Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,404
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	577
6-15 years old:	850
16-25 years old:	694
26-50 years old:	820
50+ years old:	461

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	643	Ear:	643
Mouth:	430	Neck:	422
Face:	309	Head:	295
Lower Trunk:	185	Upper Trunk:	131
Shoulder:	118	Hand:	100
Finger:	58	All Of Body:	25
Foot:	22	Elbow:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2004	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT C/O LT EYE PAIN S/P HIT IN EYE W/A COMB LAST NIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2004	Age: 17 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
EAR CANAL TRAUMA-POKED A "RAT TAIL" COMB IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Sinks
PT LOST BALANCE WHILE BRUSHING HAIR, STRUCK HEAD ON SINK, SUSTAINED " HEAD HEMATOMA"
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: 12/21/2004	Age: 5 months	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
MOM NOTICED BUMP ON PT'S HEAD WHILE BRUSHING HER HAIR, UNKNOWN TRAUMA DX CHI LEFT PARIETAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 12/17/2004	Age: 25 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
STIFFNESS OF NECK AFTER BRUSHING HAIR CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2004	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Floors or flooring materials
PT. FELL WHILE BRUSHING HER HAIR AND LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARD S AT NH, FELL TO FLOOR. DX. R HIP CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ABRASION TO THROAT WHEN STUCK COMB IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2004	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
POKED EYE WITH A HAIRBRUSH DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2004	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
PT COMBING HAIR WHEN COMB STRUCK EYE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT STUCK HAIRBRUSH IN MOUTH; SOFT PALATE PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HAD NECK POP WHEN COMBING HAIR. HAD SYNCOPE AFTER NECK POPPED. D: SY NCOPE, NOS, DEHYDRATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT HIT ON EYE WITH A COMB AT SCHOOL; EYE INJURY/PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STRUCK IN MOUTH WITH HAIRBRUSH THROWN BY SISTER BROKEN UPPER TOOTH / LIP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT WAS BRUSHING HAIR AT HOME AND HEARD A POP IN HER NECK DX-NECK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	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. SCRATCHED HIS EYE WITH A COMB WHILE COMBING HAIR, THIS MORNING, AT HOME. EYE RED & WATERY. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT FELL ONTO A PLASTIC COMB AND THE TOOTH BROKE OFF INTO FOREHEAD FOREI GN BODY FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR AND INJURED HEAD. DX HEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT SUST INGURY TO MOUTH WITH COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2004	Age: 54 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
CORNEAL ABRASION - 54 YOF C/O LEFT EYE PAIN AFTER POKING SELF IN THE EY E WITH A HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2004	Age: 10 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 WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND INJURED NECK. DX NECK SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2004	Age: 21 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 WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE EYE WITH A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2004	Age: 25 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 R EAR CANAL, PT STS STABBED ACCIDENTALLY WITH A COMB BY HER BOYFRIE ND AT HOME, C/O SEVERE PAIN, BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2004	Age: 22 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 EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ONSET OF NECK PAIN WHILE BRUSHING HAIR, SUSTAINED " CERVICAL STRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2004	Age: 9 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, Beds or bedframes
PT CLIMBING ON BED FELL OFF WITH COMB IN MOUTH WITH PALATE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	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 WAS SCRATCHING EAR WITH A COMB AND TOOTH FELL OFF IN LT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
DAD WAS COMBING THE PT'S HAIR, PT TRIED TO PULL DAD AWAY, DAD WAS HOLDI NG ARM SUSTAINED" RT EBLBOW DISLOCATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
DX NECK STRAIN: BRUSHING HAIR AT HOME, INJURED NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2004	Age: 23 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
PATIENT HIT IN EYE WITH PLASTIC HAIR BRUSH AT HOME, BLOODY TEARS AND BL ODDY NOSE; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2004	Age: 21 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 TO EAR WHEN STRUCK SELF WITH COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2004	Age: 5 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
LT CORNEAL AB-HIT EYE W/A SMALL PLASTIC COMB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2004	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	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
MOM STAES SHE FOUND PT CRYING WITH A PIECE OF HAIR COMB STICKING OUTY O F RT EAR FX FB IN EAR + ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2004	Age: 22 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 RT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION - S/P SCRATCH WITH HAIR BRUSH LAST NIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT PUSHED TIP OF COMB INTO HAND; PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
16 YO FEMALE WAS HIT WITH HAIRBRUSH LACERATION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT RECEIVED A PUNCTURE OF HIS EAR FROM A COMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Floors or flooring materials
WHILE GETTING HAIR BRUSHED FELL ONTO FLOOR DX: CONTUSION SCALP, NEW ONSET SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2004	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT INJURED SHOULDER WHEN BRUSHING HAIR DX:SHOULDER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2004	Age: 15 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 WAS CLEANING HER RT EAR WITH TIP OF A COMB,SISTER BUMPED HER AND COMB STRUCK EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
RT SHOULDER DISLOCATION.PT WENT TO COMB HAIR AND SHOULDER POPPED OUT OF PLACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2004	Age: 16 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
16 MONTH OLD FEMALE PUT TAIL OF COMB IN EAR TM RUPTURE RIGHT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
NECK SPRAIN-PAIN WHILE COMBING HAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2004	Age: 36 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 WAS WALKING AND STEPPED ON A METAL COMB WITH PRICKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
POPPED NECK BRUSHING HAIR DX: CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	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
PIECE OF COMB IN R EAR. FOREIGN BODY EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2004	Age: 46 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
ACCIDENTLY PUNCTURE EAR W/ THE TAIL OF A COMB RIGHT EAR CANAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	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 ACCID POKED EYE W/BRISTLES OF HAIRBRUSH. DX: L CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2004	Age: 3 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
STUCJ COMB IN EAR TOOTH OF COMB IN EAR RIGHT EAR FOREIGN BODY RESOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT JABBED POINTY END OF PLASTIC COMB IN EAR, BLEEDING; EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2004	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT HAD HAIR BRUSH IN MOUTH, SQUIRMED OUT OF DAD'S ARMS AND JAMMED BRUSH INTO TOP OF MOUTH; ORAL CONTUSION
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: 08/29/2004	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WITH ABRASION TO UPPER CHEST FROM A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2004	Age: 2 years	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 C/O COMB STUCK IN HER MOUTH - ABRASION LT PALATE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
38 YEAR OLD MALE COMB SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT WITH NECK STIFFNESS WHEN BRUSHING HAIR 2 DAYS AGO, STILL WITH N ECK STIFFNESS; MUSCLE SPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2004	Age: 17 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
PATIENT BRUSHING HAIR AND FELT SOMETHING POP, NECK PAIN; STERNOCLEIDOMA STOID SPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT BRUSHING HAIR HARD, NECK SNAPPED AND PAIN RADIATED DOWN TO SOUL DER; NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 9 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
PT REPOTS SISTER THREW A PLASTIC COMB WHICH BROKE HITTING PT IN HEAD WI TH BLEEDING, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2004	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	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 RUNNING WITH HAIRBRUSH IN MOUTH FELL WITH BRUSH IN MOUTH WITH BLEEDI NG,LACERATION
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

Date: 07/30/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
26 YO FEMALE DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE COMBING HAIR WITH BRUSH ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2004	Age: 13 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
ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH HAIRBRUSH DX: FACIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2004	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WIITH COMB STUCK IN THROAT REMOVED BY MOM WITH GAGGING/BLEEDING, LAC ERATIONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HAD A HAIRBRUSH FALL ONTO LEFT HAND CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ACCIDENTLY STRUCK W/ A HAIR BRUSH BY DAUGHTER. ACUTE LAC RT ORBIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2004	Age: 64 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
CORNEAL ABRASION - 64 YOF C/O LEFT EYE PAIN SINCE FRIDAY AFTER HITTING SELF IN THE EYE WITH A HAIRBRUSH, ALSO SEEING GRAY BUBBLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
RT BUTTOCK PUNCTURE WOUND-SUS A SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT BUTTOCK AFTE R SITTING ON A COMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT. STATES COUSIN THREW A PLASTIC HAIR PICK AT HIM ALSO BURNED BY GREAS E LAST NIGHT. DX. LAC FH, BURN 1 DEG FACE/CHEST DUE TO HOT GREASE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SHARP POINT OF PLASTIC RAT TAIL COMB CAUGHT IN BACK OF THROAT WHEN DOIN G PUSHUPS; PUNCTURE INJURY, THROAT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STATES SITTING COMBING HER HAIR AND HAD ONSET OF RUQ ABDOMINAL PAIN. D X. ABDM PAIN, ANEMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
POKED COMB IN EAR PUNCTURE TM, EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STEPPED ON COMB DX: LAC FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
WENT TO PICK UP A METAL COMB BROUGHT IN BY TEACHER ANOTHER STUDENT ACC CUT FINGER LACERATION LEFT 2ND DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2004	Age: 23 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
LEFT EAR ABRASION.PT ACCIDENTLY STUCK A COMB IN EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LACERATION HEAD - PATIENT REPORTS HE CUT HEAD WHEN COMBING HAIR - SMALL LACERATION TO LEFT SIDE OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	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
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LT SIDE OF LOWER LIP W/A METAL COMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2004	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
PT BRUSHING HAIR WITH HAIR BRUSH C/O NECK PAIN CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2004	Age: 2 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
PT POKED WITH COMB IN MOUTH; MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2004	Age: 9 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
PT SUST LACERATION TO FOREHEAD CUT WITH BRUSH BY SISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
OPEN ARE TO BACK OF HEAD AFTER BEING HIT W/BRUSH DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	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 USING A HAIR BRUSH ON HIS HAIR WHEN HE STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE RIGHT E YE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2004	Age: 54 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LT CORNEAL AB-ACCIDENTLY HIT EYE W/A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2004	Age: 15 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 POINTED END OF COMP WENT INTO EAR THIS AM - STARTED BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SEVERE PAIN MID L CHEST THIS AM WHILE BRUSHING HAIR AT HOME. DX. ACUTE PRECORDIAL CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/29/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BROTHER THREW A HAIRBRUSH AND IT HIT PT IN MOUTH, CHIPPED FRONT TOOTH. D: PARTIAL AVULSION RIGHT 1ST UPPER TOOTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT. REACHED UP TO BRUSH HER HAIR THIS MORNING, FELT SOME MUSCLE STRAIN. DX. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN DORSAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Doors
EAR DRUM INJURY-HAD A "RATTAIL" COMB STICKING IN EAR-HIT COMB ON A HOUS E DOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2004	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
STUCK SELF IN EAR WITH A COMB DX: EAR ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Ceilings and walls
52 Y.O. B FEMALE W/PW TO EAR DRUM. PT STS A COMB HIT THE WALL & THEN ST RUCK HER EAR @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2004	Age: 17 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 PUNCTURE WOUND LT EAR DRUM W/A CUMB S/P FALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2004	Age: 6 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 TO RIGHT SIDE OF INNER MOUTH - PT WAS HIT IN THE MOUTH ACCIDENTALLY BY COUSIN WITH HAIRBRUSH. D: LACERATION ORAL MUCOSA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2004	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
PT CAME UP BEHIND HER DAUGHTER WHO WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR WITH A HAIRBRU SH ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN THE LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SCALP AB-APPARENTLY INJURED WHILE COMBING HER HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	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
PT WITH RAT TAIL COMB STUCK IN LT EAR WITH BLEEDING, CONTUSION/FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2004	Age: 12 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
BRUSH TOSSED TO FACE DX: LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2004	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
RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS USING A HAIR BRUSH ON HAIR AND INJURED EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2004	Age: 45 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
POKED IN EYE WITH HAIR BRUSH. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2004	Age: 14 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
PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD WITH A METAL HAIR PICK LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
13YOM-LACERATION UPPER LIP-ACCIDENTLY STRUCK WITH HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2004	Age: 76 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
76 Y/O W/FM RECEIVED CERVICAL STRAIN WHEN BRUSHING HAIR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2004	Age: 18 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
PT C/O PAIN TO RT SIDE OF NECK AFTER RAISING HER ARM TO BRUSH HER HAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PAIN BRUSHING DAUGHTERS HAIR DX. CHEST MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2004	Age: 2 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
MOM NOTICE TOOTH OF A RED COMB STICKING OUT OF PT' EAR DX, FB LT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2004	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT C/O CUT ON FACE. PT WAS STRUCK BY HAIR BRUSH. DX LAC TO FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2004	Age: 8 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
11 YRO COUSIN POKED RATTAIL COMB IN PATIENT'S EAR, EAR BLEEDING; EAR C ANAL ABRASION/TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2004	Age: 30 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 EAR BLEEDING AND PAIN AFTER CLEANING EAR WITH TAIL OF A COMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
RT EAR BLEEDING / TRAUMA-PT STUCK COMB IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2004	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
HIT IN EYE WITH COMB DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2004	Age: 39 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
BRUSHING HAIR AND SCRATCHED EYE WITH A BRUSH DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2004	Age: 5 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
ABRASION TO NOSE WHEN STRUCK BY COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CUT MOUTH WITH PLASTIC COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	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
HIT IN NOSE WITH WOODEN HAIR BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2004	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
24 Y.O. W FEMALE W/EAR CONTUSION. PT WAS SCRATCHING EAR W/A COMB & INJ SELF @ HOME. E9179
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ACUTE NECK PAIN - 16 YOF WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR THIS MORNING WITH SUDDEN ONSET OF RIGHT NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN, DECREASED ROM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2004	Age: 16 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 COMBING HAIR AT HOME WHEN SHE FELT A PULL IN LEFT SHOULDER STRAINED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2004	Age: 23 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 COMBING HER HAIR AT HOME WHEN SHE DISLOCATED HER RIGHT SHOULDER- HX OF PREVIOUS DISLOCATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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