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  • Title: [Blessings of technology? The severely injured skier--a result of technical equipment on the ski slope].
    Author: Erhart S, Furrer M, Frutiger A, Bereiter H, von Frank E, Rüedi T, Leutenegger A.
    Journal: Z Unfallchir Versicherungsmed; 1994 Apr; 87(1):22-6. PubMed ID: 8031632.
    Abstract:
    In a retrospective manner we studied the injury pattern of 2053 patients following a skiing accident that required hospital admission in the year 1984-1992. Of these 361 or 18% were categorised as severely injured according to the AIS/ISS scoring system. 31% of these 361 skiers were injured by colliding at considerable speed with either a moving object (other skier, snow cat, ski-lift, etc) or fixed obstacles (trees, rocks, pilons, etc) along the ski slopes. As the most extensive injuries seem to result from collisions with the latter, fixed obstacles, it should be requested that more protective measures are being taken to prevent such severe accidents.
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