Fall sports have arrived and unfortunately some children will get injured when practicing sports. Having to bring a child to the emergency room, especially during the pandemic, is every parent’s nightmare. Therefore parents should discuss sport injury prevention with their children and also make sure that coaches do follow safe…
Falls in construction are the main cause of construction worker deaths and injuries. In the US, every year around 200 workers die and 10,000 suffer personal injury after they fell on a construction site. To prevent and reduce fall accidents, every year since 2012, the Center for Construction Research and…
At least 3 teenagers suffered serious injury and were hospitalized and another one died after they participated in a new challenge on the popular Tik Tok app. The Benadryl challenge requires participants to take an amount of Benadryl larger that the recommended dosage in order to be able to hallucinate…
A few days ago, Simon Cowell broke his back in a self inflicted e-bike accident. He broke his back in several places and had to undergo a 6-hour long surgery. “If you buy an electric trail bike, read the manual before you ride it for the first time,” he tweeted…
While there has been a lot of media and medical attention in regards to traumatic brain injury related to football boxing or other contact sports, there are other sports that have a high risk of TBI. A recent article in the New York Times looks at traumatic brain injury caused…
Every summer emergency room doctors and vets treat cases of children and pets who suffered burn injuries from scalding garden hose water. Water sitting in a garden hose under the sun for hours can reach scalding temperature that can burn children or pets. During a heat wave it is common…
75 dangerous hand sanitizers that are being sold at major retailers such as CVS, Wallmart and others have been recalled by the FDA. The dangerous products contained methanol, also known as wood alcohol. When absorbed by the skin or swallowed, methanol can lead to severe injury such as blindness neurological…
Injuries related to heat stroke and dehydration can sometimes be life-threatening. Therefore anyone active under the sun should always hydrate proprely and know the symptoms of a heat stroke so activities can be stopped before its too late. Heat stroke or Hyperthermia occurs when the body didn’t get enough fluid…
Fall is the number one cause of death for construction workers. Every year in America, 10,000 construction workers suffer serious injuries and 200 die in fall accidents. To raise awareness about this problem, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and…
Spinal cord injuries result in damages that are often irreversible or require patients to spend a very long time in a hospital setting for rehabilitation. Existing technologies used to rehab patients suffering from spinal cord injury are often heavy and can not be used in a home setting. However a…