Posted by John Inserra

Spring is slowly but surely making its appearance here in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area. With the longer daylight hours and gradually increasing temperatures, people are starting to open up their houses and spending more and more time outdoors. It’s this time of year when most of us start to dig out some seasonal belongings—lighter clothes, outdoor furniture, grills, and spring sports equipment. Now that the snow and ice are disappearing, one activity that we’re seeing more and more of is bicycling.
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Tobogganing and Sledding Can be Fun and Safe
The speedy, bumpy, sometimes scary slide downhill is one of the outdoor winter activities that youths and adults have always enjoyed. It can be fun, but every year thousands of youths and adults are injured sledding down hills in city parks, streets and resort areas. Most of these injuries are preventable.

Incidence of Injury
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, there were more than 160,000 sledding, snow tubing, and tobogganing-related injuries treated at hospital emergency rooms, doctors’ offices and clinics in 2007. The total medical, legal and liability, pain and suffering, and work loss-related costs were more than $4 billion.
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(commonly known as concussion)

A mild traumatic brain injury (concussion) is a brain injury. Mild traumatic brain injuries (concussions) are caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head. They can range from mild to severe and can disrupt the way the brain normally works.

Most people will only experience symptoms from a MTBI for a short period of time. But sometimes MTBIs can lead to long lasting problems. The best way to protect yourself and your family from MTBIs is to prevent them from happening.

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Wipeout
To see why watch these ‘Wipeout’ trailers!

Warning: This clip is graphic and may not be suited to all audiences.

Dear Partner,

On behalf of Safe Kids Canada I would like to request your official endorsement of the Vancouver Charter on Skiing Safety.

The Vancouver Charter on Skiing Safety is based on skiing and snowboarding safety, which was approved in the context of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games. The original Turin Charter was prepared by a panel of experts and specialists delegated by European governments who worked under the coordination of TOROC (Turin Organizing Committee), BE.PRA.S.A. (a project co-financed by the European Commission and the health authority of the Italian region of Veneto) and the Italian National Health Institute.
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Brain Injury Coalition of Prince Edward Island
32 Birchwood St
Charlottetown, PE C1A 5B5
Phone: (902) 892-0367
email: raman amplifierinfo@bicpei.com
Website: http://www.bicpei.com

You are invited …
On June 25, 2009, the Brain Injury Coalition of Prince Edward Island will be hosting a public forum to speak about the Prevention of Brain Injuries followed by the showing of “Wipeout” at 7:00 p.m. at West Royalty Community Centre.

Wipeout is a documentary highlighting three youth involved in extreme sports. The film carries a very important message, especially to parents of young people who tend toward risky behaviour in sports. The screening and discussion that will follow is aimed at community leaders and parents who can influence decision making both at home, in the boardroom and government. After the showing there will be a panel discussion.

The panel will be made up of professionals from the community and survivors.

Kenneth Murnaghan
Director / Brain Injury Association of Canada
President / Brain Injury Coalition of Prince Edward Island
32 Birchwood St., Charlottetown, PE C1A 5B5
Phone: 902-892-0367

Trauma course reduces injuries
By Richard Watts, Times Colonist, June 8, 2009

Parents and teachers talk all the time about the perils of drinking and driving and other risky activities. But how many kids actually listen?

A new survey by the Vancouver Island Health Authority shows when kids are given the chance to hear, see, touch, smell and even taste the results of risky activity, they get the message.

A survey of 550 students compared questionnaire results of teens who had gone through a program called PARTY — Prevent Alcohol and Risk Related Trauma in Youth, which began running in the Island health region in 2003 — with those who had not.
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