Saw a kid fall off play equipment today

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bleeding ear indicates a ruptured eardrum ... it can happen in a fall.

That’s what I’m hoping.

A man seemed to have medical knowledge and was comforting the boys mother. He kept anyone from touching him and said the bleeding was probably from dental trauma, ear trauma and the impact broke blood vessels in his nose. He said with major brain bleeds the blood doesn’t usually come out of prefixes.

[Anonymous]

That sounds really traumatizing op. Rest lots tonight. Hopefully some how, some way you get word if he's okay. Poor little kid. I can't imagine the mom heart empathy you felt towards him and his family.

[Anonymous]

Is this what the world has come to? Offering sympathy to someone (north the parent)

[Anonymous]

Good lord. Hope that little dude is okay. I know kids are bouncy but I follow a woman on IG (lindsayletters) whose 7 year old daughter fell off a golf cart 2 months ago and suffered a devastating TBI. All but her brain stem destroyed by the damage. I will never look at a kid taking a simple tumble the same way ever again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this what the world has come to? Offering sympathy to someone (north the parent)

Well the mother isnt posting here. And I think it's completely appropriate to offer sympathy to someone who witnessed something like this. Witnessing an accident like this can be very traumatic.

[Anonymous]

This the sort of thing that terrifies me with playground equipment. I try not to helicopter, esp not a 7-8yo, but...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That must have been traumatizing to watch.

I think playground equipment is designed with little thought to risk these days, especially with the number of kids that might cram onto one structure at crowded area parks and schools.

This is incorrect.

As someone who helped design a few playgrounds I agree. It’s all about risk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good lord. Hope that little dude is okay. I know kids are bouncy but I follow a woman on IG (lindsayletters) whose 7 year old daughter fell off a golf cart 2 months ago and suffered a devastating TBI. All but her brain stem destroyed by the damage. I will never look at a kid taking a simple tumble the same way ever again.

My mom lost her best friend when they were 12 after she rolled off her bed in her sleep. A 3 foot drop at most, she just landed on the floor wrong and it killed her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That must have been traumatizing to watch.

I think playground equipment is designed with little thought to risk these days, especially with the number of kids that might cram onto one structure at crowded area parks and schools.

This is incorrect.

Playground equipment is MUCH safer now than when I was a kid. (1970s)

Haha, totally. I remember this slide that was metal and I swear like 25 feet high at the top. It would burn us in the spring and Summer too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good lord. Hope that little dude is okay. I know kids are bouncy but I follow a woman on IG (lindsayletters) whose 7 year old daughter fell off a golf cart 2 months ago and suffered a devastating TBI. All but her brain stem destroyed by the damage. I will never look at a kid taking a simple tumble the same way ever again.

How horrific. That poor, sweet baby.

Hoping and praying that the little guy that Op saw today is doing o.k.

[Anonymous]

Sounds awful. I have seen some parks with potentially extremely dangerous equipment in Arlington. I honestly can’t believe why they built some of the stuff with the liability risks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That must have been traumatizing to watch.

I think playground equipment is designed with little thought to risk these days, especially with the number of kids that might cram onto one structure at crowded area parks and schools.

This is incorrect.

Playground equipment is MUCH safer now than when I was a kid. (1970s)

Haha, totally. I remember this slide that was metal and I swear like 25 feet high at the top. It would burn us in the spring and Summer too.

Thanks geezer. And still, on some of the new equipment — think, spider web type climbing things — one false step and its down to the mulch or rubberized ground.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That must have been traumatizing to watch.

I think playground equipment is designed with little thought to risk these days, especially with the number of kids that might cram onto one structure at crowded area parks and schools.

This is incorrect.

As someone who helped design a few playgrounds I agree. It’s all about risk.

traumatic brain injuries from playgrounds are increasing, not decreasing. the only think they do now is pad the surface, but that does not prevent major injuries from falls. my observation is that most new playgrounds are designed with obvious fall risks.

https://www.cdc.gov/safechild/playground/index.html

[Anonymous]

Playground-Related TBIs

The overall rate of ED visits for playground-related TBI has significantly increased in recent years (2005-2013)

About two-thirds of playground-related TBIs occurred at school and places or recreation or sports and often involved monkey bars, climbing equipment, or swings.

Most ED visits for playground-related TBIs occur during weekdays, Monday through Friday.

Playground-related TBI ED visits occurred frequently during the months of April, May, and September.

Has the death rate from TBI related to playground falls increased during that time?

Because my guess is that ED visits has gone up due to heightened awareness of TBI risk in general. In decades past kids fell; as long as they didn't lose consciousness they would just sit the rest of recess out, maybe get sent to the nurse but not taken to the ER.

[Anonymous]

Poor kiddo. Prayers that he is ok.