You Can't Make This Stuuf Up (#11)

When most people think of head injuries and how to avoid having one, they may tell themselves to avoid contact sports and avoid traveling at high speeds so as not to be involved in a motor vehicle accident. This may seem like common sense but below are a few ways of suffering a head injury that you may not have thought of. These are all real life examples I have seen in patients and I hope you will avoid. Here goes:

1. Do NOT swing from a metal chain hanging from scaffolding, especially if intoxicated and high above a very hard concrete floor.

2. Do NOT stand next to a fireworks blasting tube, especially when there are wooden 2x4s attached to it which can turn them into missiles and crush your skull.

3. When changing a flat tire, do NOT do this with your back turned to busy traffic on a highway so that a car does not crash into you.

4. Do NOT stand next to a horse and make it upset. The force of a kick to the head from such a powerful animal can be enough to kill you.

5. Do NOT stand directly behind someone who is swinging a golf club or baseball bat because this can literally cause a hole in the skull.

6. Do NOT walk under buildings that contain giant icicles or ice boulders since they can fall at any time and land on your head. This happens more often than you might think.

7. Do NOT rush to get into your car so fast that you smash it full force against the roof of the car.

8. Do NOT let little children walk around with infants in their hands. They tend to drop them head first on the ground.

9. Do NOT leave your basement door open when your child is walking around, because he/she may plummet down an entire flight of stairs.

10. And last but definitely not least, do NOT place a bowling ball on the top shelf of your closet because it may roll off and hit you in the head when you go to put your coat away.