One thing that you need to know is that extreme sports are practiced in remote areas with little or no access to medical care. In most cases it happens when the athlete is either competing to oneself or competing with the forces of nature. You find that they entail high speed, heights, real or supposed danger, outstanding stunts, intensified risk element or death. When you look at the current data you will realize that the risk and severity of the injuries as a result of sports to be very high. Because of that it is vital for the medical team to acknowledge that there is a difference between the older sports and the new development era. By the end of this topic, you will discover more extreme sports activities and how you can save a life from injuries associated with them.
Let us begin our discussion with skydiving. You should be aware that this is a major sport that involves parachuting from an aircraft. One thing that you need to know is the epidemiological studies in determining fatalities as a result of this sport have established that most victims of these injuries are expert skydivers compared to those undergoing training and the source of it is human error. Like you can find yourself in skydiving emergency when you are unable to deploy the main parachute know your altitude. For that matter, when you are above your final decision, try to deploy twice for two full seconds but not more than that since time is limited. In case you try this and does not work, you should give up on the main canopy and go to your reserve.
Apart from that, we should also look at climbing. You find that this adventure sport has developed from alpine mountaineering. You find that it has also gained popularity with the introduction of climbing gyms and climbing walls. Here the lead climber sustains more injuries with falls being the prevalent mechanism of acute injuries. It is essential to note that the common injury among climbers is subluxation which is commonly known as partial dislocation as this normally occurs in the shoulder. Therefore, when you feel pain, you should stop climbing and keep your arm below the shoulder level. You find that gentle rotations of the joints will help stretch the injured muscles while pushups and dips increase strength.
Apart from that, there is surfing. Injuries that are related to surfing can be avoided by following the basic safety recommendations such as maintaining adequate swimming skills, being familiar with the surfing environment and conditions, do not surf to exhaustion and practicing breath holding training.