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Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Ear

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 173
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Date: 08/07/2006Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
STUCK BOBBY PIN INTO EAR/EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2006Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SCRATCHED EAR WITH BOBBY PIN, PAIN-OTITIS EXTERNIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2006Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT STUCK HAIR CLIP IN EAR, EAR BLEEDING DX: ABRASIONS LEFT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2006Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
F.B . IN EAR - TRIED TO REMOVE MOTH FROM EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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