The winter weather can be hazardous. Bitter cold, snow and ice mean an increase in car crashes, falls, back injuries and occasionally heart attack from shoveling.
Dr. Robert McNamara, Chairman for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Temple University Hospital, says the major injuries they see on icy days are due to falls.
“People get head injuries from falling back and hitting their head, wrist fractures,” says McNamara. “Older patients, hip fractures are fairly common.”
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