Abstract
Objectives: An Australian access economics report (2009) estimated the lifetime cost of care is 5.0 million for a person whom suffers paraplegia and 9.5 million for quadriplegia, and costs/year are approximately $90,000. Hilton )2018( on drones at sporting venues discusses their potential to revolutionize injury surveillance monitoring via expert exposure gained for recording, investigation, tracking and monitoring of sporting injuries. Hilton (2018) reviewed rugby union and league Australian spinal cord injury datasets, finding more incident cases in the union then league [1]. Methods/Analysis: Wikipedia reports 20 professional rugby union and 26 rugby league playing fields in Australia. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare document; Australian sports injury hospitalizations 2011–12 report just under 800 head and neck injuries requiring hospitalization related to rugby-related sports “35 neck fractures and 348 head fractures”. Brisbane’s leading drone aerial photography service “Droneworxs” according to previous enquiries by the author charge $650/hour to monitor a sporting event. A crude drone implementation cost estimate, hypothetically is to utilize this device across 46 professional clubs X 52 weeks one hour/week = $1,554,800. A basic hypothetical mathematical cost benefit comparison was performed. Findings: Droneworxs cost divided by healthcare costs/case/year ($90,000) = 17 so if these injuries are prevented then cost equivalence is reached figurately speaking, then cost benefits accrue. Novelty /Improvement: Drones are not overly expensive compared to spinal cord injury costs. The occasional presence of aerial cameras at sporting venues may also deter repeated foul play, in the same way that webcam cameras deter potential thieves.
Highlights
Hilton (2018) studied on moving aerial cameras at sporting venues and whether they have the potential to revolutionize injury surveillance monitoring [1]
There is a long history of their usage, which includes being used for military purposes such as peacekeeping or surveillance, agriculture, aerial drops, commercial usage, scientific purposes, data collection, research, surveying, policing, smuggling, rescues, and recreational usage such as aerial photography or drone racing
There is scope for drones to be further potentially utilized in a greater capacity in terms of monitoring sporting events to film, but for this film exposure to be further utilized for the purposes of studying causal and precipitating factors associated with injury, for surveillance, and for recording a log of sporting injuries
Summary
Hilton (2018) studied on moving aerial cameras at sporting venues and whether they have the potential to revolutionize injury surveillance monitoring [1]. There is scope for drones to be further potentially utilized in a greater capacity in terms of monitoring sporting events to film, but for this film exposure to be further utilized for the purposes of studying causal and precipitating factors associated with injury, for surveillance, and for recording a log of sporting injuries.
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