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Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,392
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:913Ear:723
Face:529Neck:465
Mouth:275Shoulder:256
Hand:189Head:177
Lower Trunk:174Internal:156
Foot:136All Of Body:84
Upper Trunk:83Wrist:82
Ankle:66Upper Arm:41
Finger:31Unkown:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/31/2005Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WENT TO BRUSH HER HAIR AND FELT A PULL IN RIGHT SHOULDER STRAINED SH OULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/30/2005Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BRUSHING HAIR, FELT SOMETHING POP IN NECK DX NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/26/2005Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
32 YOF POKED RIGHT EYE WITH HAIRBRUSH/ CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/26/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CORNEAL ULCER-ACCIDENTLY HIT EYE W/ COMB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/23/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT PASSED OUT WHEN BRUSHING HAIR AFTER TAKING HOT SHOWER LAST NIGH T, HIT SIDE OF FACE; CHEEK ABRASION, SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LYING DOWN GOT A PIEC OF COMB INTO EAR " FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Floors or flooring materials
SYNCOPE: FACIAL CONTUSION: PATIENT WAS BRUSHING HAIR, NEXT THING PT WAS LYING ON FLOOR, HEMATOMA FRONTAL AREA, PT HAS NOT EATEN TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/18/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CONTUSED EYE WITH HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CONTUSION R EAR, PT COMBING HER HAIR & SUST INJURY AT HOME, C/O PAIN, EARACHE, TENDERNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LAC L UPPER EYELID, PARENTS ST PT PLAYING W/A SIBLING, STRUCK W/A HAIR BRUSH AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ACCIDENTALLY STUCK"RAT TAIL" COMB IN EAR PUNCTURE RT T.M.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2005Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Ceilings and walls
PT. TRIPPED OVER SUITCASE, LANDED AGAINST WALL. DX. CONT L SHOULDER, F OREARM, UPPER ARM, ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
1CM FOREHEAD LAC-SISTER THREW HAIRBRUSH @ PT-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2005Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
18 YO INJURED HAND ON RAT TAIL COMB PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2005Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT BRUSHED HAIR, ONSET SEVERE NECK PAIN. DX-NECK SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2005Age: 91 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT LACERATED HEAD WITH A COMB AT HOME, LIVES WITH SON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
COMBING HAIR AND COMB GOT STUCK HURT NECK WHILE TRYING TO PULL THE COMB OUT OF HIS HAIR,AT ER FOR UNRESOLVING NECK PAIN; ACUTE NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HAD COMB HIT FOREHEAD. DX: FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BROTHER TREW HAIRBRUSH, STRUCK PT'S F.HEAD ' LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT COMBING HAIR LAST NIGHT AND HIT EYE WITH BRISTLES OF BRUSH. D: CORNE AL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2005Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
C/O LOW BACK PAIN, DEVELOPED WHILE COMBING HAIR, DX; LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
2 YO PLAYING W/COMB IN MOUTH INJURED LIP LAC LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2005Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CONTUSION TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK BY A BRUSH AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2005Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT STATES PULLING BACK OUT WHEN REACHING OUT FOR COMB DX:LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2005Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CERVICAL STRAIN.PT WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND HAD A TANGLE AND ROLLED NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2005Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN FACE WITH A HAIR BRUSH BY SON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CHILD PLACED A "TOOTH" OF A HAIRCOMB UP NOSTRIL. D: FOREIGN BODY, NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SCALP MINOR LAC-INJURY OCCURRED WHILE COMBING HAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT GOT A PIEC EOF HAIRBRUSH STUCK IN EAR. D XEAR FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Ceilings and walls
PUNCTURE R EAR DRUM, PT INSERTED HANDLE OF A COMB, STRUCK A WALL & SUST INJURY AT HOME, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2005Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ABRASION TO EAR WHEN USING A COMB AND IT STRUCK EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT PLAYING WITH RAT-TAILED COMB TONIGHT, FELL & END OF COMB WENT INTO L SIDE OF NECK. DX: SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
RT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND POKED IN EYE WITH BRUSH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/12/2005Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR & SHE FELT A SNAP IN LT SIDE OF HER NECK HAS PAIN & INABILITY TO TURN HEAD. DX - CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PUNCTURE EAR - 5 YOM ACCIDENTALLY WAS POKED IN HIS LEFT EAR WITH A RAT- TAIL COMB BY 2 Y/O SISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2005Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HOMELESS PT AWOKE IN FIELD TODAY, STOOD UP TO COMB HAIR, "LEGS GAVE OUT ON ME" & FELL. MULTIPLE FALLS RECENTLY. D: WEAKNESS, FALL. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/26/2005Age: 9 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SWALLOWED PIECE OF HAIR BUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2005Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SCRATCHING EAR WITH END OF COMB DX. EAR CANAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
FOREIGN BODY INGESTION: AT *** HOSPITAL, SWALLOWED METAL FROM`HAIRBRUSH BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STUCK TAIL OF COMB INTO EAR DX. EAR CANAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2005Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT POKED IN EYE WITH BRUSH; EYE CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT PUNCTURED HIS EAR WHILE CLEANING W/A POINTED HANDLE PART OF THE COMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2005Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Doorsills or frames
PT SCRATCHING EAR WITH END OF PLASTIC COMB WHEN HIT HEAD ON DOORWAY & C OMB JAMMED INTO EAR. D:PERFORATION, TIMPANIC MEMBRANE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ACCIDENTALLY STUCK EAR WITH A PICK COMB DX: NO DX. OR INFO ON CHART PT. LEFT PRIOR TO BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 09/08/2005Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT STRUCK IN MOUTH WITH HAIRBRUSH BY 2 YR OLD BROTHER, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT PLAYING WITH A COMB PUNCTURED LT EAR WITH COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2005Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FOUND LYING ON CARPETED FLOOR, MOM PICKED HIM UP AND HE VOMITED BLOOD W/MILK, WAS PLAYING WITH COMB FOUND LYING NEXT TO HIM; UVULA LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT HAD PREVIOUS HEAD WOUND 10 YEARS AGO, HAD PERM DONE 2-3 DAYS A GO, WAS COMBING HAIR AND NOTED BLOOD, HAS HEADACHE; HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
POSSIBLE SEIZURE EPISODE AT HOME AFTER COMBING HAIR THIS AM. MAY HAVE HAIR BRUSH SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STUCK COMB IN EAR DX: EAR TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT DX PERFORATED RT TM - PT C/O BLEEDING TO RT EAR AFTER TAIL COMB PUNCTURE EAR LAST NIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
POINTED END OF COMB PUSHED INTO EAR BY SISTER PUNTURE EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2005Age: 11 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
FELL WITH BRUSH IN MOUTH DX. PW PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT DX RT EAR FOREIGN NBODY - WAS COMBING HAIR AND PIECE OF COMB WENT INTO RT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HIT IN L EYE WITH A NYLON HAIR BRUSH BY TODDLER SIBLING ABOUT 15 MIN AGO. DX: L CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2005Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Ceilings and walls
PT C/O RT EAR PAIN. PT HAD COMB IN EAR AND RAN INTO WALL. DX PERFORATED TM RT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2005Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ABRASION TO EAR WHEN USING A COMB AND STRUCK EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
60 YO FEMALE HIT RIGHT EYE ON WITH BRUSH TWO DAYS AGO TRAUMATIC IRITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT PLAYING IN BASEMENT AT HOME, NEIGHBOR FRIEND THREW HAIR COMB AT HER AND HIT ON FOREHEAD; FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT PALATE LACERATION WITH METAL HANDLE OF HAIR BRUSH CAUGHT IN MOU TH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2005Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PTS GIRLFRIEND WAS THROWING HIM A HAIR BRUSH WHEN HE MISSED IT AND IT S TRUCK HIM IN THE FACE LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2005Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT C/O STICKING HAIRBRUSH IN THE CORNER OF HER EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT C/O "THE TAIL OF A COMB CATCHED ME IN MY RT EYE YESTERDAY"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2005Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS POKED SELF IN EYE WITH HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS RUNNING WITH A COMB & FELL HURTING NECK DX: NECK INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2005Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT WITH HAIR BRUSH ABRASION CORNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT PUNCTURED RT HAND WITH COMB C/O PAIN PUNCTURE WOUND RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2005Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
C/O NECK PAIN AFTER COMBING HAIR DX: CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT WAS JUMPING ON A COUCH AT HOME AND HAD A COMB IN HIS MOUTH AND SLIPP ED AND JAMMED THE COMB IN THE SOFT PALLET OF MOUTH.DX:SOFT PALLET INJUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
EYEBROW LACERATION, HIT WITH HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2005Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT ACCIDENTLY PUT END OF COMB IN EAR C/O PAIN DX:EAR ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT POKED SELF IN LT EYE WITH METAL HAIR PICK, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT IN FIGHT WITH BROTHER, HIT IN MOUTH WITH HAIRBRUSH, LAC LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2005Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LEFT FOOT CONTUSION-C/O PAIN AND SWELLING TO FOOT AFTER DROPING A HAIRB RUSH ON IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LAC R FOOT, PT PLAYING W/SIBLING, STEPPED ON A COMB & SUST INJURY, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN, ROM LIMITED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2005Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT GRABBED MOM'S METAL PICK & CUT INSIDE OF HIS MOUTH. LEFT ER BEFORE SEEN.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 05/22/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT POKED SELF WITH HAIRBRUSH; EYE CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2005Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
22 YOF POKED INSIDE OF HER EAR WITH SHARP POINT OF A HAIRBRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SOMEONE THREW HAIRBRUSH @ PT DX FACE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Beds or bedframes
11 YO JUMPED ON BED AND GOT STUCK W/COMB IN ABDOMEN PUNCTURE WOUND ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/26/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
NOTICED TICK ON SCALP WHEN BRUSHING HAIR; FB REMOVED FROM SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2005Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PUNCTURE TYPANIC MEMBRANE - 64 YOF WAS USING A HAIR PICK WHEN SHE POKED HER RIGHT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
NECK PAIN-STARTED WHILE BRUSHING HER HAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT POKED SELF IN EYE WITH A HAIRBRUSH AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Stairs or steps
CONTUSION ABDOMEN - 15 YOF GOT UP IN THE DARK AND FELL DOWN THE STAIRS LANDING ON HER HAIRBRUSH, C/O RIGHT LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2005Age: 14 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Beds or bedframes
MOTHER TOSSED HAIRBRUSH ONTO BED THIS A.M., HIT CHILD UNDER L EYE DX: CONTU L PERIORBITAL REGION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/15/2005Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SWALLOWED A PLASTIC TOOTH OFF A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2005Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SHOULDER POPPED, WHILE BRUSHING HAIR SHOULDEER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2005Age: 7 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT CHEWING ON BRISTLES OF HAIR BRUSH, CHEWED ONE OFF AND SWALLOWED IT F B INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2005Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT'S NECK POPPED WHILE BRUSHING HAIR. DX-CERVICAL NECK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2005Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT SCRATCHED RIGHT EYE WITH A BIG TOOTH COMB. DX-RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2005Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR AT HOME TWISTED HEAD TO GET TO THE HAIRBRUSH AND FELT A POP IN NECK STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2005Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
16 YOF CUT MOUTH WHEN STRUCK BY HAIR BRUSH LAC LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STANDING WHILE MOM WAS DOING HAIR BRUSHING HAIR WHEN SHE FAINTED HITTING HEAD D SYNCOPAL EPISODE W HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LEFT CORN ABR. PT WAS COMBING HAIR AND POKED EYE WITH BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
DX NECK STRAIN: COMBING HAIR AT HOME, TWISTED NECK FUNNY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT PASSED OUT WHILE MOM BRUSHING PT'S HAIR. FELL & HIT MOUTH. DX: SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
44 YO FEMALE FELT A POP WHILE BRUSHING HAIR ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2005Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
RIGHT EAR PAIN. PT POKED INSIDE OF EAR WITH A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
CERVICAL STRAIN - 10 YOF HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE HAIR WAS BEING BR USHED BY MOTHER AND FELL, C/O NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
12 YO FEMALE WAS HIT IN MOUTH WITH A COMB FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/07/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
BRUSHING HAIR - FELT POP WHEN ARM WAS ABOVE HEAD SHOULDER BURSITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2005Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
50 YO USING HAIRBRUSH DEVELOPED SHOULDER PAIN STRAIN SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/24/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT COMBING HAIR WHEN STARTED TO FEEL DIZZY, FELL ON BATHROOM FLOOR ; NEAR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2005Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
WAS BRUSHING HAIR W/R ARM, FELT SOMETING POP ON R SIDE OF NECK. DX. ST RAIN NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2005Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT BRUSHING HAIR AT HOME SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT SUSTAINED INJURY TO LT EAR WITH HANDLE OF COMB - SISTER PUT END OF COMB IN EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2005Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LACERATION HAND - 26 YOM SUSTAINED A SMALL LACERATION TO HIS LEFT PALM FROM A METAL BRUSH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT AT HOME COMBING HORSE FB IN EYE DX FB R UPPER EYELID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Floors or flooring materials
PT AT HOME STEPPED ON HAIR BRUSH ON FLOOR TWISTED ANKLE DX L ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
SYNCOPE C/O DIZZINESS PASSING OUT WHILE BRUSHING HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT. CUT W/COMB AT HAIRDRESSERS. DX. LAC FACIAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT C/O NECK & UPPER BACK PAIN SINCE BRUSHING HER HAIR - CERVICAL STR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/04/2005Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT AT HOME REACHING UP TO BRUSH HAIR WHEN SHE FELT A PULL IN CHEST STRA INED CHEST MUSCLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
ACCIDENTALLY POKED SELF IN THE EYE WITH HAIRBRUSH DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
STUCK TAIL OF COMB INTO EAR DX. EAR CANAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2005Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT TURNED HEAD FAST TO LOOK AT SOMETHING WHILE COMBING HAIR, INJURIED N ECK SUSTAINED" CERVICAL STRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
POKED IN THE EYE BY A HAIR PICK CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2005Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT COMBING HIS HAIR WHEN HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT EAR WITH THE COMB ABRASION EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
WRIST PAIN. PT DEVELOPED WRIST PAIN WHEN BRUSHING HAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2005Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
LAC WRIST - CUT WRIST WITH A COMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Beds or bedframes
CONT. R HAND, MOTHER STS PT JUMPED ONTO THE BED & SUST INJURY WITH A COMB, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, TENDERNESS, NORMAL ROM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2005Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HAS LBP SINCE BRUSHING HAIR THIS MORNING AT HOME. DX: LBP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2005Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT HAD PX BRUSHING HAIR. DX: R SHOULDER STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
HIT SELF IN EYE WITH A HAIRBRUSH. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2005Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PUNCTURE L HAND, PT STS STABBED WITH A COMB DURING A GAME AT HOME, C/O PAIN, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT, NO FB EMBEDDED..
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
TP WAS CLEANING A HAIRBRUSH WHEN ONE OF THE BRISTLES SLID UNDNEATH LT T HUMB NAIL SUSTAINED" FINGER FOREIGN BODY REMVOAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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