UAE cautions versus harmful social networks challenge

The difficulty has actually supposedly hurt teens worldwide.

The Ministry of Education has cautioned students versus playing a hazardous online prank that has actually gone viral on social networks platform TikTok. Arabic media estimated a ministry source as saying that safety officers at public schools have been instructed to monitor trainees closely to guarantee they are not taking part in what is called the ‘skull breaker difficulty’.

The obstacle has actually supposedly hurt teenagers in Canada and other parts of the world. It includes fooling an unwary pal or associate into leaping in the air for a video. While airborne, the victim’s legs are tugged from under him, making the individual fall back flat on the ground.

A medical professional in the UAE has actually cautioned that the unsafe trick can lead to life-threatening injuries.

Dr Srinivas Janga, specialist neurosurgeon at Prime Medical facility, stated if somebody falls with his head hitting the ground, “there is a danger of injury to the skull bones which can result in deadly brain haemorrhage”. It could also cause lethal fractures.

The physician said the fall can hurt the back bone. “It can cause paralysis of both lower limbs, which may lead to permanent damage in spite of the very best medical and surgical management.

” Falling over butts might result in tail bone fracture, causing neurological deficits like bowel and bladder incontinence.”

Teens question ‘dumb stunt’

Teenagers told Khaleej Times they would dissuade their peers from trying such ‘foolish obstacles’. “This brand-new trend has ‘so-called’ good friends putting each other in quickly avoidable danger. Dangers of the skull breaker obstacle must not be taken gently.

There should be awareness about its dangers,” said Andrew Mathew Mannil, 19, a student of the American University of Sharjah.

Aaron Augustine, another 19-year old student, said “it was shocking that the dangerous stunt has actually gone viral on social media”.

” We teenagers need to understand that enjoyable should not come at the danger of injury. I will seriously prevent anybody from trying this out.”

Annica Stuthi, a 8th grade student of GEMS Centuries Sharjah, said the obstacle is frightening and “certainly not funny”.

Most current of several viral difficulties

This is not the very first time that a social networks difficulty has actually caused issues. In October in 2015, a UAE-based mother reported a painful story of how her child got home with a bruised neck. He was participating in the so-called ‘pass-out difficulty’, where youngsters strangle themselves or each other in various ways to see for how long they can last.

In November, moms and dads in the UAE had revealed issues over a dangerous obstacle that involved Netizens sealing their bodies – even their heads often – in large garbage bags and drawing the air out with a vacuum cleaner.

Another difficulty included youngsters consuming laundry detergent and daring others to do the very same.