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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 155
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/28/2006 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair dryers |
| SYNCOPE-STATES HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE AFTER SITTING UNDER A HOT HAIR DR YER FOR 40 MINUTES. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/27/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT WAS SHOCKED WHEN SHE BIT A HAIR DRYER CORD AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2006 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair dryers, Chairs |
| PT AT HAIDRESSER AND UNDER HAIR DRYER GOT UP FROM CHAIR AND FAINETED DX: DEHYDRATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/04/2006 | Age: 13 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 |
| PATIENT PASSED OUT WHILE IN BATHROOM STANDING AND DRYING HAIR; SYNCOPE EPISODE |
| 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: 01/15/2006 | Age: 56 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 |
| HAIR DRYER SHORTED OUT AND FELT A SHOCK TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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