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- From: "STEVE GASCA" <steve.gasca@verizon.net>
- To: "Mounted search and rescue" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>, <msar-astm-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [MSAR] Helmets
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:15:46 -0700
Since the subject of helmets keeps coming up, I thought I'd forward part of an email I received today from mounted police trainer Scott Hanson (www.horsethink.com). Have a great day! Anona Gasca
Wearing
a Helmet For those of you who have had the chance to see me at an
expo, you know that theres one important theme about riding that I stress in
almost every demo.
Safety. On average, every four days someone dies from a
horse-related incident, and there are more than 75,000 trips to the hospital
every year. And those are just the
injuries that are reported.
There are quite a few things we can do to ensure our
personal safety on a horse. But
none of them are as effective as one simple product -- and thats the riding
helmet. Before you stop reading,
believing this is going to be another lecture on wearing a helmet, let me tell
you that you will learn more than that here. While I think that we should all wear helmets, I know if
you keep reading youll understand more than you knew before about the dangers
of NOT wearing one. Im not going
to simply remind you that you could get a head injury without one. We all know that already. I want to explain more about how head
injuries occur and just exactly how violent they can be -- even in a low-impact
situation. Read the full article here.
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[MSAR] Facilitation of Standards Development,
IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN, 06/19/2007
- [MSAR] Helmets, STEVE GASCA, 06/21/2007
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