Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - 0-5 years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 577
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Body Parts:

Mouth:	237	Ear:	211
Eyeball:	37	Head:	23
Neck:	21	Face:	16
Elbow:	15	Upper Trunk:	6
All Of Body:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2004	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT C/O LT EYE PAIN S/P HIT IN EYE W/A COMB LAST NIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
MOM NOTICED BUMP ON PT'S HEAD WHILE BRUSHING HER HAIR, UNKNOWN TRAUMA DX CHI LEFT PARIETAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 12/15/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ABRASION TO THROAT WHEN STUCK COMB IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT STUCK HAIRBRUSH IN MOUTH; SOFT PALATE PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	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
PT SUST INGURY TO MOUTH WITH COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2004	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Beds or bedframes
PT CLIMBING ON BED FELL OFF WITH COMB IN MOUTH WITH PALATE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
DAD WAS COMBING THE PT'S HAIR, PT TRIED TO PULL DAD AWAY, DAD WAS HOLDI NG ARM SUSTAINED" RT EBLBOW DISLOCATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2004	Age: 23 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
PATIENT HIT IN EYE WITH PLASTIC HAIR BRUSH AT HOME, BLOODY TEARS AND BL ODDY NOSE; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LT CORNEAL AB-HIT EYE W/A SMALL PLASTIC COMB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2004	Age: 14 months	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
MOM STAES SHE FOUND PT CRYING WITH A PIECE OF HAIR COMB STICKING OUTY O F RT EAR FX FB IN EAR + ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2004	Age: 16 months	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
16 MONTH OLD FEMALE PUT TAIL OF COMB IN EAR TM RUPTURE RIGHT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PIECE OF COMB IN R EAR. FOREIGN BODY EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	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
STUCJ COMB IN EAR TOOTH OF COMB IN EAR RIGHT EAR FOREIGN BODY RESOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2004	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT HAD HAIR BRUSH IN MOUTH, SQUIRMED OUT OF DAD'S ARMS AND JAMMED BRUSH INTO TOP OF MOUTH; ORAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2004	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WITH ABRASION TO UPPER CHEST FROM A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT C/O COMB STUCK IN HER MOUTH - ABRASION LT PALATE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2004	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT RUNNING WITH HAIRBRUSH IN MOUTH FELL WITH BRUSH IN MOUTH WITH BLEEDI NG,LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT HAD 2 EPISODES OF SYNCOPE IN LAST MONTH, BOTH WHILE HAVING HAIR BRUSHED WITH NECK IN FULL EXTENSION; VASOVAGAL EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2004	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WIITH COMB STUCK IN THROAT REMOVED BY MOM WITH GAGGING/BLEEDING, LAC ERATIONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	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
POKED COMB IN EAR PUNCTURE TM, EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT POKED WITH COMB IN MOUTH; MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
OPEN ARE TO BACK OF HEAD AFTER BEING HIT W/BRUSH DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	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
PT WITH RAT TAIL COMB STUCK IN LT EAR WITH BLEEDING, CONTUSION/FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	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
MOM NOTICE TOOTH OF A RED COMB STICKING OUT OF PT' EAR DX, FB LT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2004	Age: 2 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: Hemorrhage
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
RT EAR BLEEDING / TRAUMA-PT STUCK COMB IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ABRASION TO NOSE WHEN STRUCK BY COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CUT MOUTH WITH PLASTIC COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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