Experts warn, ‘don’t drink and bounce’

Experts at a Scottish A&E department analysed 50 child trampoline injuries treated in a six-week period. They found many were hurt whilst being supervised by or bouncing with adults who had been drinking.

80% of these injuries were caused by more than one person bouncing on the trampoline at once, and almost half happened when there was a lack of adult supervision.

Andrew Bogacz from the department of emergency medicine at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee said: “Adults, please note that lager, wine, and trampolines do not mix.”