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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Now that I'm thinking about it more, I was pretty surprised by the child's injuries when I first read this.  [b]A head injury, a broken ankle, AND a broken arm, all from one fall?  On a playground, where the surface is soft?[/b]  I was really shocked by that.

Ah well.  On to football.  Have a great day DCUMers.[/quote]

Monkey bars are a total disaster in this regard. A child I know who's always been incredibly athletic broke her arm from a seemingly nothing fall from the monkey bars on wood chips right in front of my eyes when she was 5. And she was a tall 5-year old to begin with.[/quote]

Sure, but the kid would break the part of the body she landed on.   Land on head, that's a head injury.   Use arm to break fall?  That's an arm injury.   But it seems unlikely the kid landed on head, arm and leg![/quote]

Sorry, that's possible.  A child who curls into the fetal position and is going face down, could easily on face, arm and leg at the same time.  It's happened before and will happen again.  As for the surface being soft, that also only minimizes damages.  A child can still be hurt landing on that surface.  It's less likely, but if pushed, it can happen.

If it was a troll, I am very glad that this didn't happen to a child, but it is possible, however unlikely.[/quote]

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