Be careful with schools: the dangerous Superman challenge in focus!

Be careful with schools: the dangerous Superman challenge in focus!

On Friday, two seriously injured children were admitted to the Klagenfurt Clinic, who had been injured in the so-called "Superman Challenge", which is currently spreading on Tiktok. Primarius Johannes Schalamon and senior physician Christoph Arneitz from the Department of Pediatric and Youth Surgery reported that an eleven-year-old and a 14-year-old boy at school, while breaks, suffered injuries during this dangerous campaign. The challenge is that two children wrap their arms and try to catapult their arms with a jump to them - but this kind of game often goes wrong and often ends in serious injuries. While the eleven-year-old boy got off lightly, the 14-year-old had to be operated on after falling onto the parquet floor with his wrist and thus suffering from several breaks. Six screws and a metal plate were used in a lengthy operation, the healing will take at least one year. According to the child surgeons, one must be aware that such actions can not only be fun with school children, but also be very dangerous, and they appeal to the parents to pay attention to the security of their children, such as reports.

At the same time, there are alarming reports about the increasing number of skiing and ice skating injuries. Doctors of pediatric and youth surgery warn that an average of three children and adolescents have to be treated in the hospital for serious injuries every day. This against the background that the number of skiing accidents in January 2024 doubled compared to December of the previous year, and ice skating injuries even occur three times more often. As a result, many children and young people have to be operated on both skiing and ice skating. The most common injuries include fractures on the lower extremities, such as lower leg and thigh fractures. The doctors call up the parents to prepare their children appropriately, for example through ski courses, warm -up exercises and observing the slopes to reduce the risk of serious accidents, such as 5min.at reported.