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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 850
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| 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: 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: 12/05/2004 | 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: 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: 10/15/2004 | 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: 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: 09/22/2004 | 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: 09/18/2004 | 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: 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: 08/29/2004 | 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: 08/17/2004 | 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: 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: 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: 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: 06/12/2004 | 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: 06/03/2004 | 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: 05/16/2004 | 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: 05/07/2004 | 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: 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: 04/13/2004 | 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: 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: 03/22/2004 | 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: 03/14/2004 | 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: 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: 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 |
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