Personal Narrative: The Procedure

Supporting Idea/Evidence What exactly is a concussion? There technically isn’t a universal definition but the most common used by sports medicine is MTBI or Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. It caused by an immediate stop that causes you brain to come in contact with you skull. It can cause,” permanent memory loss, depression and personality change.” If not taken serious and treated properly over the correct amount of time you could risk death by having a second hit to your head. (tator,1)

“Final call girl’s four by eight-hundred-meter relay” called the official. The Ontario Track girl’s four by eight-meter team trooped up to lane one, in unison. I would not have wanted to be racing with anyone else but my relay family. We had trained all season for this one race. Every workout, asthma attack, tear, and shin splint has lead up to this one race to break a twenty year old school record. As we jogged with the official from the bullpen to the starting line, the crowd had uproars of excitement for the athletes. An immense smile grew across my face, not only from the ecstatic crowd, but from the anticipation to race. I approached the starting line, in the first lane, while my teammates arrayed along the fence with the other second,

will have to see your doctor again so he can diagnose you as concussion free and you can return

The treatment for a concussion used to be as simple as taking time to rest, or smelling bath salts before returning to play. In today’s world, concussions are more appropriately recognized as a serious head injury. In order to correctly diagnose and treat concussions, professional action needs to occur. Preventative measures, proper assessments and diagnosis, correct treatments, and increasing awareness are a few ways to reduce an issue down to a more manageable position. Concussions are a common threat in many aspects of life today. From contact sports to accidental falls, head injuries are an increasing issue that needs to be recognized as such. Two to four million concussion injuries occur from sports and recreation settings in the United States every year (The American Academy of Neurology). Most of these injuries result in a full recovery, but there are people who are left with dehabilitating injuries for the remainder of their lives. Thankfully it is becoming well known that these problems exist, and many people are starting to take action.

Recently, an enormous amount of attention has been given to the long-term effects caused by a concussion. Despite the fact that the understanding and awareness as to the severity of this traumatic brain injury (TBI) has greatly improved, concussions are commonly disregarded, undiagnosed and/or under-treated. Unlike an external injury that is easily seen, a concussion is an internal brain injury; therefore, without the use of diagnostic imaging, the concussion itself is invisible. However, symptoms can be helpful in diagnosing a concussion when diagnostic imaging is not readily available.

The problem with concussions are that not everybody takes them serious enough. Some people like football players will just blow it off. After taking a big hit and barely being able to get to the sidelines they will be right back in the game on the next possession. Others like coaches might not take a player’s concussion serious because they know without that player they might not be able to win thus putting the players long term health into effect. Concussions are very devastating and cause many people future problems no matter what some doctors say.

This concussion set me back the furthest out of them all. It had been about a week since the doctor cleared me to begin playing sports again. It had been about three and a half months since my second concussion. My third concussion took place during a PE class. Our PE teacher sent me and a group of kids to an auxiliary gym by ourselves while the PE teacher went to play basketball in another gym. And of course when a teacher is not present there will be horseplay. And there was just that. The student was standing about five feet away from me when the ball struck the side of my head. My doctor put me on brain rest for about two weeks. If you do not know what brain rest is, it's when all you do is rest and sleep and do not do anything that will

The best treatment that is shown the best progress is rest. It is said that rest is the best way to recover from a concussion, because you need to rest your body and your brain. It is best to stay away from regular activities for a while and ease your way back into them. Now, some people feel better in a few hours, but there are others who have still have symptoms for weeks or even months. So the best thing for those people is to not push themselves too hard and just take it easy for a while. Doctors will most likely like to run test on the person who has a brain injury. They will ask questions about the injury to see if the remember what happened, test their ability to pay attention, “neuropsychological test are ways that doctors can find out how well you are thinking and remembering after a concussion” (WebMD website). Also a doctor might order imaging scans like a CT or MRI scan just to make sure brain hasn’t sustained any bruising or

Early in my freshman year of high school, my books fell from my locker onto my head and gave me a severe concussion. The incident that occurred does not sound like it could cause such a severe injury, but it did for me. I assumed I would recover after a week or so, as I had with my other sports-related concussions. However, the doctor stated that it would take me longer to recover because I was not fully healed from my previous injuries. Ultimately, it took until the end of my sophomore year to be cleared.

Making sure the pediatric athlete and their parents understand and adhere to continued care is so vital. The first step after a hit to the head or an injury that causes the head to move back and forth, is to get evaluated and watch out for common signs and symptoms of a concussion. Common signs are: confusion, forgetfulness, disoriented, poor balance, altered speech, vision changes, and changes in behavior, personality, and mood. Continued care and assessment is important, because there can be short and long-term effects of concussions which affect thinking, learning, behavior, and emotions. After a concussion, a victim is supposed to rest and gradually return to the sport after being cleared by a physician. Following up with doctors is very important and waiting for the appropriate time to return to sports is

In the health world, concussions are finally now deemed as serious issues to physicians and athletic trainers. A couple decades ago, concussions were seen as just “getting your bell rung” with no long-term effects, that is really tragic when we really look back on it. There were many

A great deal of attention has been conducted on concussions in recent years, along with that has come amassed research that is being done by people all over the world. Every Doctor I have ever counseled with about concussions has said we learn something new every day about concussions. The surface has barely been broken when it applies to knowledge and understanding of concussions. Through my own personal turmoil and experiences I have undergone, I have cultivated many valuable things. The most crucial and valuable advice I could give anyone about concussions is, if you have suffered a concussion do not put yourself in a high risk environment where hitting your head is a possibility until your brain has fully healed. If you just do that, chances are you will heal just fine and heal in the normal recovery period.

If your doctor does say you have concussion, he will also tell you what you need to do so as not to injury your brain again. In most case it only takes a few hours. In other case it may take as long as a few weeks.

To start with I want to talk about the students should take longer time to recover, the reason why students need more time to recover is rest is very important after a concussion because it helps the brain to heal. Ignoring your symptoms and trying to tough it out often makes symptoms worse. Be patient, because healing takes time. Only when your symptoms have reduced significantly, in consultation with your health care professional, should you slowly and gradually return to your daily activities, such as work or school. If your symptoms come back

The girls were all nervous. The music was loud and they hit their first stunt. Then, the stunt group moved to a different spot on the mat. Maggie, the back spot, was the one who called out the counts so that Mauri, Carci, and Reece all knew when to do the stunt. Maggie got so nervous that she got off beat and started the count wrong. Mauri pushed Reece’s foot up before Carci did and that made the stunt fall apart. The girls ended up dropping Reece in the second stunt. When Reece fell to the floor she tried to break her fall by using her hand. Mauri, Carci, and Maggie couldn’t catch Reece before she hit the ground. The music stopped and the EMTs came onto the floor where Reece was laying, holding her hand and crying. They put a brace on her hand and carried her off of the floor into the back room where they could check her out better. She was devastated and so