Anonymous wrote:That's gonna happen sometimes. The gravity is on all day, every day. You would quickly know if it wasn't!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
I’ve been following this too... devastating. Head injuries are terrifying.
I just looked them up, what a tragedy. We are one and done not by choice and the thought of something like that happening to my kid terrifies me to my core.
What?
Like, if you had a backup kid, you’d be less terrified?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
I’ve been following this too... devastating. Head injuries are terrifying.
I just looked them up, what a tragedy. We are one and done not by choice and the thought of something like that happening to my kid terrifies me to my core.
Anonymous wrote: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.
I’ve been following this too... devastating. Head injuries are terrifying.
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.
Anonymous wrote:That's gonna happen sometimes. The gravity is on all day, every day. You would quickly know if it wasn't!
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.
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 wrote: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 wrote: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.