Why skiers wearing helmets still get a serious head injury?
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Michael Schumacher skiing
Will start soon , therefore the lovers of this sport it's time to think about their safety. To avoid injury, almost every third-party active holiday, buys sportswear and a helmet, which is designed to protect the head. However, medical personnel from the U.S. state of new Hampshire noticed that despite the increase in the number of skiers wearing helmets in the hospital still treats a lot of athletes with head injuries. So as it turns out, is a sports clothing useless in terms of protection from injuries is possible when skiing? It turned out that no accidents to blame the skiers.
To find out why when wearing a protective helmet, people still get injuries, the researchers, headed by Andrew Crockett conducted a rather extensive survey. According to the publication , they studied data on 721 patients, who from 2010 to 2018 was treated in the emergency Department of the medical center Dartmouth-Hitchcock received when skiing injuries of the head. It turned out that more than half of these patients were injured, while in the helmets.
the Main rule when skiing
However, the researchers noticed that skiers wearing helmets have not received fractures of the cranial bones, that is, the equipment was still use. But at the same time, these people often had intracranial hemorrhage as well as severe injuries and fractures of the thorax and other bones. From this, the researchers concluded that skiers wearing helmets under a false sense of security risked much more vulnerable athletes and rode on dangerous slopes. It is because of his arrogance, they .
The researchers Also noticed that worn on the heads of skiers helmets can mislead emergency responders. For example, seeing into trouble athlete's helmet, health workers may think that there is nothing wrong with him there. So, having only a superficial examination, they may release the victim home, although it can be a severe concussion with . Therefore, the rescue services, it is crucial to understand that helmets do not protect against intracranial injury and each victim needs to be a careful approach.
why Schumacher has suffered a head injury?
If the rescuers were aware of this, which may have been in 2013, a severe head injury racer Michael Schumacher today would be completely healthy. Recall that the famous party for more than five years is in serious condition due to hitting his head on a stone while skiing. First, health workers insisted that Schumacher has not received serious damage, but then the driver went into a coma. At the moment, except that he's alive, on the condition of the racer, little is known.
Schumacher suffered a head injury in 2013
It is Known that Schumacher's injury was received while riding out safe routes, that is, he probably overestimated their strength and dare to ride the notoriously dangerous slope. In this regard, the researchers strongly recommend that athletes take a sober assessment of their capabilities and never take the risk, even if they are fully dressed in a protective suit.
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