30 most dangerous summer activities
The hot weather is best appreciated without broken bones.
When most of us imagine our summers, we envision lazy days in a pool with a cocktail in hand. However, for everybody enjoying the warmer months, there is someone less fortunate whose summer fun the lands in the hospital. In fact, many health professionals, summer is known as the "trauma season," a time when emergency rooms suddenly grinchent with wounded patients.
Not that break-coiffed who are in bodily molds before September rolls around do, however. We have compiled a list of 30 activities was the most dangerous of dangerous highlight the safe. And when you want to live vicariously through other researchers thrills, feast your eyes onThe 50 challengers Selfies of death.
1 amusement park rides
We can say that the roller coaster of our local amusement park or just notappear Dangerous, but the truth is that our exceedence could cost us. In fact, according to theNational System for Electronic Injury SurveillanceAbout 43 405 people are injured by amusement park rides each year. (Yikes!) And for more information on your favorite warm weather activities, check these40 crazy facts about summer fairs.
2 Off road
A roading in an ATV can be a serious thrill ride. Unfortunately, it is also a driving destination which often ends up being the hospital. In fact, 214,761 injuries related to ATVs, mopeds and minibikes are reported each year.
3 Set fireworks
The establishment of fireworks may be an American tradition, but it is dangerous. Each year, 9,000 injuries related to fireworks are reported in US hospitals. And the craziest facts on holiday our country, check these30 Other Important historical events that fell on 4 July.
4 To swim
Take a dip to cool this summer can land you in hot water. In 2017 alone, there were 199.246 injuries swimming pool and use of equipment.
5 Yachting
Hitting the open water is exhilarating, but hardly without risk. According toUS Coast GuardThere were 4,291 boating accidents that caused 658 deaths and 46 million dollars in damage materials in 2017. However, there is a way to reduce your risk of boating accident become fatal: wear a life jacket. Among the victims of boating drowning in a year, over 80% do not wear one.
6 tubing
If you are dragged behind a boat at high speed on an inflatable raft seems dangerous, it's because it is. A report in theJournal of Sports Science & Medicine reveals that an average of 1578 related injuries tubes are reported every year.
7 To mow the lawn
All potentially dangerous summer activities are exciting. In fact, the summer tasks as mowing are surprisingly dangerous. In 2017, there were 89,608 reported injuries related to the use of lawnmowers, perhaps a good sign that it's time to hire these children neighborhood cut your grass for you. And the most surprising sources of risk, meet these20 household products that could be dangerous.
8 Cycling
If you give up your car for commuting by bike when the weather gets hot, you're not alone. However, hitting the road on two wheels can not always provide the right trip you are looking for. Unfortunately, the bicycle represents more than 1 000 deaths annually in the United States and nearly a half million injuries, according toCDC.
9 Scuba diving
Explore the Hurky disorder is an undeniable thrill that comes not without substantial risk. According toDan Annual Report divingThere are about 1220 injuries Diving in the United States and its territories only every year.
10 Jumping on trampolines
Get air in your backyard on a trampoline is a great workout - until someone breaks a bone, that is to say. In one year alone, more than 145,207 trampoline-related injuries were reported and the vast majority of victims were under 14 years.
11 water ski
Waterskiing can be a great way to refresh a hot day. Unfortunately, it's also a great way to land at the hospital. According to a study, over a seven-year period in the United States, there were 52,399 nautical injuries, about 7,486 per year.
12 Play soccer
The most popular summer sport in the world is also one of the most dangerous. In a single year, football resulted in 218,926 injuries - and it's just in the United States.
13 Surfing
If you think sharks are the greatest danger for you when you are on the water, think again. In fact, your surfboard can be a larger source of peril. According to a report ofSouthern Cross UniversityNearly 40% of surfers surveyed reported injury in the last 12 months that kept them out of the water.
14 Gardening
While it is unlikely that you will lose your life at a Mishap trowel, the summer gardeners are always a surprising small group. In 2017, the tools of lawn and garden and gardening tools caused a chatty injury of 145,511 wounds in the United States.
15 Shot of firearms BB
There is a reason why they call "targeted practice" and not "perfect target". In a single year, pulling non-arms guns accounted for 18,652 wounds in the United States.
16 Camping
Bears and bugs are not the only thing you need to worry about in the woods this summer. The truth is said, the campsite represented 28,604 assigned injuries in 2017.
17 Pool cleaning
Even if you do not really swim, your pool can always be a surprising source of injury. In a single year, the chemicals of the pool were behind nearly 4,600 visits to the United States, by theCDC.
18 Grilling
Burgers, Beers and ... a trip to the burning unit? Cooking can be a popular form of preparing food in summer, but it is also dangerous: in 2017, 24 0822222222222222222222222 have been reported grill and stoves.
19 Rafting in vivid water
Rafting in vivid waters may not be the DareDevil activity of many people suppose it being, but that does not mean that it is not without risk. On ato study, about 100 white water chevrons are injured each year.
20 Play volleyball
Of course, it is always the summer activities that seem relatively safe that tend to have the maximum number of injuries. Case: 51,653 people are injured to play volleyball each year.
21 Tennis
Remember to spend your summer at the Country Club just protect yourself? Still think. In a single year, snowshoe sports like tennis account for 28,310 injuries.
22 Riding waves
Even if you do not bore your floor with you, riding waves in the ocean can be an amazingly dangerous way to spend a day. According to the search for theDelaware UniversityMore than 1,100 wave injuries prompted for E.R. visits over a three-year period.
23 Skateboarding
If you go on your skateboard this summer, you'd better make sure you have a helmet. In a single year, skateboard accidents accounted for 98,486 injuries in the United States.
24 Sunbath
While you are unlikely to bury your ankle or crack a bronzing coast, get a base is not without risk. According toEpaAbout 235 Americans die every year of heat-related deaths and 5.4 million cases of non-melanoma skin cancer are diagnosed each year.
25 Ride a horse
Hitting the trails on horseback this summer could just land you in the hospital, if you are not lucky. Each year, more than 48,000 riding accidents are reported in the United States.
26 To play baseball
America's hobby is also one of the main sources of America. If you play the baseball this summer, make sure to wear your protective speed or you could add to the 187,447 accidents reported with sport.
27 While drinking
Although it is unlikely that only one glass of wine or margarita sends you to the hospital this summer, the consumption of frenzy perhaps. There are 88,000Deaths related to alcohol in the United States each year and, according to theCDCAlcohol is a maximum factor of 70% of drowned deaths.
28 Self-like
Whether you capture your trips abroad or hiking at the top of a waterfall to take the perfect picture, there is no denying that summer is selfie season. However, with all these instagramble moments come more than some injuries. According toreport, Selfies represented 129 deaths and innumerable injuries over a period of 29 months.
29 Play basketball
If you are going to practice your Dunking skills this summer, make sure to stretch first. Each year, more than half a million basketball injuries have been reported in the United States.
30 Conduct
Before taking out your summer trip, you will probably want to make sure your car is in advanced shape. In 2017, there were 4.57 millionACCIDENTS OF MOTOR VEHICLES Quite serious to justify a trip to the hospital and 40 100 people died in automotive accidents in the same year. And when you want to stay safer behind the steering wheel, make sure to avoid the30 most dangerous roads in America.
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