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Children Head Injury , Ottawa Accident Lawyer David Hollingsworth
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Brain Injury / Head Injury, Ottawa Injury and Accidents, safety on April 19th, 2010
Ottawa Head Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Brain Injury Lawyers, Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth
Starting next year, the city of Ottawa plans to require children under the age of 13 to wear helmets at municipal indoor skating rinks, but may stop short of a bylaw making helmets mandatory for children in all outdoor sports. The city of Ottawa currently makes minors wear helmets when they participate in city-run skating programs, or use the indoor skateboard park or the BMX park. The new policy will extend mandatory helmet use for children to all Ottawa public skating sessions.
Last year, doctors from Ottawa CHEO spoke to the city’s community and protective services committee about how proper helmet use can prevent children head injury and children brain injury. They noted that Ottawa emergency-room doctors at the Ottawa hospital treated more than 50 Ottawa children last year with head injury and facial injury caused by skating and tobogganing accidents. About half of them suffered concussions while the other half had injury ranging from cuts to broken jaws incurred as a result of face-plants on the ice. However, when compared to sledding and skateboarding, ice skating accounts for the most ER visits for head injury in children. That’s why the city’s parks and recreation department is recommending that helmets become mandatory for children under 13 at all supervised, indoor skating rinks.
Whether it be on skates, on a bike or on a skateboard, I encourage everyone to help keep their children safe and have them wear a helmet. If you can’t afford one, there are programs in Ottawa that can help . For more information visit www.ottawainjury.ca or email ottawainjury@live.ca
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Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer cautions: ski accidents can result in head injury
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Brain Injury / Head Injury, safety on January 15th, 2010
Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer reports:
Now that the snow is here and it is here to stay, many Ottawa families and Ontario families are headed to one of the many local ski areas located either 20 mins of a just a few hours drive from Ottawa, Ontario. Exciting and fun, skiing and snowboarding can also be very dangerous, and as we know, sometimes fatal. Ottawa and Ontario residents should be aware that skiing and snowboarding accidents result in extremely serious personal injury accidents each year and should do every necessary to protect themselves and their family to avoid personal injury.
We were all so shocked last winter when British actress Natasha Richardson died from what appeared to be a minor head injury suffered when she fell during a ski lesson on the beginner’s slope at at Mont Tremblant ski resort (2 hours from Ottawa, Ontario). In the beginning, she appeared to be fine, joked about her fall and declined the ski patrol’s recommendation that she see a doctor. Only an hour later Richardson began to not feel well and was rushed to the local hospital where her health deteriorated rapidly. She was transferred to another hospital, then flown to New York City’s Lenox Hill Hospital where she died just two days after her skiing accident and suffering her personal injury. Natasha Richardson was just 45.
“Although deemed a freak accident, head blows and head injury, even those too mild to cause a concussion, can result in serious internal trauma”, says Ottawa personal injury lawyer David Hollingsworth. Richardson died from an epidural hematoma caused when she hit her head during her fall. Unfortunately, Richardson was not wearing a ski helmet when she fell. “I am happy to hear that Mont Tremblant is now considering requiring helmets to prevent personal injury” says David Hollingsworth, Ottawa personal injury lawyer. The actress’ tragic death serves as a warning to Ottawa and Ontario citizens headed to the slopes this weekend. Even a head injury that appear to be mild can have life threatening consequences. If you or your child suffers a personal injury skiing or snowboarding, an experienced Ottawa personal injury lawyer can help you determine if you are entitled to compensation.
For more information contact www.ottawainjury.ca
