PPT-SSSAD ATHLETE EDUCATION CONCUSSION GUIDELINES

WHAT IS A CONCUSSION A concussion is a brain injury that cannot be seen on routine Xrays CT scans or MRIs It affects the way you may think and remember things and can cause a variety of symptoms . Jeffrey L. . Tanji. , . MD. Associate Medical Director, Sports Medicine, UC Davis Health System. Melita. Moore, MD. Head Team Physician, UC Davis . Intercollegiate Athletics. Mindgame. Disclosures. I have no relevant financial relationships to any products discussed in this talk. Cynthia L. Boyer, . Ph.D. Executive Director. Bancroft . NeuroRehab. MRI Views. About Your Brain. Freely floating within the cerebrospinal fluid. Moves at a different rate than the skull in collisions. Farah . Hameed. , MD. Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine. The Sports Medicine Center for the Developing Athlete. Columbia University. New York Presbyterian Hospital. Who Am I? . Undergraduate/Graduate Training: . Aimil Parmelee, MOT, OTR/L. Marlaina Montgomery, MOT, OTR/L. Incidence . 1,300,000 individuals suffer a mild TBI each year in the U.S.. Total yearly cost is around $60 billion. 75% of all TBI are concussions. Chris Hummel, MS, ATC. Clinical Assistant Professor/Athletic Trainer. Ithaca College. Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences. What is a Concussion?. Complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by traumatic biomechanical forces (Zurich Consensus Statement, 2008). Kevin O’Connell. Chartered Physiotherapist. BSc. Physiotherapy, MISCP, NZRP. Concussion is a brain injury and can be caused by a direct or indirect hit to the players head or body. . It typically results in an immediate onset of short lived signs and symptoms.. Sydney . Crosby . was out for almost a year with concussion-like symptoms. Each season, 10%–12% of minor league hockey players 9–17 years old who are injured report a head injury, most commonly a concussion. CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT. . Definitions:. Health-Care Professional. : . An Indiana licensed health care provider who has been trained in evaluations and management of concussions and head injuries, and includes a medical doctor (MD) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO) who holds an unlimited license to practice medicine in the state of Indiana.. B. If a Coach observes a Student Athlete exhibit any sign, symptom, or behavior consistent with a ately remove that Student Athlete from practice, return to practice, conditioning, or game until a Hea DATED SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 1. IF A WEHA COACH (WHO IS UNDER A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION TO COMPLETE AN ANNUAL CONCUSSION RECOGNITION COURSE) SUSPECTS THAT A WEHA YOUTH ATHLETE HAS SUSTAINED A CONCUSSIO B If a Coach observes a Student Athlete exhibit any sign symptom or behavior consistent with a ately remove that Student Athlete from practice return to practice conditioning or game until a Health Ca North Oldham High School. What is a Concussion?. A concussion is the most common form of head injury.. It is a very serious head injury that is commonly mistaken for “getting your bell rung.” It is a traumatic brain injury that alters the way your brain functions.. management standards . ↑. Need to implement c. omprehensive concussion . management . program at MJC, . better concussion care for SAs. IMPACT:. . . -Prior to 2016: no documentation, 2016: . 1. Rural Drs Meeting –. Clifden. 2016. . Dr Frank Fogarty GP Dip MSK Med, . M.Med.Sc. . FFSEM. Concussion. What is it?. Why is it important?. How to recognise it?. What to do . pitchside. ?. What to do later?.