Accidents - Hair dryers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,812
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	291
Year 1999:	70
Year 2000:	233
Year 2001:	149
Year 2002:	15
Year 2003:	211
Year 2004:	244
Year 2005:	303
Year 2006:	117
Year 2008:	101
Year 2010:	71

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/19/2010	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers, Chairs
NEAR SYNCOPE: 86YOF GETTING HER HAIR DONE, HAIR DRYER GOING,LIGHTHEADED KIND OF "BLACKED OUT" IN CHAIR FOR A MINUTE, VOMITED ONCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2008	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
90 YOF WAS GETTING HAIR DONE, SITTING UNDERNEATH HAIR DRYER WHEN SHE BE CAME UNRESPONSIVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers, Chairs
SUDDENLY DEVELOPED DIZZINESS&LIGHTHEADNESS WHILE SITTING ON A CHAIR WIT H HEAD UNDER THE DRYER @ HAIR SALON THEN PASSED OUT>>SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
VASO-VAGAL SYNCOPE/93YOF AT SENIOR LIVING HOME, WHILE SITTING UNDER HAI R DRYER THIS AM, HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
SYNCOPE-STATES HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE AFTER SITTING UNDER A HOT HAIR DR YER FOR 40 MINUTES.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/14/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers, Chairs
PT AT HAIDRESSER AND UNDER HAIR DRYER GOT UP FROM CHAIR AND FAINETED DX: DEHYDRATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/15/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Hair dryers
HAIR DRYER SHORTED OUT AND FELT A SHOCK TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hair dryers
ALLERGIC REACTION-DEVELOPED ITCHING AFTER USING NEW HAIR DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2005	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
@BEAUTY SHOP, UNDER HAIR DRYER, BECAME, HOT, SYNCOPAL EPISODE, DX; SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2005	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
PT UNDER DRYER @ SALON & FELT SICK ACUTE SYNACOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/23/2005	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
GOT WEAK WHILE USING HAIR DRYER DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2005	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
DIZZY, WEAK, SOB WHILE UNDER HAIR DRYER DX; NEAR SYNCOPE SECONDARY TO HAIR DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2005	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE SITTING UNDER HAIR DRYER AT BEAUTY SHOP, GOT REA LLY HOP, VOMITED. DX. SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2004	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
SYNCOPE,BRADYCARDIA,HYPOTENSION - NEAR SYNCOPE WHEN HAVING HAIR BLOWDRY ED AT BEAUTY SALON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2004	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE - BECAME WEAK WHEN USING HAIR DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2004	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
87 YO F SITTING UNDER HAIR DRYER HAS SYNCOPAL EPISODE SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2004	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
78 YO F PASSED UNDER HAIR DRYER SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2004	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
SYNCOPAL EPISODE - SYNCOPE WHEN GETTING OUT FROM UNDER HAIR DRYER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/09/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
SYNCOPE - HAD UNRESPONSIVE EPISODE WHEN UNDER HAIR DRYER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
NEAR SYNCOPE - PASSED OUT WHEN UNDER HOT HAIR DRYER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/15/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
SYNCOPE EPISODE WHILE SITTING UNDER HAIR DRYER AT BEAUTY SHOP. DX. SYN COPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
GOT WEAK UNDER HAIR DRYER AT BEAUTY SHOP DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2003	Age: 101 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
VASOVAGAL EPSIODE-WHILE UNDER HAIR DRYER-AT BEAUTY SHOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
PALPITATIONS-STARTED WHILE USING BLOW DRYER ON HER HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2001	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers, Crutches, canes or walkers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2001	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2001	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/18/2001	Age: 61 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: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2000	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2000	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers, Chairs
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2000	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2000	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/1999	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/1999	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/1999	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/1999	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/1998	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/1998	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/1998	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/1998	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/15/1998	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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