Helmets On, Part 2: ATV safety course and injury prevention in New Stuyahok follow near-fatal crash

Helmets On, Part 2: ATV safety course and injury prevention in New Stuyahok follow near-fatal crash
05:43 Nov 21, 2020
From 2012 to 2016, 200 Alaska Native people were hospitalized for traumatic brain injuries on average every year; of those hospitalizations, about one out of five were from ATV, snowmachine and bicycle crashes.  Many could have been prevented by wearing a helmet.  In Helmets On Part 2, the community of New Stuyahok works with ANTHC to improve ATV safety education to prevent an injury like Jared Hanson’s – which could have happened to anyone – from repeating. 
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