Kansas City Parents Prepare For Sledding Accidents

Now is the time to start thinking about what will come too soon: sledding season.  Yes, we want to inform parents well in advance about the dangers presented by sledding in the winter months so that when that unexpected snow day comes your children will be prepared to play safely out in the snow. 

The topic of sledding has been ringing through the ears of the media right now because researchers at Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio recently published new findings on the annual average of children who are injured in winter recreational activities, one of the most common being sledding.  What did they find?  Between the years 1997 and 2007, at least 230,000 children were injured in snow-related activities.  The researchers further breakdown that statistic to show that on average, at least 20,000 children were injured annually.  Seeing as how this trend is expected to continue, we want to urge parents to prepare well in advance for fun in the snow, instead of watching the kids run out the door with a makeshift sled before you can even yell "Bye!" back to them.

Another thing to keep in mind is the inclination of little boys to be injured more frequently than little girls.  This is a well-supported finding in all arenas of physical activity, and the findings in sledding accidents were no different.  Once again, boys well-outnumbered girls for wintertime accidents.  More specifically, the age group of boys more likely to be injured was projected to be between ten and fourteen years of age. 

Gender aside, there are other things to keep in mind when preparing your child for the snow.  One of the most important being the common types of injury.  Accounting for 26% of all outdoors winter activities was bone fractures with a close second being cuts and bruises at 25%.  Other prevalent injury types include strains and sprains and brain injuries.  The last injury type, brain injuries, being especially important to mention.  First, because although brain injuries are not the most prevalent, the head region is the most frequently injured (approximately 34% of the time) in a variety of forms.  This is worth mentioning because the brain area is especially sensitive and requires a considerable amount of protection, without this extra protection the brain can be injured irreversibly.  Unlike cuts and bruises, injuries to the brain cannot always be healed. 

If a child you love has been injured as the result of an accident situation, we urge you to contact the attorneys of Roswold Law Group right away.  Our Kansas City Child Injury and Accident Lawyers want to see your child get back on their feet and receive the justice and compensation they deserve.