Accidents - Combs or hairbrushes - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 473
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	81
Year 1998:	18
Year 1999:	64
Year 2001:	72
Year 2002:	21
Year 2003:	117
Year 2006:	5
Year 2007:	20
Year 2008:	6
Year 2010:	63

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	11
6-15 years old:	67
16-25 years old:	98
26-50 years old:	149
50+ years old:	145

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/18/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
52 Y/O/F INJURED ARM ON A COMB AT HOME DX/ RT ARM PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT AT SCHOOL AND STABBED IN ARM WITH SHARP END OF A COMB. NO ASSAULT. DX FB FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Clothing accessories
PT GOING THROUGH POCKETBOOK AND JABBED BY A METAL COMB/PICK. DX ARM IN JURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
C/O PT STATES WAS COMBING HAIR AND FELT A POP DX LT LOWER ARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
POKED BY COMB IN ARM, PIN HOLE SIZE PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PW LEFT FOREARM.PT INJURED FOREARM AFTER FALLING ON A COMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PT COMBING HAIR WITH COMB HOLDING RT ARM MILDLY PULLING NOW NOT MOVIN G ARM, DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
F B IN FOREARM - TOOTH OF COMB - METAL F B REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
PATIENT CUT HIMSELF ON A THINNING COMB. DX-LACERATION FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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

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

Date: 05/13/2001	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2001	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/1999	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/1999	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Doors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/1999	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/1999	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/1998	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/1997	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Combs or hairbrushes
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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