One thing that you need to know is that extreme sports are practiced in remote areas with little or no access to medical care. You find that this always occurs when the athlete competes to oneself or to forces of nature. You find that they entail high speed, heights, real or supposed danger, outstanding stunts, intensified risk element or death. The recent reports shows the risk and severity of the injuries as a result of the sports to be very high. It is essential that the medical team to acknowledge that there is a difference between the older sports and the new development era. By the end of this topic, you will discover more extreme sports activities and how you can save a life from injuries associated with them.
Let us begin our discussion with skydiving. One thing that you should know is that this is a major sport that involves parachuting from the aircraft. One thing that you need to know is the epidemiological studies in determining fatalities as a result of this sport have established that most victims of these injuries are expert skydivers compared to those undergoing training and the source of it is human error. In some cases you can find yourself in skydiving emergency when you are unable to deploy the main parachute know your altitude. If you are above your final decision, try to deploy twice for two full seconds but not more than that since time is limited. In case you try this and does not work, you should give up on the main canopy and go to your reserve.
The next extreme sport is climbing. It is essential to note that this adventure sport has developed from alpine mountaineering. As a result of the introduction of climbing gyms and climbing walls, this activity has gained popularity. With this sport, the lead climber will sustain more injuries with falls being the most prevalent mechanism of acute injuries. The most common injury among climbers is subluxation which is also known as a partial dislocation that occurs mostly on the shoulders. Because of that it is advisable that once you feel pain, you should stop climbing and keep your arm below the shoulder level. The gentle rotations of the joints will help stretch the injured muscles while pushups and dips increase strength.
Not only that but we also have surfing. It is essential to note that injury prevention in surfing can be achieved by maintaining adequate swimming skills, being familiar with the surfing environment and conditions, do not surf to exhaustion and practicing breath holding skills.