Congratulations Nevada! We Are The Least Injury-Prone State

Nevada’s medical professionals have truly been through some tough times since COVID hit back in 2020. Yet, our state has the fewest emergency room visits per capita. That’s according to data compiled and studied by NewYorkPainCare.com for 2021.

The authors of this study take data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for workplace injuries. Secondly, they include ER Visit information from the American Health Association. Thirdly, the National Association of State EMS Officials offer ambulance response data. Furthermore, all the information they use comes from 2021. Additionally, some states were not able to provide Emergency Medical Services or workplace injury numbers.

In fact, NewYorkPainCare.com utilizes emergency room visit data for the most part. Here in the Silver State, we average 227 ER visits per 1,000 residents. That is the lowest rate in the entire nation. Congratulations Nevada! We appear to be the least injury-prone state in the country.

Other states with lower rates of ER visits include Maryland (#49), Hawaii (#48), California (#47), and Arizona (#46).

Meanwhile, we Nevadans averaged 30 workplace injury cases per 1,000 residents in 2021. Comparatively, that’s somewhere in the middle of the pack nationwide.

So, which states seem to be the most injury prone? That dubious distinction belongs to the state of Maine. Not only do Mainers register the most emergency room visits per 1,000 people, but they also have the highest number of workplace injuries. The numbers? In brief, Maine averages 596 ER visits per 1,000 residents. In addition, there are 41 workplace injury cases on the books per 1,000 people.

Other states with higher rates of ER visits include Louisiana at number two averaging 535 per 1,000 people. Third, it’s Kentucky with an average of 525 ER visits per 1,000 residents. Fourth, it’s West Virginia averaging 524 emergency room visits for every 1,000 people. Rounding out the top five in fifth place is Ohio. The Buckeye State averages 505 ER visits per 1,000 residents.

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As anyone who has watched the classic episode of The Office where the Dunder Mifflin team learned CPR (sort of) knows, the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" is the perfect song to do CPR to. While the episode is hilarious, CPR is no laughing matter. Lyrically, "Stayin' Alive" is a bit on the nose. But it is also 100 beats per minute, which is the perfect pace to administer CPR.

You shouldn't be picky about music when administering CPR, of course. Time is of the essence. But just in case, New York Presbyterian Hospital has a playlist of songs at 100bpm. Though the playlist has 57 songs and runs 3 and a half hours, we picked the funniest and oddest ones to play in the crucial moment of saving someone's life.

Per the Mayo Clinic, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving technique that's useful in many emergencies, such as a heart attack or near drowning, in which someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped. If you're afraid to do CPR or unsure how to perform CPR correctly, know that it's always better to try than to do nothing at all, so pick a tune and get to pumpin' because the difference between doing something and doing nothing could be someone's life. But, hey, why not dedicate a little time so that you are actually prepared to take action if you need to. Learn more about the basics here.

Incidentally, in the aforementioned scene from The Office, the CPR instructor tells Steve Carrell's Michael Scott to sing "Stayin' Alive," and he instead starts singing Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive." That song is also at 100bpm, so that would have worked as well (assuming that Michael is better at administering CPR than he is at keeping secrets). But you wouldn't want to start with the intro of that song, which is slower than 100 bpm, just jump right to the chorus.

See below our 10 favorites from the list:

Singing "Is it too late now to say sorry?" while giving someone CPR feels a bit weird, but hey, it's 100bpm!

Justin's song is weird in this scenario, as it makes us want to dance. Don't worry about bringing sexy back when you're doing CPR.  Also: "Don't be so quick to walk away."

Now the folks over at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, like The Office, have a great sense of humor to include "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees. It's pretty on the nose!

"When you see my face, hope it gives you hell, hope it gives you hell." Hopefully, giving someone CPR will have the opposite effect.

Hearing Missy Elliot saying, "Is it worth it? Let me work it" while giving someone CPR seems like the most inspiring song on the list. Please note that this song and video may be NSFW, even if it might help save a life.

The music video (which may be considered NSFW) takes place in an ER (which is also a bit on the nose). Tracy Morgan makes a cameo as hospital security, which is hilarious.

Instead of being an arms dealer, it's much better to be a breath dealer while getting someone's breath pumping again.

It's also a bit on the nose: "When I die and they lay me to rest/Gonna go to the place that's the best!" That's all well and good, but hopefully CPR will delay that trip.

Modest Mouse singer Isaac Brock may not have been sincere when he sang "Well, we'll float on, good news is on the way." But you can take it literally in this instance, especially after successful CPR.

Keep them "big wheels" turnin' so you can go back to whenever you call home, whether it's Alabama or anywhere else.

Larry Martino is the long-time afternoon drive personality on 96.3 KKLZ. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of Larry Martino and not necessarily those of Beasley Media Group, LLC.

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