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Accidents - Hair dryers - 6-15 years old - Year 2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 242
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:76Hand:63
Finger:63Head:17
Ear:15Face:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/29/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Hair dryers
6YOF SUSTAINED BURNS OF THE SCALP WHEN UNDER THE DRYER AT THE SALON@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2010Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair dryers
15YOF HIT HAND ON BLOW DRYER DX: HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2010Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair dryers
13YOF PT USING HAIR DRYER ON HER HAIR WHEN FAMILY DOG ATTACKED HER. BIT PT ON FACE. MULT LACS TO R CHEEK. DX FACIAL LACS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hair dryers
6 YOM SUS LAC TO EAR AFTER A HAIR DRYER FELL ON HIM%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2010Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
7 YOF,JUST OUT OF SHOWER,STANDING IN BATHROOM, MOM BLOW-DRYING PT'S HAI R,PT COLLAPSED DX: VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2010Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair dryers
14 YOM FINGER CONTUSION, REPORTS HITTING HIS HAND ON A HAIR DRYER AT SC HOOL, INJURED R 2ND FINGER,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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