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Accidents - Razors or shavers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 628
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2001:143
Year 2002:60
Year 2003:145
Year 2004:157
Year 2005:31
Year 2006:59
Year 2008:14
Year 2009:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/14/2009Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Razors or shavers
WAS USING RAZOR SHAVING AND GOT DIZZY AND BECAME UNRESPONSIVE/SYNCOPAL, OBSERVATION
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 06/02/2008Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Razors or shavers
PT WAS SITTING IN BATHROOM GETTING SHAVED AND SYNCOPIZED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/03/2006Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Razors or shavers
FELL WHILE SHAVING ADMITTED SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/01/2005Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Razors or shavers
PT BECAME WEAK 2 DAYS AGO WHILE SHAVING WITH RAZOR
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 10/09/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Razors or shavers
ABRASION FACE - 59 YOM WAS SHAVING AND BLEEDING HAS NOT STOPPED, TAKING ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2004Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Razors or shavers
PT C/O SYNCOPE. PT PASSED OUT WHILE SHAVING . DX SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/28/2004Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Razors or shavers
PT ON *** WAS SHAVING AND KNICKED A MOLE ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE UNABLE TO STOP THE BLEEDING BLEEDING MOLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2004Age: 90 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Razors or shavers
CUT HIMSELF SHAVING 2 HOURS AGO, UNABLE TO STOP BLEEDING, PT IS ON *** ** BLEEDING 2ND TO *****
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/17/2003Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Razors or shavers
NOSEBLEED AT HOME AT 2100 WHEN GETTING READY TO SHAVE, CONCERNED ASHE I S ON ***. DX EPISTAXIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2003Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Razors or shavers
PT STATES WHEN HE WAS SHAVING, HIS RT ARM BECAME NUMB. PT WAS ADMITTEDF OR CVA-CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/13/2002Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Razors or shavers
ON **** AND ***, CHIN STARTED BLEEDING AFTER SHAVING TONIGHT. SMAL L ABRASION TO CHIN, OVER ANTICOAGULATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2001Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Razors or shavers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2001Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Razors or shavers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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