Winter sports safety: avoiding injuries and when to replace helmets and safety equipment

An organization that represents doctors at more than a dozen ski resorts around the world, called the Mountain Doctor’s Network, reports more than 137,000 ski and snowboard accidents for the 2023–2024 season, the last year data was available. Luckily, most of them were minor — sprains and bruises. Dr. Mary Meyer, Emergency Medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente East Bay shares tips on how to make sure you’re not one of those statistics this season.