The ‘catapult’ fall mechanism, in which the driver is thrown forward, can cause injuries and ruptures of both the upper and lower limbs. Elbows and knees the most affected parts. It talks about it in the insert on newsstands on Thursday
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If it is true that electric scooters can be a precious resource for city mobility, prudence is necessary.A survey on access to the emergency room of the Asst Gaetano Pini-CTO in Milan reveals that, within a semester, some almost 2,000 injuries from two-wheeled vehicles, as many as 280 (with 129 fractured and 28 under emergency surgery) were related to the imprudent or inexperienced use of electric scooters.
Why is it so easy to get hurt while driving electric scooters?
“There are several reasons, starting with the” catapult “fall mechanism in which the driver is thrown forward – he said Pietro Randelli, full professor of orthopedics and traumatology at the University of Milan and director of the technical-scientific committee of the Asst Gaetano Pini-CTO of Milan -. Not only that, in most cases those who drive have no experience, so much so that three out of ten traumas occur on first use. Other risk factors are excessive speed and drunk driving. In fact, many young people use the trick of the electric scooter to return home after having drunk a few too many drinks in order not to risk the withdrawal of their driving license “.
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March 16, 2022 (change March 16, 2022 | 19:51)
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