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A Review of Fatal Injuries Associated with Downhill Skiing
- Source :
- The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. 14:12-16
- Publication Year :
- 1993
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 1993.
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Abstract
- 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. Language: en
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Engineering
animal structures
Adolescent
Injury control
Poison control
Wounds, Nonpenetrating
Suicide prevention
Occupational safety and health
Alberta
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Skiing
Cause of Death
Injury prevention
medicine
Forensic engineering
Humans
Child
Public education
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
business.industry
Human factors and ergonomics
Middle Aged
musculoskeletal system
Survival Rate
Blunt trauma
Emergency medicine
Female
business
human activities
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01957910
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ad7cbf35828fb9c3364a80987e9a9e26