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If you\u2019re like many people, your holiday plans this year include traveling to be with family and friends.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019re like many people, your holiday plans this year include traveling to be with family and friends.<\/p>\n
As wonderful as that is, the unfortunate reality is that it puts you in unfamiliar territory during a busy, hectic time of year.<\/p>\n
The chaos that is woven into the fabric of the season could easily lead to an accident if you\u2019re not careful.<\/p>\n
According to holiday statistics, here are the types of things you\u2019re most likely to suffer from while traveling:<\/strong><\/p>\n Car Accidents<\/strong> \u2013 These can range from simple fender benders where nobody gets hurt to big multi-car pile ups on the highway that result in extended stays in the hospitals. They sometimes, unfortunately, result in the deaths of one or more holiday travelers.<\/p>\n Trips, Slips and Falls<\/strong> \u2013 This one probably comes as no great surprise.\u00a0 Combine the hectic pace of the holiday season with high amounts of foot traffic, add in icy conditions, and you\u2019ve got a recipe for disaster.\u00a0 Every year between Thanksgiving and New Year\u2019s Day, ERs find themselves dealing with higher than normal numbers of patients who find themselves at the hospital after a trip, slip or fall.<\/p>\n Fatigue or Dehydration<\/strong> \u2013 While this one isn\u2019t as common as trips, slips and falls, it\u2019s still common enough to earn a special mention here.\u00a0 While dehydration is more often associated with the hot summer months, it\u2019s easier than you might think to become dehydrated in the wintertime too. In cold temperatures, all available moisture in the air gets frozen. This includes some moisture of the human body. You may feel very dry. So, invest in a humidifier and drink plenty of fluids.<\/p>\n In all three of these cases, you can minimize your risk of holiday injury simply by being more mindful of your surroundings and moving with deliberation and purpose.\u00a0 It\u2019s easy to get caught up in the hype and chaos of the season. By slowing your pace slightly and being more aware, you can help to ensure that your holiday season will be filled with good memories this year and not painful ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re like many people, your holiday plans this year include traveling to be with family and friends. As wonderful as that is, the unfortunate reality is that it puts …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3675,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3673\/revisions\/3675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}