In article <006c01c1acf7$e2767c40$a4947dc2@pcwhj>, John Ryan
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> While not evidence based I do believe the opinion of the
> stakeholder should be listened to. In that regard I must confess to
> having my first ? significant head injury while snowboarding about
> 6 weeks ago. I fell backwards with an incline of about 210 degrees
> ie: my fall from standing being 120 degrees banging my occiput on
> hard ice and not a very great velocity. I certainly felt stunned,
> loss of consciousness ? hmm, probbaly not, stunned ? Yes, Dazed
> ? yes, Stars ? yes. But I got up and continued.
Hi John
Out of interest, do you wear wrist guards when boarding? One of A+E
docs here in Whistler says that they see 10 wrist fractures in boarders
per day in the busy season. He said he has seen none in those wearing
wrist guards (and no evidence of injuries just being displaced to
another location). Having said that the number of boarders wearing
guards seems to be very low
Cheers
--
Jel Coward
The UK Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician and Command Physician course is
10-16th November 2002 at Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore, Scotland
http://www.wildmedic.org
http://www.wemsi.org
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