Clarian Health and local health groups partner to host Emergency Medicine Bike Safety Fair at The Children’s Museum. Free event will offer bike giveaway, free helmets and bike safety tips for children
WHAT:
Free fair promoting bike safety
DATE:
Saturday, May 22
TIME:
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
LOCATION:
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
3000 N. Meridian St.
Indianapolis, IN 46208
COST:
No cost
DETAILS:
INDIANAPOLIS—On Saturday, May 22, Clarian Health and the Indiana University School of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine will join several local health and community organizations in hosting the Emergency Medicine Bike Safety Fair taking place at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
This free, three-hour event will feature bike giveaways, free bike helmets (while supplies last), a bike safety course, an obstacle course, crash prevention demonstrations, and stations for helmet-fitting, helmet decorating and traffic signaling/safety instruction.
Each station will be staffed by emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students from the Indiana University School of Medicine.
“The Emergency Medicine Bike Safety Fair is a community-wide effort to educate children on the safest ways to enjoy their bikes in the hope of reducing the number of bicycle-related injuries,” says Dr. Jennifer Walthall, one of the event organizers and an emergency medicine physician with the IU School of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine. In stressing the need for more public education about bike safety, Walthall notes that only a few of the nearly 200 children that participated in last year’s event claimed to have bike helmets at home.
“We hope that this effort will help keep the children of Indianapolis safe and happy while riding their bikes this summer,” says Dr. Walthall.
Statistics show that using a bicycle helmet can greatly reduce the risk of serious or fatal injury. According to the Center for Disease Control, head injury is the leading cause of death in bicycle crashes. National statistics also show that use of bicycle helmets can eliminate 65 to 88 percent of bicycle-related brain injuries and 65 percent of serious injuries to the upper and middle regions of the face.
The Emergency Medicine Bike Safety Fair is being sponsored by Clarian Health, The Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, Emergency Medicine Student Interest Group (EMSIG) and Marion County Emergency Medical Services.
BIKE SAFETY TIPS:
Always wear a helmet when riding your bicycle.
Parents should wear helmets, too!
Make sure your bicycle isn’t too big for you—your feet should be able to touch the ground when you stop.
Ride in the daylight.
Concentrate on riding—don’t wear earphones or try to talk on a phone.
Don’t ride your bike on a busy road.
WHAT:
Free fair promoting bike safety
DATE:
Saturday, May 22
TIME:
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
LOCATION:
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
3000 N. Meridian St.
Indianapolis, IN 46208
COST:
No cost
DETAILS:
INDIANAPOLIS—On Saturday, May 22, Clarian Health and the Indiana University School of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine will join several local health and community organizations in hosting the Emergency Medicine Bike Safety Fair taking place at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
This free, three-hour event will feature bike giveaways, free bike helmets (while supplies last), a bike safety course, an obstacle course, crash prevention demonstrations, and stations for helmet-fitting, helmet decorating and traffic signaling/safety instruction.
Each station will be staffed by emergency medicine faculty, residents, and medical students from the Indiana University School of Medicine.
“The Emergency Medicine Bike Safety Fair is a community-wide effort to educate children on the safest ways to enjoy their bikes in the hope of reducing the number of bicycle-related injuries,” says Dr. Jennifer Walthall, one of the event organizers and an emergency medicine physician with the IU School of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine. In stressing the need for more public education about bike safety, Walthall notes that only a few of the nearly 200 children that participated in last year’s event claimed to have bike helmets at home.
“We hope that this effort will help keep the children of Indianapolis safe and happy while riding their bikes this summer,” says Dr. Walthall.
Statistics show that using a bicycle helmet can greatly reduce the risk of serious or fatal injury. According to the Center for Disease Control, head injury is the leading cause of death in bicycle crashes. National statistics also show that use of bicycle helmets can eliminate 65 to 88 percent of bicycle-related brain injuries and 65 percent of serious injuries to the upper and middle regions of the face.
The Emergency Medicine Bike Safety Fair is being sponsored by Clarian Health, The Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, Emergency Medicine Student Interest Group (EMSIG) and Marion County Emergency Medical Services.
BIKE SAFETY TIPS:
Always wear a helmet when riding your bicycle.
Parents should wear helmets, too!
Make sure your bicycle isn’t too big for you—your feet should be able to touch the ground when you stop.
Ride in the daylight.
Concentrate on riding—don’t wear earphones or try to talk on a phone.
Don’t ride your bike on a busy road.
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