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All of these injuries occurred with the same kind of scooter, the Razor, made by JD Corporation. Most were also inexperienced scooter users. The younger the patient, the more serious the injuries. In our group, 2 of the youngest patients sustained the most severe injuries.
Although our sample was small, protective gear, parental supervision, and absence of a past history of trauma had no preventive impact. It has been speculated that protective gear will reduce the risk of scooter injuries, but this is questionable. Protective gear did protect against the area it covered (eg, there were no wrist fractures among the children who were wearing wrist guards), but scooter injuries expose so much of the body to injury that a child would need to wear full-body protective gear.
....emergency room-treated injuries related to popular lightweight scooters have increased 700 percent since May. CPSC data show that there were more than 4,000 scooter-related injuries treated in hospital emergency rooms in August alone. There have been more than 9,400 emergency room-treated injuries reported for 2000 so far. Nearly 90 percent of the injuries are to children under 15 years of age.
Non-Powered Scooter Death Data
The following is the latest CPSC update on non-powered scooter-related deaths. CPSC has reports of 16 deaths relating to non-powered scooters so far in 2001.
A man riding a scooter down an Albuquerque, N.M. roadway at night was struck and killed by a pickup truck on January 25, 2001.
A 12-year-old boy from Spring Hill, Fla., died January 20, 2001, after both he and his twin brother were hit by a car while riding their scooters.
A 10-year-old boy from Forest, Ohio, died January 6, 2001, after a fall from a scooter.
An 8-year-old boy from Stockton, Calif., died March 26, 2001, after being hit by a car.
A 13-year-old boy from Mount Sterling, Ky., died April 3, 2001, after being struck by a car.
A 10-year-old boy from San Leandro, Calif., died April 9, 2001, when he lost control of his scooter on a steep hill and fell.
A 9-year-old boy from Miami, Fla., died April 23, 2001, when he was struck by a van while riding his scooter out of his driveway.
A man from Augusta, Ga., reportedly died of head trauma relating to a scooter incident. The date of the incident was not given.
An 8-year old boy from Detroit, Mich., died when he was struck by a car on June 17.
An 18-year old male from Harpers Ferry W.V., died when the scooter he was riding swerved in the path of an on-coming pickup truck.
A 12-year-old boy from Harpers Ferry, W.V., died when the scooter he was riding collided with a garbage truck in July 2001.
A man, 57, from Temecula, Calif. died on July 31, 2001 when he fell off a scooter and struck his head.
A boy, 10, from San Diego, Calif, died on July 31, 2001 when he was riding a scooter down a hill at a high rate of speen and struck by a car.
A man, 66, from Lebanon, Pa., died on August 8, 2001 when he fell from a scooter and struck his head against the curb.
A 50-year-old New Jersey man died August 22 after losing control of a scooter at Elk Neck State Park, Md., according to the Department of Natural Resources.
A 9-year-old boy from Altamonte Springs, Fla., died on September 12, 2001 when he was struck by the van driven by his father, after he lost grip or let go of the side-view mirror he was holding onto.
Injury from nonpowered scooters is the leading cause of toy-related death
The AAP and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urge riders of wheeled boards to exercise caution and offer the following safety tips:
Wear sturdy shoes, a helmet that complies with CPSC or Snell Memorial Foundation standards, knee pads, wrist guards and elbow pads. Wrist guards may make it difficult to grip the handle and steer the scooter.
Children under age 8 should not ride non-powered scooters or caster boards. Children under age 5 should not use skateboards. Children ages 5-10 should ride skateboards only with close adult supervision.
I really believe that the "children" took the opportunity to play in the house while Rebecca and sister were in the bathrooms. I have thought this all along. Too bad the parents didn't have strict rules that the children were not permitted this type of playing in the house (outdoor activities made for outdoors). Or at least to wear helmet and other protection. It could have helped save Max from his accident.[/QUOTE]
We have strict rules in our household that helmets must be worn at ALL times for scooters, bikes, and skateboards. This rule is never followed. I am constantly running outside screaming to put the helmet on. My kids have never had the thought to use the scooter inside (thankfully), but I bet if they did, they would go with the "ask for forgiveness instead of permission" route. Little boys, especially Max's age, can be born daredevils.
I really believe that the "children" took the opportunity to play in the house while Rebecca and sister were in the bathrooms. I have thought this all along. Too bad the parents didn't have strict rules that the children were not permitted this type of playing in the house (outdoor activities made for outdoors). Or at least to wear helmet and other protection. It could have helped save Max from his accident.[/QUOTE]
We have strict rules in our household that helmets must be worn at ALL times for scooters, bikes, and skateboards. This rule is never followed. I am constantly running outside screaming to put the helmet on. My kids have never had the thought to use the scooter inside (thankfully), but I bet if they did, they would go with the "ask for forgiveness instead of permission" route. Little boys, especially Max's age, can be born daredevils.
But Nina went out of her way in her Channel 8 interview to state (over and over) that Max was not a daredevil...........I don't believe much of what she said in that "staged" interview.
This is an article in the American Academy of Pediatrics journal about scooter injuries-- this particular article was written in 2000.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/108/1/e2.full
But Nina went out of her way in her Channel 8 interview to state (over and over) that Max was not a daredevil...........I don't believe much of what she said in that "staged" interview.
10:10 am XZ calls 911 but is confused about address. Rebecca began CPR.
I dont know if Max was a daredevil or notthat depends on how you personally define that term. He was a beautiful child, full of life, and gone far too soon in a tragic, but preventable accident.
His mother, Dina, has described him in several interviews as very active, very athletically gifted and talented, and able to play soccer competitively against children 2 years older than he was. He has been described as constantly in motion. He was encouraged by adult coaches and his parents to play up on his soccer teamplay against older children, according to Dina, and easily mastered that challenge, according to Dina. That sounds to me like a child who was able to engage in very energetic, athletic play, and not just on the soccer field.
Max was a bright, athletic, energetic, extroverted child. Kids like that are very physically inquisitive, and curious. They like to show off their physical achievements. These kids can be very difficult to parent, imo.
I believe Maxs death was a very tragic accident, but also very preventable. The scooter (allowed inside and upstairs) was an accident waiting to happen. A bright, energetic, athletically gifted 6 yo, was allowed to use this dangerous toy inside, upstairs, and near stairs, with a tragic outcome. That is the really sad tragedy in Maxs death, imo.
In a lot of ways, I feel like the truth of Maxs death has been glossed overmanipulated into something it never was, for some other purpose. And that makes me sad for his memory.
His safety is the (proposed) central purpose for Dinas nonprofit. Maxs safety issues (imo) had very little to do with his blended family and background checks of his fathers longterm girlfriend, and far more to do with over indulgence, permissiveness, and lax supervision by his parents.