Hello Everyone!
The people at PROTECTYOURHEAD.com have developed some pretty enlightening programs that can help others imagine what it would be like to have an acquired brain injury. They also provide some excellent tips for prevention:
- Drink and Drive? Don’t.
- Work on a construction site? Wear a hard hat.
- Like extreme sports? Doing a solid trick in the half-pipe looks just as cool with a helmet on or off.
- Driving? Wear a seat belt! Heads and steering wheels are not all that compatible.
I have lots of friends and family who are into extreme sports like mountain biking, snowboarding and dirt biking and several of them have endured accidents resulting in injuries that we were aware of and some that we probably aren’t.
I’m sure you know people like this as well and the truth is that we all need to look out for each other.. so make sure your friends and loved ones are protecting those melons! You can do so by sending them to PROTECTYOURHEAD.com or any of these incredible resources. Or You could do one better and invite them to the event on Wednesday!
- http://wipeout.knowledgenetwork.ca/wipeout.html
- http://preventable.ca
- http://www.injuryresearch.bc.ca
- http://www.brainstreams.ca/
As students we spend countless hours developing such impressive and refined neural circuitry and it only takes a second to take those extra precautions. So, be careful and be aware out there, MHAC.
Oh ya! I almost forgot…. Happy Hallowe’en!
Jess
