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March 2010

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Friday, March 05, 2010

ELEVATOR SAFETY

from Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Elevators in this country are one of the safest forms of transportation, so results the first large-scale study of elevator-related injuries may surprise you. Researchers from Indiana University and Ohio State University say more than two thousand people over sixty-five require emergency medical treatment each year for elevator injuries. More than one-half of the injuries involved slipping or falling and about one-third were the result of the elevator door closing on the person. Dr. Greg Steele says elevator injuries are easily preventable. He says people of any age should not stick an arm or leg into the path of a closing elevator door—especially older adults who may have vision or balance issues. His advice, in The Journal of Trauma Injury, Infection and Critical Care, is slow down and wait for the next elevator rather than risk injury.

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