- Title
- Traumatic cricket-related fatalities in Australia : A historical review of media reports
- Creator
- Brukner, Peter; Gara, Thomas; Fortington, Lauren
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/165564
- Identifier
- vital:13280
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.5694/mja17.00908
- Identifier
- ISBN:0025-729X
- Abstract
- The known The tragic death of Phillip Hughes in 2014 challenged the perception that cricket is a safe sport. The new 174 trauma-related deaths in cricket over 152 years were identified: 83 in organised settings, 91 in informal play. The number of fatalities appears to have dropped dramatically in the past 30 years, probably reflecting the adoption of helmets by batsmen and close-in fielders. All recent deaths were caused by chest and neck injuries. The implications Fatal injuries resulting fromdirect trauma in cricket are rare in Australia. Continued investigation of chest and neck protection is important for preventing further fatalities.
- Publisher
- Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Ltd
- Relation
- Medical Journal of Australia Vol. 208, no. 6 (2018), p. 261-264
- Rights
- Copyright © 2018 AMPCo Pty Ltd. Produced with Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 11 Medical and Health Sciences; 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Artery dissection; Cricket (sport); Head injury; Peritonitis; Sport injury; Tetanus; Thorax injury
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