“When the activity starts with ‘Hold my beer,’ you know it’s time to take a step back and have a conversation with yourself”
Victoria General Hospital and other Island landmarks are glowing green this week to mark National Injury Prevention Day.
“Injuries are not accidents; they’re mostly both predictable and preventable. Injuries are the outcomes of human-made design and the choices we make as individuals,” said Dr. Réka Gustafson, Island Health’s vice-president of population health and chief medical health officer. “We all hold the power to lessen our risk of an injury.”
People who use substances and participate in high-risk activities such as boating, operating an ATV and using machinery are more likely to get hurt than people who don’t, Island Health said. The health authority says top year-round areas of injury include falls, road crashes and self harm, while in the summer months, hospitalizations increase for road accidents, especially for cyclists and motorcyclists, water-related injuries such as cliff jumping, along with falls.
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