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Accidents - Hair dryers - Year 2003 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 162
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Date: 07/25/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Hair dryers
BLISTERS TO SCALP AFTER USING BLOW DRYERCHEMICAL BURN TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2003Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair dryers, Floors or flooring materials
MOM WAS BLOW DRYING PT'S HAIR, PT'S WAS STANDING, SHE GOT HOT AND FELL TO THE FLOOR FACE DOWN. HAD SEIZURE. DX. CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2003Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair dryers, Floors or flooring materials
83 YO FEMALE WAS UNDER HAIR DRYER AT HAIRDRESSER AND GOT DIZZY FELL TO FLOOR - BRADYCARDIA - CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/07/2003Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hair dryers
CAUGHT IN HAIRDRYER-DX-MINOR HEAD INJURY 2 CM SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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