Prevention of injuries in the winter period

Sled, skis, skates - favorite entertainment in the winter. Unfortunately, it is they who cause many injuries, especially in children. Here, the role of adults increases, who should teach the child the rules of conduct, which to avoid injuries.

On a hill, it is important to observe discipline and sequence. It is necessary to verify the safety of the slides: there should be no road and obstacles in the form of trees and fences nearby.

Each child must understand that, rolling up with eyes closed, you can encounter a neighbor or tree, and the descent with your back reduces the ability to control sleds or skiing, timely and adequately respond to danger. It is especially dangerous to cling to vehicles, tie a sled to each other - turning over, some sleds will pull others along.

On skates it is best to ride in specially equipped places or on rinks. But do not go to the rink in those days when many people ride it. The risk of getting serious injury in this case is extremely high.

In the winter season, special attention should be paid to the possibility of falling icicles and convergence of snow from the roofs, which is especially relevant during the thaw. Being in a dangerous zone, a person can get very severe injuries from falling snow and icicles, and even die. Most often, icicles are formed above the gutters, so these places of facades of houses are especially dangerous, they must be bypassed.

Of particular danger is ice. To avoid injuries, we remind simple rules:

1. Walk slowly, on the half -bent legs, slightly relaxing them in the knees and resting on the entire foot;
2. It is very important not to hold your hands in your pockets (with fixed hands, the likelihood of not only falling, but also a fracture) increases;
3. Sloping, we must have time to group, be prepared for a fall;
4. It is best to fall on the side, in no case should you land on straightened hands;
5. It is undesirable to leave the house in the dark, in very cold weather, when it is snowing and slippery;
6. It is advisable for older people to use a cane or walk, accompanied by loved ones, this is especially important when crossing the street, when descending from the stairs and lifting along it;
7. During ice, stay away from the roadway and in no case run for it! The braking distance of cars at this time increases significantly.

If the fall could not be avoided, attention should be paid to the appearance of the following symptoms: there was an acute pain in the hand or leg, the “swollen” joint, a headache, and dizziness appeared. In these cases, it is necessary to immediately seek medical help. Remember that in old age, even a small blow can cause a fracture. This is due to the age characteristics of the skeleton (increased fragility, the smaller elasticity of the ligaments of the muscle frame). Often injuries are very severe and treated for months (fracture of the neck of the thigh, spine).

Memo

Tubing skating

Tubing skating is one of the most traumatic types of recreation !!

1. Tubings are able to break the high speed and twist around its axis during the descent !!! As soon as the speed increases, the cheesecake becomes quite dangerous: the cheesecakes accelerate with lightning speed, and the speed develops higher than sledges or scooters on a similar slope, and it is impossible to jump off the cheesecake at speed. When twisting the tubing, a person, in it sitting will cease to navigate in space.
2. The tubing is absolutely uncontrollable and are not equipped with a brake device !!! Flying at high speed, without the ability to brake an adult, is like a car. With refusing brakes !!!
3. On tubing, you can’t ride slides with skulls: when landing, the cheesecake is very springy, you can get severe injuries of the back and the cervical spine.
4. You can not attach tubing to each other with a rope, they can turn over, any part of the body can get stuck in the rope.
5. It is dangerous to sit on the tubing together and more, you can fly out of it.

Security Rules when skating in tubing.

1. Ride only on specially prepared tracks with a snow surface
2. The skiing slope should be with a slope of no more than 20 degrees. At the bottom of the slope, there should be enough space for braking. You should not ride tubing, on the slopes with overgrown trees.
3. You can’t ride with slides with skulls, when landing, the tubing is very springy.

Before starting the descent along an unprepared highway, look around if there are holes, hillocks, sticking bushes, stones and all that can be dangerous for life and health.

4. Strictly observe the distance between the descents along the slope. Start on the tubing on the topIt is allowed only when the previous visitor on the tubing finished the descent!
5. Riding on tubing should be sitting. Do not try to ride a tubing standing or jumping, like a trampoline. You can’t ride a tubing together with a child: it is impossible to control the situation when with one hand you have to hold the child and the other tubing.
6. Never tie the tubing to vehicles

What injuries are most often obtained when rolling on tubing?

Injuries of the upper extremities when falling from tubing with support on hand, with a sharp jerk of the head, you can also get a fracture of the cervical spine. Another options for injuries are a concussion, fractures of the bones of the pelvis and limbs, which more often occurs when a collision with an obstacle.

Take care of yourself and your children !!