Editing Bungee jumping (section)

== Risk of injury ==
[[File:Mombas over Kawarau bridge --Queenstown--.jpg|thumb|left|Jumping at [[Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge]] in [[Queenstown, New Zealand]], April 2007]]
Bungee jumping injuries may be divided into those that occur after jumping secondary to equipment mishap or tragic accident, and those that occur regardless of safety measures.

In the first instance, injury can happen if the safety harness fails, the cord length is miscalculated,<ref name="McMenamin">{{Cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2000/05/16/relatives-grieve-after-fatal-bungee-accident-frederick-county-man-21-dies-in-switzerland/ |title=Relatives grieve after fatal bungee accident |date=16 May 2000 |first=Jennifer |last=McMenamin |work=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=5 August 2013 |archive-date=7 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007090854/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2000-05-16/news/0005160143_1_walkersville-coleman-jump |url-status=live }}</ref> or the cord is not properly connected to the jump platform. In 1986, a man died during rehearsals for [[The Late, Late Breakfast Show#Death of Michael Lush|a bungee jumping stunt on a BBC television programme]], because the cord sprang loose from a [[carabiner]] clip.

Injuries that occur despite safety measures generally relate to the abrupt rise in upper body intravascular pressure during bungee cord recoil. Eyesight damage is the most frequently reported complication.<ref>Krott R, Mietz H, Krieglstein GK. Orbital emphysema as a complication of bungee jumping. Medical Science Sports Exercise 1997;29:850–2.</ref><ref>Vanderford L, Meyers M. Injuries and bungee jumping. Sports Medicine 1995;20:name="ReferenceB">van Rens E. Traumatic ocular haemorrhage related to bungee jumping. Br J Ophthalmol 1994;78:948</ref><ref name="ReferenceC">Chan J. Ophthalmic complications after bungee jumping. Br J Ophthalmol 1994;78:239</ref><ref>Filipe JA, Pinto AM, Rosas V, et al. Retinal complications after bungee jumping. Int Ophthalmol 1994–95;18:359–60</ref><ref>Jain BK, Talbot EM. Bungee jumping and intraocular haemorrhage. Br J Ophthalmol 1994;78:236–7.</ref> Impaired eyesight secondary to retinal haemorrhage may be transient<ref name="ReferenceC" /> or take several weeks to resolve.<ref name="ReferenceA">David DB, Mears T, Quinlan MP. Ocular complications associated with bungee jumping. Br J Ophthalmol 1994;78:234–5</ref> In one case, a 26-year-old woman's eyesight was still impaired after 7 months.<ref name="ReferenceB">van Rens E. Traumatic ocular haemorrhage related to bungee jumping. Br J Ophthalmol 1994;78:948</ref> Whiplash injuries may occur as the jumper is jolted on the bungee cord and in at least one case, this has led to quadriplegia secondary to a broken neck. Very serious injury can also occur if the jumper's neck or body gets entangled in the cord.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hite |first1=Pamela R |last2=Greene |first2=Karl A |last3=Levy |first3=David I |last4=Jackimczyk |first4=Kenneth |date=June 1993 |title=Injuries resulting from bungee-cord jumping |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0196064405827520 |journal=Annals of Emergency Medicine |language=en |volume=22 |issue=6 |pages=1060–1063 |doi=10.1016/S0196-0644(05)82752-0|pmid=8503527 }}</ref> More recently, [[carotid artery dissection]] leading to a type of stroke after bungee jumping has also been described.<ref>Zhou W, Huynh TT, Kougias P, El Sayed HF, Lin PH. Traumatic carotid artery dissection caused by bungee jumping. J Vascular Surg 2007;46:1044-6</ref>
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