A Review of Fatal Injuries Associated with Downhill Skiing
作者:
Suzanne Tough,
John Butt,
期刊:
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
(OVID Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 14,
issue 1
页码: 12-16
ISSN:0195-7910
年代: 1993
出版商: OVID
关键词: Downhill skiing fatalities;Trauma;Alberta;Canada
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Reviewed here are those circumstances surrounding 18 downhill skiing deaths in Alberta, Canada. Variables that elevate the risk of injury and death are highlighted. This study profiles the fatally injured skier. The individual most likely to die while downhill skiing is an experienced male skier, average age 31 years. He loses control while skiing too fast and strikes an object, resulting in fatal blunt trauma injuries. The ability to define characteristics of the individual at risk of a fatal ski injury is important to the design and implementation of injury prevention programs. Public education targeted to those at risk may reduce the incidence of death and injury in downhill skiing.
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