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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 872
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: 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: 12/21/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: 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: 12/19/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: 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: 12/07/2005 | Age: 8 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 |
| 1CM FOREHEAD LAC-SISTER THREW HAIRBRUSH @ PT-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: 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: 09/26/2005 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| SCRATCHING EAR WITH END OF COMB DX. EAR CANAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: 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: 09/22/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: 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: 09/14/2005 | 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 |
| 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: 08/27/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 08/24/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: 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: 08/23/2005 | 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 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: 08/20/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: 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: 08/16/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: 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: 06/19/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: 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: 06/11/2005 | Age: 12 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 |
| EYEBROW LACERATION, HIT WITH HAIRBRUSH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: 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: 05/09/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| SOMEONE THREW HAIRBRUSH @ PT DX FACE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2005 | 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 Trunk | Diagnosis: 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: 04/26/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 04/21/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: 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: 03/28/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 03/22/2005 | Age: 9 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 |
| 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: 03/15/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: 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: 03/09/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 12 YO FEMALE WAS HIT IN MOUTH WITH A COMB FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2005 | Age: 11 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, 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: 02/11/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: 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: 02/10/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: 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: 02/05/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: 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: 01/28/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: 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: 01/26/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: 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 |
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