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Aim: Skiing is an entertaining winter sport with its known risks.Although the injury rates are relatively low in this sport, they can beseen in 2 to 6 skiers per thousand. We report herein the skiinginjuries occurred at Palandokens ski Centre during the last season.Methods: The patients admitted to our hospital due to injuriessecondary to ski sport at the winter season of 2004-2005 were includedin the study. Demographic, radiological and laboratory data, themechanism and localization of the trauma, initial Glasgow Comma Score(GCS) and trauma scores were recorded. Results: A total of 156 patientsinjured during skiing admitted to the ER at 2004-2005 winter seasonswere taken. A hundred and five patients were male and 51 were femaleand mean age was 29.3 (8-60). All traumatized patients had special gearfor skiing, but only 28 patients used helmets. In 136 cases, the injurywas secondary to falling whereas in 20 cases the reason was crashing.Isolated injuries occurred in 145 patients, and multiple injuries in11. The injuries were mainly minor, and they were mostly at theextremities (109), followed by head and neck (15), thorax (8), abdomen(6) and urinary system (2) injuries. One-hundred and forty patientswere managed at the emergency room (ER) ambulatory and 15 werehospitalized at different clinics with several diagnoses. Only onepatient died due to traumatic intracerebral bleeding. Conclusion: Inconclusion, injuries due to skiing are relatively rare and usuallyminor and not life-threatening. Traumas secondary to skiing consist ofapproximately 2 % of all traumas admitted to the ER yearly. Skiing isan entertaining and healthy sport if it is done appropriately. But theskiing individuals have to be informed about the risks of this sport.To make skiing safer it is essential to train the individuals.

Skiing injuries in palandoken ski center: 156 cases