Recommendations to Prevent and Manage Snowboarder Injuries in the FIS Snowboard World Cup
대한응급의학회지 제 27 권 제 1 호 � 원저� Volume 27, Number 1, February, 2016 Trauma Recommendations to Prevent and Manage Snowboarder Injuries in the FIS Snowboard World Cup Department of Emergency Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Busan Baik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan1, Haeundae Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan2, Republic of Korea Kyoung Wan Ko, M.D.1, Tae Hoon Kim, M.D.1, Kyoung Chul Cha, M.D., Yong Sung Cha, M.D., Kyung Hye Park, M.D.2, Kyung Hoon Sun, M.D.2, Hyun Kim, M.D., Sung Oh Hwang, M.D., Kang Hyun Lee, M.D. Purpose: Snowboarding accidents may cause severe Key Words: Skiing, Wounds and injuries, Prevention, Medical injury due to the advanced skills required of Olympic ath- staff, Environment letes and the faster speed compared to many other sports. The aim of this study was to describe environmental char- acteristics of snowboarding injuries and to determine the Article Summary level of medical support using injury analysis. What is already known from the previous study Methods: A descriptive epidemiology study was conducted The frequency and severity of snowboard injuries are con- with collection of data from the Fe´de´ ration Internationale de centrated in SBX, PGS, and PSL compared with other com- Ski (FIS) Snowboard Competition from January 14 to 24 in petitions. 2009. Data from the Competition Operation Committee records, medical records and competition regulations were What is new in the current study selected for analysis. The time taken for emergency medical personnel to reach Results: In this study, 31/524 competitors reported injuries, an injured athlete after injury varied by competition.
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