Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - Year 2002 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 21
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

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: 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

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