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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 661
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/07/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| BELIEVES HAIR DRYER WAS WET WHEN SHE PLUGGED IT IN AND WAS SHOCKED. DX MILD ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK-SUS AN ELECTRIC SHOCK WHILE USING A HAIR DRYER. NO OTHER INFO. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/06/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PER MOM, DAUGHTER WAS BLOW DRYING HAIR, BLOW DRYER POPPED & CAUGHT FIRE ,DX; ELECTRIC SHOCK. FIRE DEPT NOT ATTEND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PATIENT TOUCHED HER HAIR DRYER ELECTRICAL PLUG WHILE IN LIGHT SOCKET & FELT CURRENT IN HER LEFT FINGER. DX-PERIPH. NEUROPATHY-ELECTR. INJ. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| TOUCHED AN ELECTRIC PLUG [HAIR DRYER] FELT A SHOCK, DX; ACUTE ELECTRIC SHOCK R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Hair dryers, Jewelry |
| 24 YO W/TONGUE RING PLUGGED HAIR DRYER IN RECEIVED ELECTRICAL SHOCK MYALGIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| PT BLOW DRYING HAIR WHEN FAINTED. D:VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| 18 YO FEMALE FAINTED WHILE USING HAIR DRYER VASOVAGAL EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair dryers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE BLOWDRYING HAIR AFTER SHOWERING, AWOKE ON THE FLOOR |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/26/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Hair dryers, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| PT WAS ELECTRICALLY SHOCKED WHEN REMOVING A HAIR DRYER CORD FROM THE EL ECTRICAL OUTLET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| 24 YO FEMALE WAS SHOCKED BY BLOW DRIER AND COULD SEE OR HEAR TINITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Hair dryers, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| 21 Y.O. W FEMALE W/ELECTRIC SHOCK. PT WAS PULLING HER HAIR DRYER OUT OF THE OUTLET WHEN THE PLUG BROKE & IT SHOCKED PT @ HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2001 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2001 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair dryers, Doors |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/1998 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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