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Keeping the “amusement” in children’s amusement park rides

November 3, 2020 by kidstra

Family visits to amusement parks, fairs, and carnivals sometimes include an unanticipated ride – to an ER.  In the US, ERs see about 25,000 such visitors yearly, with young children accounting for more than a quarter of them. About one percent of these kids require hospitalization.  Moreover, space-age rollercoasters injuries may have serious after-effects. 1. […]

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Children/Motion sickness/Prevention/Treatment

January 10, 2015 by kidstra

Everyone has a threshold for motion sickness. It may be a hurricane at sea, riding camels for several hours, space travel, or “amusement” park rides that spin you in three dimensions simultaneously, often while you are strapped in upside down. Camels cause it because they sway side to side while they walk. Astronauts experience it […]

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