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Secondary school staff poorly equipped to deal with pupils' sports injuries

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 5th, 2003

Secondary school games teachers and coaches are poorly equipped to deal with sports injuries sustained by pupils, reveals new research.

The deficiencies highlighted by the research are important, said the authors, because sport is a major cause of injury among 11- to 18-year-olds, with 20% of injuries occurring in physical education classes. Other research suggests that one in four school injuries is serious, such as a fracture, dislocation, or brain injury.

The authors sent a postal questionnaire to 450 secondary schools in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, just under three-quarters of which responded. The results were published in Injury...

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