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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 25
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2004 | Age: 14 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: Combs or hairbrushes |
| MOM COMBING PT'S HAIR WHEN PT SLUMPED OVER & WOULDN'T RESPOND TO VOICE. DX: SYNCOPE & COLLAPS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| MOM COMBING PT'S HAIR & PT'S EYES ROLLED BACK IN HEAD WITH COLOR CHANGES AROUND LIPS & EYES. DX: SYNCOPE & COLLAPSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2004 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT PASSED OUT WHILE GETTING HAIR DRIED OR WHILE MOM WAS BRUSHING HAIR, FELL AND HIT WOODEN FLOOR, NO HX OF SEIZURE; SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT HAD 2 EPISODES OF SYNCOPE IN LAST MONTH, BOTH WHILE HAVING HAIR BRUSHED WITH NECK IN FULL EXTENSION; VASOVAGAL EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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