Monkey bar injuries
Posted By: sqt on 2007-04-02
In Reply to: Keep your kids off the monkey bars - The Gingerbread Man
Actually there is more than broken bones that occur. When my daughter was 7 she was not tall enough to reach the steps after she crossed the bars and while trying to reach her hands slipped. She ended up falling and straddling the step(bar), which resulted in surgery 9 hours later, after 7 pelvic exams, at the Children's Hospital. She tore both sides of her urethra from the impact. While waiting in recovery I was commenting to the nurse that I could not believe playing on the playground at recess ended us up in the hospital, she said they saw the same injury numerous times a year and most schools take the monkey bars out when they replace the playground equipment. Ours did.
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Oh really? That's why it's a fact that Zarqawi was treated in Baghdad for injuries.
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I've typed LOTS of reports on trampoline injuries
Some of them VERY severe, including head injuries when the person bounced off the trampoline and landed on his/her head.
ANYTHING can be dangerous if you aren't careful. Way back in the disco era, I typed a report on a guy who had fractures of ALL FIVE metatarsals - from dancing!! 
I was told a monkey could do my job - sm
I transcribed for five doctors, 3 nurse midwives, all the correspondence, answered the phones, copied multiple charts a day - all in 8 hours with no overtime. When the office manager told me a monkey could do my job - I quit.
A year later I was in the office - the office now had 3 doctors, 1 midwife, a secretary copied the medical records and answered the phones and handled correspondence and TWO TRANSCRIPTIONISTS could not keep up with just the transcription and were on overtime.
Monkey's are too smart for the job! LOL - nm
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A monkey could do your job then. Doctors mispronounce
things all the time, they even spell things wrong. It is our job to type the proper word and it might not be the word you hear. Do what you want, but if you can't produce a quality product time to look for another job.
a monkey can learn to type (cut off)
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Keep your kids off the monkey bars
How many reports have I typed just this week, 7 year old fell off the monkey bars, sustained both bone forearm fracture. Monkey bars must be among the most dangerous things on earth. Always hear warnings to keep kids off trampolines but I've never typed anything on 7 year old fell off trampoline.
ROFL You're right! Truly! A flying monkey could do this with a little training!
You can get the training on the job as easily as anywhere else.
Like I said before, yes - MT schools will give ground work but it isn't necessary!
Wayyyy too many of us learned this without schools! ROFL
No degree, no certification, no license required!!
Best MTs I've ever known NEVER had "proper education" while those coming from MT schools NEVER got any better than their starting point!!!
ROFL
Who croaked and made you head monkey? You are so full of yourself.
I love it! Chunky Monkey. That is what me and my mother call my daughter. sm
Not to her of course.. She is 10 years old and in a size 14 to 16. We know it is only a spurt because her father is over 6 ft and I am 5 ft 3 in, not overweight, but spreading.
Monkey has been her nick-name since she was a baby and now when my mother and I are discussing me shopping for clothes for 10 y/o, playing soccer for exercise, etc., we refer to her as chunky monkey.
Just thought I would share that with you.
Yeah, we have no skills or intelligence whatsoever. We just fill in blanks! Geez! A monkey can le
Is that all you do, type? It's not all I do either. I have to know what I'm talking about, apparently you don't because you can just leave blanks!
Monkey bars aren't the problem. I never once fell off. Neither did my brother. Kids need to climb
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