Did You Know?

• Did you know it costs nearly $500,000 to treat one person with an acute spinal cord injury?   What if we could prevent just one?
• Every week in Canada 14 young people (between the ages of 15-24) die from traumatic injuries. That is nearly 800 every year. 
• Every day..... at least one person in the Calgary Region dies from an injury
• Every hour.... someone in the Calgary Region is admitted to hospital for an injury-related concern
• Every 5 minutes.... a resident of the Calgary region is admitted to an emergency department for an injury related concern.
• Talking on cellphones (hand-held or hands-free) while driving makes you 4 times more likely to crash
• Using a cellphone while driving slows the driver's reaction time by 18%
• According to a 2009 Report, Alberta had the highest rate of factally-injured drivers with a blood alcohol content above .08% in the country.
• If you text while driving, you are just as impaired as someone with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .125 (The legal BAC  limit is .08)
• According to an international review, it has been shown that while only 3 - 15% of skiing and snowboarding injuries are head injuries,  87.5% of these head injuries result in death.   Traumatic brain injury accounts for 67% of skier deaths in children.
• Ski and snowboard helmets are effective at preventing head injuries.  Up to 6 out of every 10 people who wear a helmet may avoid head injuries.