Smartphone Use Landing Users in the ER

Between 1999 and 2017, researchers estimate that more than 76,000 people visited emergency rooms in the United States for the head, face, and neck injuries in relation to smartphone usage. Lead researcher Dr. Boris Paskhover explains, “People are not paying attention and getting head and neck injuries because they’re walking with a cellphone, and fall and break their nose or jaw.”
JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, December 2019