Valley Medical Center, Renton, Washington.
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
Wilderness Environ Med. 2021 Jun;32(2):181-186. doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2021.01.010. Epub 2021 May 8.
As a close relative to the sports of mountaineering and rock climbing, water ice climbing has been traditionally considered "high risk." There is little data to support or refute this assertion. Prior estimates of the injury rate range from 4.8 to 248 injuries per 1000 participation hours. In this study, we characterized the types of injuries and determined an injury incidence among water ice climbing participants at the 2019 Ouray Ice Festival climbing manmade ice walls.
A survey was distributed during the 2019 Ouray Ice Festival in Ouray, Colorado. Respondents were asked to include festival-related injuries and estimate their participation time at the 4-d festival. Individuals who reported an injury were asked to provide additional details with regard to injury type, location, and timing. The injury incidence rate was calculated as the total number of injuries reported divided by the total number of participation hours and is reported as injuries per 1000 participation hours.
A total of 75 surveys were analyzed. A total of 16 injuries, all which were minor, and 912 participation hours were reported, resulting in an injury incidence of 17.6 injuries per 1000 participation hours.
This study reports an injury incidence based on an unselected sample of water ice climbers at an ice climbing festival. Water ice climbing at festivals appears to result in injuries of minor severity with no major accidents or fatalities. This study could be repeated to confirm its validity with a larger sample size.
作为登山和攀岩的近亲，冰瀑攀登传统上被认为是“高风险”的。几乎没有数据可以支持或反驳这一说法。之前对受伤率的估计范围为每 1000 个参与小时 4.8 到 248 个受伤。在这项研究中，我们对受伤类型进行了分类，并确定了 2019 年美国科罗拉多州欧雷冰节人造冰墙攀登者的受伤发生率。
在科罗拉多州欧雷的 2019 年欧雷冰节期间发放了一份调查问卷。要求受访者包括节日相关的伤害，并估计他们在为期 4 天的节日中的参与时间。报告受伤的人被要求提供有关受伤类型、地点和时间的更多详细信息。受伤发生率是报告的受伤总数除以总参与时间计算得出的，以每 1000 个参与小时的受伤数报告。
共分析了 75 份调查问卷。报告了 16 起伤害，均为轻伤，912 个参与小时，受伤发生率为每 1000 个参与小时 17.6 起。
本研究根据冰瀑节上未经选择的冰瀑攀登山友样本报告了受伤发生率。节日期间的冰瀑攀登似乎导致了轻微严重程度的伤害，没有重大事故或死亡。本研究可以通过更大的样本量重复以确认其有效性。
