Organisation: Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust (BHIT)
Date uploaded: 24th February 2011
Date published/launched: February 2011
The ‘HeadFirst’ scheme is for six to eight year olds and shows how a helmet can reduce head injury severity.
The ‘HeadFirst’ scheme is for six to eight year olds and shows how a helmet can reduce head injury severity.
This is demonstrated to children by using raw eggs and a specially designed egg-sized helmet.
Each year hospital casualty departments see more than 40,000 children with cycle related head injuries. Approximately 70% of child cyclist deaths are due to the head injury alone. Research has shown a helmet can reduce head injury severity.
The BIHT says that the HeadFirst scheme is to be taught in all primary schools across the country.
For more information contact:
The Bicycle Helmet
T: 0118 958 3585
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