Trampoline Injury Statistics 2017
One in 200 injuries leads to permanent neurological damage.
Trampoline injury statistics 2017. The number of emergency room visits from trampoline park injuries soared to nearly 18 000 in 2017. From 2008 to 2017 4 increase in trampoline injuries was observed potentially driven by injuries at trampoline parks and gyms revealed new research being presented at the american academy of. Medical authorities advise against any home use of trampolines.
Trampoline park injuries trigger hundreds of ambulance call outs. Patients injured at trampoline parks were more likely to be males with an average age of 13. Approximately 15 percent of injuries on trampolines happen to children younger than 6 and young children constitute up to 37 percent of patients evaluated in emergency rooms after trampoline.
The rate rose up in the year2017 number was 6 16. The number of emergency room visits from trampoline park injuries soared to nearly 18 000 in 2017. Among trampoline injuries treated in emergency rooms 4 percent result in a hospital stay.
There were nearly 7 000 trampoline park related injuries in 2014 compared to about 580 in 2010. What many do not realize says spineuniverse. In 2008 fractures due to trampoline jumps were 3 59 and the maximum victim were kids.
Strains contusions and sprains stand as the most common injuries with nearly 40 percent of all injuries resulting from falls from the trampoline. In 2018 almost 300 000 patients were hospitalized due to trampoline injuries and 110 000 were taken to the emergency room. Many parents purchase trampolines for their children believing that trampolines are toys that will provide hours of outdoor fun for kids.
The statistics acquired by bbc 5 live s daily programme via freedom of information requests.
