You find that most 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. This is because they entail high speed, heights, real or supposed danger, outstanding stunts, intensified risk element or death. This is something that you can even prove with the recent data that shows the risk and severity of the injuries of the 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. One thing that you should know is that this is a major sport that involves parachuting from the 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. In some cases you can find yourself in skydiving emergency when you are unable to deploy the main parachute know your altitude. Therefore, if you are above your final decision, try to deploy twice for two full seconds but not more than that since time is limited. It is advisable that you give up on the main canopy and go to your reservation if all this does not work.
Apart from that, we should also look at climbing. One thing that you need to know is that this adventure sport has developed from alpine mountaineering. Besides, it has also gained popularity with the introduction of climbing gyms and climbing walls. You find that lead climber sustains most injuries here with falls being the prevalent mechanism of acute injuries. You should know that the most common injury among climbers is subluxation or partial dislocation which normally occurs on the shoulder. Because of that it is advisable that once 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. It is essential to note that injury prevention in surfing can be achieved by maintaining adequate swimming skills, being familiar with the surfing environment and conditions, do not surf to exhaustion and practicing breath holding skills.