Tips to Help Prevent Winter-Related Injuries

摘要

Sledding down a snowy hill, skatingon a frozen pond, cross-country ski-ing along a woodland trail-thesewintertime activities can pose the risk offrostbite and traumatic injury, particu-larly for children. Some of the injuriescommonly associated with winter sportsare listed in the Table. The American Academy of Pediatrics(AAP) provides useful tips for avoidingcold injury, which are summarized here.These recommendations can help preventthe effects of overexposure to the cold andserious injury that can result from recklessparticipation in winter activities.