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Safety Measures To Put A Freeze On Winter Sports Injury
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) offers this advice: Don’t risk your neck for that fleeting moment of fun, because it takes only one moment for a life to change forever. Wear a helmet and follow other safety precautions to help put a freeze on winter sports injuries.
Every year, thousands of adults and children are treated at U.S. hospital emergency rooms for head and neck injuries related to winter sports. As a result, many people are left with permanent health problems, are paralyzed, or lose their lives. The following are a few true-life accounts from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC):
• A 38-year-old male skied off the marked trail and was found at the bottom of an embankment. He was not wearing a helmet, suffered severe head, chest and abdomen trauma and died from his injuries.
• A 19-year-old female was sledding and hit playground equipment at the bottom of the hill. She suffered severe head and abdominal trauma and died from her injuries.
• A 19-year-old male was snowboarding, hit his head, and was found unconscious. He was not wearing a helmet and suffered a cranial hemorrhage and concussion.
• A 14-year-old male took a fall while snowboarding. He suffered a spinal cord injury at C6 and was left quadriplegic.
• A 48-year-old female passenger on a snowmobile traveling at 30 mph was thrown during a crash. She was not wearing a helmet and suffered a vertebral fracture at L3-L4.
• A 17-year-old male was playing ice hockey and slid backwards into a wall, sustaining an avulsion fracture at C-4.
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