>> WE ARE IN DAY 3 OF OUR KSAT KIDS SUMMER SAFETY SERIES TODAY, WE’RE FOCUSING ON
PROTECTING YOUR NOGGIN
HELMET SAFETY ALL RIDING BIKES
SCOOTERS SKATEBOARD EVEN ATV’S.
>> FOR EXPERT TIPS ON HOW YOU
CAN MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD OR
TEENAGER STAY SAFE, WE TURN TO
PEDIATRIC SURGEON DOCTOR, IAN
MITCHELL WITH THE CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL OF SAN ANTONIO,
GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING,
GOOD MORNING DOCTOR MICHEL
FIRST WORKING IN THE R WHAT IS
FROM THE MOST COMMON INJURIES
YOU SEE.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO BIKES AND
ATV’S.
>> IT’S A SEPARATE SET OF
INJURIES ARE MOST COMMON ONE
FOR BIKES IS GOING TO BE BUMPS
SCRAPES CUTS AND MOSTLY
BROKEN BONES. ORTHOPEDIC TEAM
TAKES A LOT OF CARE IN THE
SUMMER MONTHS AND THESE
WARM MONTHS. FALLING OFF A BIKE
AND AS YOU ARE OFTEN EXPECTED
BROKEN ARM A BROKEN LEG
OR THAT HAVE THE MINOR CUTS
LACERATIONS THAT WE SEE FROM
TIME TO TIME WHEN YOU GET UP TO
ATV’S IT’S ALSO THE SAME TYPES
OF INJURIES, CUTS AND BRUISES
WITH AGAIN YOU SEE BROKEN
BONES, BUT THE ATV’S YOU CAN
GET UP TO
HIGHER SPEEDS AND ONCE IN A
WHILE ONE OF THEM COMES TO ME
AND YOU SEEM MORE ABDOMINAL
INJURIES AND OF COURSE THE BIG
ONES THAT WE SEE
HOPEFULLY LESS. LAW OR THE HEAD
INJURIES MOSTLY FROM PEOPLE
THAT ARE NOT WEARING HELMETS.
>> AND WE KNOW IT’S IMPORTANT
FOR A CHILD TO WEAR A HELMET
DURING THESE ACTIVITIES BUT HOW
DO YOU MAKE SURE A CHILD’S
HELMET FITS PROPERLY.
>> THAT’S A REALLY
IMPORTANT POINT JUST HAVING THE
HELMET ITSELF IS GREAT, BUT IT
REALLY DOES NEED TO FIT WELL
AND IT’S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD
TO DO IF YOU TAKE A CHILD BY
KILLING THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO
SEE THE FRONT OF THEIR HOME
WHEN THEY LOOK UP LIKE THAT.
SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU’RE
AROUND THE WORLD, YOU MAY SEE
KIDS WITH HELMETS OF THE
HELMETS AWAY BACK HERE OVER ON
THE TOP OF
THEIR HEAD. THE STRAPS SHOULD
COME ACROSS OR YEAR FORMAL
WHY HERE AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE
TO PUT JUST ONE FINGER
UNDERNEATH YOUR CHIN STRAP A
HOME IS REALLY WELL FITTED
IF THE CHILD OPENS THEIR MOUTH
REALLY WIDE AND THEIR HELMET
MOVES A LITTLE BIT. THEN YOU
KNOW YOU’VE GOT THE RIGHT
SHAPE. SO FOR PARENTS AND 4
GRANDPARENTS AND THOSE THAT ARE
WATCHING KIDS OUT THERE ON
SCOOTERS
AND BIKES MAKING SURE THAT
THEIR HOME INSURANCE IN THAT
WAY THAT THEY CAN SEE THE TOP
AND THAT’S NOT TO LOSE SO MUCH
AND IT DOESN’T ROLL BACK IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT PART.
OBVIOUSLY HAVING THE HELMET AND
WE DIDN’T
MENTION SCOOTERS FOR THOSE THAT
HAVE KIDS OUT THERE YOU ALL
KNOW THAT KIDS CAN GET UP TO
REALLY HIGH SPEEDS EVEN AND I
KNOW A LECTOR SCOOTER JUST WANT
TO PUSH IN WITH THEIR FEET OUT
ON THE STREETS AND SO THAT I
TELL PEOPLE
THAT CAR OVER THE PAVEMENT
DOESN’T KNOW WHETHER YOU’RE ON
A SCOOTER ON A BIKE, SO THEY
SHOULD BE WEARING HELMETS WHEN
THEY’RE ON THOSE SCOOTERS TO.
>> SAN CHILD TAKES A BAD FALL
WHILE RIDING HIS OR HER BIKE
DOCTOR MITCHELL HOW DO WE KNOW
IT’S TIME TO GO TO THE E R.
>> SOME OF THE ANSWERS ARE
PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD SO IF
YOU OBVIOUSLY IF YOU HAVE AN
OPEN CUT THAT ISN’T GETTING ANY
BETTER DOESN’T LOOK LIKE
SOMETHING YOU CAN PUT A
BAND-AID ON ARMS AND LEGS ET
AFTER FOR MONDAY’S THAT’S AN
EASY ONE. ANY TIME THE KIDS
HAVE A NUMBNESS OR
TINGLING THAT WON’T GO AWAY
AFTER A COUPLE MINUTES AFTER
THEY’VE CALMED DOWN AFTER THEIR
FALL. THE OTHERS THAT YOU GET
ANY
TIME KIDS. SPECIAL OF BIKE, BUT
EVEN ON A SCOOTER BECAUSE I’VE
SEEN ONE OF THOSE AS WELL WHEN
THEY HIT THE HANDLEBARS INTO
THEIR GUTS. MOST THE TIME READ
TO THEIR STOMACHS
MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THAT
HAPPENS IT’S PRETTY BENIGN BUT
IF THEY HAVE AN ABDOMINAL PAIN
THAT JUST WON’T GO AWAY AFTER A
COUPLE HOURS THAT’S THE TIME TO
TAKE THEM TO THE EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT AND THE LAST IS IS
WITH THEIR HEADS IF A KID’S OF
FALLING DOWN SOMETIMES THEY MAY
COME BACK. LATER THEY WERE OUT RIDING WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND THEY COME
BACK IN SEEM A LITTLE DAYS THEY
MAY SEEM A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED
THAT MAY NOT REMEMBER HAVING
ACTUALLY FALLEN ANYTIME KIDS
TAKE A FALL, MAYBE THEY BOUGHT
THEIR HEAD A
LITTLE BIT. BUT IF THEY STAY IN
OSHA SINCE THEY’RE THROWING UP
FOR A THING LIKE THAT.
AFTER THEIR INCIDENT THE NATION
GO TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
>> AND TALKING ABOUT THE OLDER
KIDS LIKE TEENAGERS, THEY CAN
SOMETIMES BE DAREDEVIL THOUGHT
ATV’S HOW CAN PARENTS ENSURE
THAT THEIR TEENS ARE SAFE WHEN
RIDING.
>> JUST AS YOU POINTED AT AN
ATV CAN GO JUST AS FAST AS A
MOTORCYCLE AND JUST BECAUSE THE
PLATFORM IS MORE STABLE DOESN’T
MAKE
IT PERFECT. ATV’S LIKE ANYTHING
ELSE YOU WOULDN’T GET INTO A
CAR THESE DAYS WITHOUT IT
WITHOUT THEIR BAGS AND WITHOUT
A SAFETY BILL.
IT’S THE SAME THING FOR AN ATV
PEOPLE MUST WEAR HELMETS WHEN
YOU’RE RIDING ATV’S
THAT’S THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF
MORTALITY, IT’S THE BIGGEST
SOURCE OF LONG-TERM DISABILITY.
IN TEENS AN ATV ACCIDENT SAYS
THEIR
HEAD INJURY AND ON THE PERSONAL
SIDE FROM MY STANDPOINT, IT’S I
LOVE RIDING ATV’S BUT DON’T
WRITE ATV’S AND SHORTS YOU’VE