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Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - Year 2004 - Ear

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,325
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Date: 12/13/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK HAIRPIN IN EAR & STARTED BLEEDING. DX: TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL TRAUMA-C/O RT EAR BLEEDING AFTER PT'S MOTHER TR IED TO CLEAN EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN. NO LOSS OF HEARING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2004Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
EARDRUM INJURY-STUCK A BOBBY PIN IN EAR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/17/2004Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT WAS CLEANING HIS EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN. INJURED EAR DRUM. DX-PERFORATED EAR DRUM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
STUCK HAIR BOW IN EAR AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2004Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT DX PERFORATED RT TM ( RT EAR) - SS/P STUCK A HAIR PIN TO RT EAR AND WAS BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT POKED A BOBBY PIN IN EAR TO CLEAN IT OUT. DX: INJURY TO EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2004Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CONTUSION TO EAR STUCK HAIRPIN IN R EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
MOM STUCK A HAIRPIN IN PT'S EAR WHEN TRYING TO CLEAN OUT EAR. DX: CERUMEN IMPACTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT C/O RT EAR PAIN TODAY, PT PTU A BOBBY PIN IN EAR DX OTITIS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2004Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT STUCK A BOBBY PIN IN HIS HIS LEFT EAR. DX-ABRASION LEFT EXTERNAL EAR CANAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CHILD STUCK A BOBBY PIN IN EAR AND HAS PAIN. NEEDS PIN REMOVED. D: FORE IGN BODY, EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK A HAIR CLIP INTO EAR. DX: EAR TRAUMA (RIGHT)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT PLACED HAIR BEADS IN EACH EAR. DX: FOREIGN BODY EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT C/O PAIN TO RT EAR DUE TO PUTTING HAIRPIN IN THE EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT HAD BOBBY PIN PLACED IN LT EAR BY OLDER SIBLING -- MOM NOTED BLOOD F ROM EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2004Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT. WAS PLAYING NEAR HAIRPINS, PT. BEGAN TO CRY AND HOLD EAR. DX. FB E AR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2004Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
STUCK BOBBY PIN IN EAR OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
STUCK BOBBY PIN INTO EAR DX. EAR CANAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2004Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SCRAPED EAR WITH HAIRPIN WHILE TRYING TO GET BUG OUT OF EAR, LACERAT ION TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2004Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT TRIED TO CLEAN EAR WITH BOBBYPIN, INJURED EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2004Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT USING BOBBIE PIN TO CLEAN EAR (PT PUSHED TO FAR IN EAR WHEN CHILD JU MPED ON BED SHE WAS SITTING ON. DX: PERFORATED L TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
USED HAIR PIN TO CLEAN EAR LAC EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT PUT PURPLE HAIR BEAD IN EAR AT HOME; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
DAD USED BOBBY PIN TO REMOVE EAR WAX ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA & OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PUNCTURED EAR WITH BOBBY PIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK A BOBBY PIN IN EAR - BLEEDING. D: INJURY TO RIGHT EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2004Age: 21 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
STUCK HAIR PIN INTO EAR DX. EAR CANAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SUST INJURY TO EAR FROM HAIR PIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
BOY AT SCHOOL PUT HAIR BEAD IN PATIENT'S EAR; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT'S MOTHER TRIED TO REMOVE EAR WAX FROM RIGHT EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN AND NOTICED BLOOD FROM EAR CHILD SCREAMING- LACERATION EARDRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CONTUSED EAR WHEN SCRATCHED WITH BOBBY PIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/15/2004Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PERFORATED RT TM-@ HOME-PT STUCK A BOBBY PIN IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2004Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT PRESENTS WITH DULL ACHING PAIN IN RIGHT EAR - DECREASED HEARING - ONSET AFTER USING HAIRPIN TO "DIG" IN EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2004Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT USED EAR DROPS AND DUG IN EAR WITH BOBBY PIN, DEV PAIN, DX CERUMEN I MPACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
EAR LAC-CUT ON METAL HAIR CLIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/07/2004Age: 21 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT POKED BOBBY PIN INTO RT EAR YEST C/O PN, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2004Age: 17 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
POKED EAR W/ BOBBY PIN DX TRAMA EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/24/2004Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT C/O FOREIGN BODY SENSAION S/P PATIENT USED A HAIR PIN IN EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
14 Y.O. B MALE W/LAC TO EAR. PT WAS CLEANING OUT HIS EAR W/A BOBBY PIN & INJ SELF @ HOME. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2004Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT PULLED HAIR CLIP OUT OF HAIR CUTTING HER RT EAR, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WITH HAIR PIN STUCK INTO LT EAR EARLIER TODAY NOW WITH BLEEDING, CO NTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PER FATHER CHILD HAS A HAIR BEAD IN EAR DX WHEN CHILD SNEEZED IT CAME OUT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 02/04/2004Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
32 Y.O. W FEMALE W/EAR CONTUSION. PT WAS CLEANING HER EAR OUT W/A BOBBY PIN & STUCK IT TOO FAR @ HOME. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK BOBBY PIN INTO RT EAR, ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
7 Y.O. B FEMALE W/FB REMOVAL TO EAR. PT STS A HAIR BEAD GOT STUCK IN HE R EAR @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
STUCK BOBBY PIN INEAR AND ABRASED EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2004Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PUNCTURED EAR WITH BOBBY PIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2004Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT BURNED EAR W/CURLING IRON 3 DAYS AGO. DX: L EAR BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2004Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
OTITIS EXTERNA-PAIN SINCE SHE CLEANED HER EAR W/ A BOBBY PIN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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