Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,179
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	474
6-15 years old:	885
16-25 years old:	901
26-50 years old:	1,199
50+ years old:	719

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	1,009	Ear:	709
Neck:	641	Mouth:	334
Face:	265	Head:	223
Shoulder:	199	Hand:	190
Wrist:	151	Toe:	83
Upper Trunk:	76	Lower Leg:	76
Upper Arm:	68	Elbow:	60
Foot:	32	Lower Arm:	21
Lower Trunk:	15	Finger:	15
Internal:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT SELF IN EYE WITH A HAIR BRUSH DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT'S SISTER THREW A BRUSH HITTING HER ON TOOTH LAST WEEK, CHIPPED TOOTH, HAVING DENTAL PAIN, SEEN IN DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CERVICAL STRAIN.PT WAS COMBING HAIR WITH A COMB AGGRESSIVELY TO GET OUT TANGLED AND NECK BEGAN TO HURT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2002	Age: 4 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
PT WITH TOOTH OF A BLACK COMB STRUCK IN LT EAR CANAL NOW C/O PN, FB/ITC HING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	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.REPORTED STRUCK SELF IN EYE WITH COMB WHILE COMBING HAIR C/O REDNESS AND PAIN. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION LT.EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT STATES HER SISTER HIT HER WITH A COMB DX HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT C/O ACCIDENTALLY STABBED HIMSELF W/A POINTED COMB HANDLE ON THE RT INNER SIDE OF LOWER EYELID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK LEFT EYE WITH COMB WHILE AT HOME COMBING HER HAIR. DX ACUTE CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2002	Age: 12 months	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 WAS POKED IN THE MOUTH WITH A HAIR PICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT BRAIDING HER HAIR/COMBING WITH SOMETHING GOING INTO LT ETE, FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	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 SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION AFTER POKING HERSELF WITH A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT GOT A TOOTH FROM A COMB STUCK IN EAR; FB REMOVAL EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BRUSHING HAIR 2 WEEKS AGO AT HOME, FELT 2 SNAPS IN SHOULDER, NOW HAS EC CHYMOSIS, SWELLING UPPER ARM. DX; HEMATOMA UPPER ARM, ON ****.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2002	Age: 49 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
RT CHEEK ABRASION.PT WENT TO BRUSH HAIR AND BRUSH WENT DOWN CHEEK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Hair dryers
SPASM/STRAIN OF THE ARM- SUSTAINED WHEN SHE WAS BLOW DRYING HER HAIR. S HE HAD THE BLOW DRYER IN ONE HAND AND THE COMB IN ANOTHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT STATES SHE WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR AND TURNED WRONG AND INJURED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2002	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT SUS A LAC IN EAR FROM ACOMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2002	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
POKED EYE W/ RAT-TAILED COMB DX: LT. CORNEAL ABRASION, SUBCONUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PW TO ORAL MUCOSA.PT STUCK A RAT TAIL COMB IN BACK OF MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CERVICAL STRAIN - 24 YOF NECK PAIN WHEN TILTED HEAD TO BRUSH HAIR THIS MORNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT BRUSHING HAIR WITH A BRUSH AT HOME, ACCIDENTLY BRUSHED LT EYE, LT EY E CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2002	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STUCK END OF COMB INTO UPPER PALATE SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT PUSHED OR KNOCKED OVER BY BROTHER WHILE HAVING A COMB IN HER MO UTH; MOUTH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BRUSHING HAIR & ONSET OF (L) SHOULDER & NECK PAIN. ALSO HAS COLD SYMP- TOMS. DX: (L)SHOULDER STRAIN & BRONCHITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
12 YOF STEPPED ON HAIRBRUSH FB R GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2002	Age: 5 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
LACERATION NOSE - PATIENT PRESENTS FROM HOME AND PARENT REPORTS HIS SI STER THREW A HAIR BRUSH AT HIM HITTING HIM IN THE NOSE (INTENT NS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ABCESS ON SCALP-AFTER SHE USED A COMB-USED ON HER DOG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT C/O " A POINTED COMB WENT INSIDE HIS MOUTH WHEN HE FELL DOWN AND BLOOD CAME OUT"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT C/O PAIN & SWELLING TO (L) WRIST AFTER BEING HIT W/WOODEN BRUSH BY SISTER. DX: (L) WRIST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
27 YOF STUCK END OF COMB INTO EAR CONTUSION EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2002	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
DOG BITE;LAC R HAND/88YOF WHILE BRUSHING HER DOG, DOG BIT HER. HAPPENED THIS MORNING. STILL BLEEDING & WORRIED ABOUT BONE INJ.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT, WITH HISTORY OF FUNGAL CORENAL ULCER, SUSTAINED HAIR BRUSH TO EYE. D: CORNEAL ULCER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
67 Y.O. B FEMALE W/SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. PT'S GRANDCHILD WAS PLAY ING W/A HAIRBRUSH & ACCIDENTLY STRUCK PT IN THE EYE @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT.C/O BACK OF NECK TENDER AND SCARRED WHEN SCRATCH NECK W/COMB PT.REPORTED POSSIBLE INSECT BITE.DX-INFECTED INSECT BITE NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS ACCIDENTLY HIT IN THE LOWER ARM WITH A BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2002	Age: 64 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
64 YO M HIT IN EYE WITH HAIR BRUSH CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
42 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CORNEAL ABRASION. PT WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE W/A BRUSH BY HER CHILD ACCIDENTLY @ HOME. E9179
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK WITH A HAIR BRUSH BY SISTER DX: ELBOW CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Doors
PT.PUNCTURE RT.INNER EAR WITH COMB END AND WALKED INTO DOOR C/O EARACHE.DX-PREFORATION RT.TM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT C/O RT EAR PAIN DUE TO INJURY AT 2:00 PM W/A COMB .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT DX MINOR HEAD TRAUMA - PT C/O HIS HEAD W/HAIR BRISH LAST NIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2002	Age: 2 years	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
FB RT EAR-REMOVED.PT PUT A BROKEN OFF TOOTH OF A COMB IN EAR AND IT WAS STUCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT FELL 1 MONTH AGO PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER CONTINUES ESPECIALLY WHEN TR YINT TO BRUSH HAIR, STRAINED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK WITH HAIR BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2002	Age: 8 years	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
PT FELL ON COMB AND CUT THE EDGE OF HER MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2002	Age: 36 years	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
PT C/O LT EAR PAIN STARTED ON TUESDAY WHEN PATIENT INSERTED SHARP END OF COMB INTO EAR AND FELL DOWN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CERVICAL STRAIN - 21 YOF BRUSHING HER HAIR HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF NECK PAI N, UNABLE TO TURN HEAD TO RIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2002	Age: 12 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
CUT LIP WHEN HIT WITH HAIR BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
24 YEAR OLD FEMALE FELT SNAP IN NECK WHILE USING BRUSH TO COMB HAIR NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2002	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	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
PATIENT PUSHED A "RAT COMB" INTO EAR CANAL, BLEEDING FROM EAR; EAR TRAU MA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CERVICLE STRAIN - WHEN BRUSHING HAIR FELT A CRACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 23 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
CORN ABR. PT POKED HERSELF IN EYE WITH A HAIR BRUSH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2002	Age: 24 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 CORNEAL ABRASION OD - C/O PAIN IN OD SINCE YESTERDAY WHEN SHE POKED EYE W/COMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2002	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT. FELL W/A HAIRBRUSH IN MOUTH, LAC TO UPPER PALATE. DX. LAC UPPER PALATE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT IN EYE WITH COMB DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2002	Age: 18 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 WAS COMBING FRIEND'S HAIR WHEN COMB BROKE AND A PIECE HIT HER IN RT EYE, EYE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT SELF IN EYE WITH HAIR BRUSH DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT STEPPED ON A METAL COMB WITH LT FOOT INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
36 YO M STRUCK ON HAND W/HAIR BRUSH FX METACARPAL CLOSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ANOTHER CHILD THREW A HAIRBRUSH AT HIM RESULTING IN A FACIAL LACERATI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
TRAUMA (L) EAR, PT STS INSERTED A COMB' S HANDLE INTO HER EAR CANAL & SUST INJURY, C/O PAIN & ITCHINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CUT FOREHEAD WITH HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT CLEANING EAR WITH POINTY COMB CAUSING EAR INJURYDX:EAR LAC/ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SHE WAS COMBING HER CAT AT HOME LAST WEEK AND WAS BITTEN ON THE LEFTHAN D, NOW HAND IS SWOLLEN AND TENDER. DX CELLULITIS LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	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
48 Y/O FEMALE WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE GOT A HAIRBRUSH STUCK IN HIS RT EYEC AUSING A CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
INJURED LEFT EYE WITH HAIRBRUSH. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION, ACUTE IRITIS, LE FT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT.REPORTED STUCK COMB IN LT.EAR C/O SMALL AMOUNTS OF BLEEDING WITHEAR ACHE. DX- S/P PUNCTURE WOUND LT.EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
FELL WITH COMB IN MOUTH DX. LIP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS COMBING HER HAIR AND SHE INJURED HER NECK DX: ACUTE CERVICAL SPRAIN +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LOW BACK PAIN - WAS COMBING HAIR AND TWISTED WRONG INJURING LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT WAS PLAYING WITH HIS SISTER AND SISTER STUCK A COMB IN PTS EAR DX-LEFT EAR TRAUMA WITH PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
RT 3RD FINGER LAC-CUT ON A METAL COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	Age: 3 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
PT HIT IN FACE WITH BRUSH BY BROTHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PERFORATED EARDRUM - WAS USING A POINTY COMB AND WENT TO HAND IT OFF AN D POKED LEFT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2002	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT STEPPED ON A SHARP METAL COMB AND CUT FOOT ON SHARP PRONG. D: PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT HEEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	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
BRUSHING HAIR WHEN BRUSH WENT ACROSS EYE ABRADING CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CERV STR. PT WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND INJURED NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT. WAS REACHING FOR HAIR BRUSH AT HOME AND SHOULDER POPPED OUT OF JOINT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT.REPORTED SHE STUCK HERSELF IN LT.LEG WITH END OF COMB AT HOME. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND LT.LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	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
POKED SELF IN RIGHT EYE WITH A COMB THIS MORNING, ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HEAD WITH A BRUSHDX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT LIFTING UP HER HAIRBRUSH AT HOME WHEN THERE WAS A SPIDER UNDER IT SU STAINED A SPIDER BITE TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 23 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
PT DX TRAUMATIC INJURY LT AUDITORY CANAL - S/P POKED IN LT EAR W/SHARP END OF STYLING COMB AN HR AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 13 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
STUCK COMB IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT SUSTAINED HEAD INJURY AFTER BEING HIT WITH A BRUSH BY HIS BROTHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CONTUSION HEAD - VICTIM STATES SHE WAS BRUSHING/COMBING HAIR AND FELT F AINT AND FELL STRIKING HER HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	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
PT PRESENTS S/P INSERTION OF THE SHARP END OF RAT-TAIL COMB IN HER LT EAR.(DX F.B LT EAR)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PLASTIC HAIR COMB HIT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
INJURED WHEN STUCK RATTAIL COMB IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT. HAD A RATTAIL COMB IN HER EAR WHEN HER SON BUMPED HER, RESULTING IN EAR TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2002	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT CHOKED WHEN INGESTED PIECES OF PLASTIC COMB AT HOME, CONTACTED PERSONAL PHYSICIAN, REFERRED TO ED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2002	Age: 19 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
EAR CANAL ABRASION- PT. PUT THE END OF A RAT TAIL COMB IN HER EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HAD PX WHILE BRUSHING HAIR. DX: STRAIN L TRAPEZIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT STUCK TIP OF COMB IN EAR NOW PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
DX FOREIGN BODY RIGHT HEEL: STEPPED ON HAIRBRUSH BRISTLE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BRUSHING HAIR; NECK PAIN CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
11 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CERVICAL STRAIN. PT STS SHE WAS @ A FRIEND'S HOUSE, BRUSHING HER HAIR & FELT HER NECK POP. E927
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BROTHER STUCK COMB IN PT. RIGHT EAR. ABRASION RIGHT EAR CANAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STRAINED NECK WHEN USING HAIR BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2002	Age: 38 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 (R) EAR, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A COMB, C/O BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2002	Age: 9 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
9 MONTH M FELL WITH A COMB IN HIS MOUTH. DX; LACERATION TO INSIDE OF MOUTH BLEEDING ONLY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 17 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
PATIENT FELL WHEN RUNNING WITH COMB IN MOUTH AT HOME; POSTERIO PHARYNGE AL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT LAST PM COMBING HAIR WITH BRUSH WHICH CAME BACK & HITLEFT EYE. DX: LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LAC (L) EAR, PT SUST INJURY WITH A COMB WHILE COMBING HER HAIR AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, LWBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LACERATION FOREHEAD - VICTIM WAS STRUCK IN HEAD BY HAIRBRUSH THROWN TO HER BY HER MOTHER - INTENT NOT STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT SELF IN EYE WITH A HAIR BRUSH DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SISTER THREW HAIRBRUSH AND HIT PT. IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT INJURED NECK BRUSHING HAIR, CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
AT HOME, REACHING BACK TO BRUSH HIS HAIR AND FELT PINCHING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT UPPER BACK. DX THORACIC STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
TRAPEZIUS STRAIN-WHILE COMBING HAIR YESTERDAY HURT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT DROPPED HAIR BRUSH ONTO TOP OF FOOT DX FOOT HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
19 Y.O. B FEMALE W/WRIST CONTUSION. PT INJ SELF W/A HAIR BRUSH @ H OME. E9179
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT SELF W/ HAIR BRUSH; TOOTH FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2002	Age: 9 years	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
PT PLAYING W/ FAMILY MEMBER HIT IN EYE W/ HAIR PICK DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2002	Age: 9 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
HAD COMB IN MOUTH AND SIBLING BUMPED INTO HIM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2002	Age: 29 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
CORN ABR. PT POKED HERSELF IN EYE WITH A HAIRBRUSH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CONJUNCTIVITIS OS - SOMETHING WENT INTO EYE WHEN BRUSHING HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT TWISTED NECK AWKWARDLY WHILE BRUSHING HAIR AT HOME, FELT N ECK PAIN; CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2002	Age: 17 years	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
ACUTE CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SCALP LAC-HIT IN THE HEAD ACCIDENTLY WIT H A HAIR BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT. WAS HIT WITH A HAIR BRUSH WHEN SOMEONE THREW IT AND IT HIT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HURT NECK WHILE COMBING HAIR WITH COMB DX: ABRASION TO NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2002	Age: 14 years	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, First aid equipment
PATIENT POKED IN EAR WITH LONG END OF COMB OR HAIR PICK LAST NIGHTHAD B LOOD ON *** WHEN CLEANING EAR; EAR TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 23 years	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
PT DX RT EXTERNAL EAR CANAL LACERATION - S/P STICKING COMB IN EAR AND SCRATCH IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR AND FELT POP IN NECK. LT CERVICAL STRAIN. DO NOT CONTACT PT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
$LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS USING A HAIRBRUSH AND INJURED EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT PIERCED HAND WITH THE END OF A RAT TAIL COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2002	Age: 26 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
1 HR AGO STUCK A SHARP END OF A COMB IN HER R EAR. DX. ABRA R EAR CANAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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