPTURE LEFT TY MPANIC MEMBRANE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2003 | Age: 8 months | 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: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CHILD PLAYING WITH BROKEN COMB. BRITTLE PIECES IN MOUTH. MOUTH CLEARED BY AUNT, BUT SOME NOT FOUND. D:CONCERN FOR FOREIGN BODY. NORMAL EXAM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2003 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT POKED SELF IN EYE YESTERDAY WITH COMB, BLOODY TEARS YESTERDAY, TODAY W/ PAIN, MATTING, REDNESS,ALSO WHEEZING FRM ASTHMA; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT COMBING HAIR WITH COMB HOLDING RT ARM MILDLY PULLING NOW NOT MOVIN G ARM, DISLOCATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2003 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT STUCK HAIRBRUSH DOWN THROAT ACCIDENTALLY 09/18/03-MOTHER STATES PT HAD LOTS OF BLEEDING FROM THROAT; CONTUSION AT PHARYNX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| MOM WAS PERMING HAIR AND PT WAS RUNNING AND HIT EYE ON TIP OF BRUSH;LAC EYELID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| ABRASION TO EAR WHEN STRUCK BY A COMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS BROTHER WHO THREW A WOODEN HAIR BRUSH AT H IS HEAD LACERATION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2003 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| SWALLOWED BRISTLES FROM HAIRBRUSH THIS AM AT HOME. DX. SWALLOWED FOREI GN BODY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2003 | Age: 3 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: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 3YOM-PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT KNEE-FELL ON A HAIRBRUSH AT HOME TODAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT SLEEPY MORE THAN USUAL CC/O RT SIDE OF HEAD PN TOLD MOM HE WAS STRUC K ON HEAD WITH COMB YEST, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT POKED IN MOUTH WITH SHARP END OF COMB; MOUTH INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT JABBED HER EAR WITH THE SHARP END OF THE COMB. DX EAR CANAL TRAUMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2003 | Age: 2 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: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT DX RT CORNEAL ABRASION - S/P POKED IN RT EYE W/A COMB THIS AM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2003 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CONTUSED EYE WHEN HIT WITH HAIR BRUSH BY SISTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT POKED IN EYE WITH HAIRBRUSH WHEN PLAYING WITH SIBLING IN BEDROO M AT HOME; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE, CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT HIT ON MOUTH BY THROWN HAIR BRUSH AT HOME, TOOTH CONTUSION; DEN TAL INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2003 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT JABBED POINTED END OF BRUSH OR COMB INTO EAR, EAR BLEED; EAR CA NAL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2003 | Age: 5 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 SIS A EAR LAC WHILE BRUSHING HAIR WITH A HAIRBRUSH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| FELL ON HAIR BRUSH - BRISTLE UNDER SKIN F B REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT TOLD PARENTS SHE PLACED A PIECE OF COMB INTO RT EAR, FB/LWBS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/02/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CONTUSED ANKLE WITH HAIRBRUSH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 2YOF PT HAD COMB IN MOUTH LAC TO MOUTH DX 2CM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2003 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PIECE OF A COMP IN EAR DX-ACUTE FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL R EAR CANAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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