“Emergency departments across America report dramatic increases in serious injuries from e-bikes and e-scooters,” write CHOP’s J. Todd R. Lawrence and Madison A. Kesler.
When we were children, it wasn’t unusual to hear about a kid wiping out on a bike, skateboard, or roller skates and coming home with scrapes, bruises, and occasionally broken bones that needed to be fixed. While painful, those injuries generally matched the speed and physics of childhood play and rarely led to permanent injuries.
However, now, with the increasing prevalence of electric bicycles and scooters, known as e-bikes and e-scooters, the equation has changed for children and teens.
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