Family trips to lakes, pools and other bodies of water make for enjoyable, lasting memories, especially during the hot summer months. Unfortunately, not all of these trips have a happy ending due to unsafe diving practices.
Each year, hundreds of divers, primarily young people, are paralyzed from neck and spine injuries caused by diving head first into shallow lakes and pools. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), more than 21,500 people were treated in emergency rooms, doctors’ offices and clinics as a result of diving-related injuries. Approximately 7,366 of those injuries were children ages 16 and younger.
Orthopaedic surgeons experience and treat the first-hand devastation that these injuries cause, not just for the victims, but also for their families. Before plunging into any shallow, or unknown water, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), the American Spine Injury Association (ASIA) and the Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS) would like to remind individuals to think carefully about the body of water they are jumping into and practice safe diving skills.
«Everyone needs to be trained to dive safely,» said AAOS spokesperson and orthopaedic surgeon Brett A. Taylor, MD. «Safe diving skills don’t come naturally, they have to be learned. With neck and spine injuries being the most common diving injuries, a good rule of thumb for divers is to dive feet first in unknown water.»
Consider the following AAOS, ASIA and CSRS safety tips to prevent diving injuries:
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