As Summer Heats Up, Prevent Serious Injuries

Summer in Montana is something many of us look forward to all year. It means more time outside with our families, more biking, swimming, hiking, camping, and travel, and more opportunities to enjoy the places that make our communities special.

But as a trauma physician, I also know summer brings a predictable rise in preventable injuries, especially among children. Every year, emergency departments see families whose summer plans changed in an instant because of a crash, fall, drowning, heat-related illness or other injury that may have been avoided with a few simple precautions.

That is why I...