LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | Remember those helmets

Published 3:56 pm Friday, September 7, 2012

To the editor:

I’ve noticed two recent photos in the paper where skateboarders are not wearing helmets. While I strongly support the fitness that comes from biking, skating, skiing, horseback sports, these are high speed, high impact activities. I have seen such a benefit from helmets that I am compelled to preach for their use to prevent serious injuries. Every fractured helmet saves a brain.

Even now, one of our young island men, Colton Wilson, is trying to recover from a severe head injury from a recent skateboard fall. With good attention to injury prevention we should welcome skaters and bikers to our communities. We should keep our eye on the big picture and help the kids to see it.

Bob Wagner, M.D.

South Whidbey Pediatrics

Freeland