• A helmet can help protect your child from a serious brain or head injury.
  • Your child’s helmet should fit properly and be: well maintained, age appropriate, appropriately certified for use, and worn consistently and correctly.

Helmet Safety

There is no concussion-proof helmet, but a helmet can help protect your child or teen from a serious brain or head injury. It is important for your child or teen to avoid hits to the head, even with a helmet. It’s also very important that helmets fit properly by being well maintained, age appropriate, certified for use, and worn consistently and correctly.

Resources

Baseball Helmet Fact Sheets

Hockey Helmet Fact Sheets

More Helmet Fact Sheets



Content Source:

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control