The Rate Of Emergency Room Visits

Introduction- Specialized headgear and better concussion protocol should be utilized in high school sports to prevent serious brain injuries.

In the article “Concussions Knowledge in High School Football Players” from the Journal of Athletic training on October 2014, writers Janie Cournoyer and Brady Tripp discuss that high school athletes fail to report symptoms of concussions due to their lack of knowledge on concussion education. For example, after a recent survey, Janie and Brady stated that 54% of participants receive knowledge of concussions from their parents, 60% from an academic source and 25% had no knowledge on what concussions is. The authors also included that most high students who don't report their concussion will likely suffer from post-concussion syndrome and second impact syndrome. It’s dreadful to hear that young athletes can suffer so much just because they lack information on how to evaluate a concussion. Not just the student athlete but the writer explains how parents and coaches have minimal knowledge on evaluating a concussion and choosing whether to put the athlete back to play. In addition, Janie and Brady mention that common symptom presented in a concussion were headaches, dizziness, and confusion. These all can be very harmful to a young athlete because it puts their health at risk. As stated in the article, about 60 - 70% of athletes who suffer a concussion will experience a coma or

Most states have three action steps that must be used in order to provide maximum safety for the athletes that are playing the games. The first step is to “educate coaches, parents, and athletes.” By educating coaches, parents, and athletes about the possibility of getting a concussion while playing a sport, they will all know what to look for if there is ever a hard hit to the

Furthering my focus, the sport that has the highest concussion rate is football. Football is the most popular and fastest growing sport in America. Football is a contact sport and the head of almost all players participating is directly contacted on every play that occurs. With a growth in popularity, kids all over America are being exposed to football at younger and younger ages. Of all the age groups to participate in this sport I would like to focus my attention towards High School. Over 1.1 million athletes in the 2012-2013 school year participated in the sport, making football the No. 1 participation

Professional and amateur sports in the United States are big money. It is big money for the teams and the companies manufacturing sports equipment and clothing. It is also a literal headache for many participants. Sports concussions that occur frequently have terrible outcomes. We live in a sports oriented culture, which promotes a hard-nose on field mentality. Athletes learn early on to not report injuries or to play through an injury, especially an injury causing problems with mental processes. This denial has dangerous consequences. The attitude begins with youth sports and is reinforced by parents and society. For the past twenty years, reevaluation of sports-related concussions has become a real and pressing need. This interest has

Statement of problem: Many high school football athletes receive concussions, a serious injury that poses a significant health risk.

In 2010, the NCAA started to implement the concussion policy that we see in school all over the country today. There was a research study done before the policy was implemented to see if school’s concussion policies were in alignment with the NCAAs. They found that most schools concussions policies were good. However, they were not as safe, as the policy the NCAA implemented. This opposes a slight problem in concussion management because, it opens up the possibility for concussions to go unnoticed and untreated (Baugh, Kroshus, Perry, Bourlas, 2017).

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Knowing these policies and being up-to-date on the most current concussion recovery research is necessary for those involved in any way with youth sports. As coaches, parents, and players become aware of the research, it will be possible to determine the most effective way to help athletes understand the severity of concussions. Current post-concussion return-to-play policies for high school-aged youth do much to ensure that the youth has recovered enough to return to play, but stricter policies must be implemented. These changes should be made due to how easy it is to miss the symptoms of a concussion and the dangerous effects of returning too early, the long-term effects of concussions, and the unique differences among individual

Shumko and Toto’s article provides information on symptoms and recovery time while even putting together true stories about athletes who have had concussions. The article starts off with a story of a boy who suffered a concussion while playing soccer. Shumko and Toto expand from that story by following it up with statistics on how many people have concussions to offering information on how health assessment centers for athletes have concussions programs. The author’s gives a broad view on concussions and the positive outcome’s of making more people aware of the injury.

Based on the research we have done in Science Class for our STEM Design Challenge, I have found that concussions are way more severe than one may think. It is very important not to disregard the importance of concussion awareness, especially because of our various sports and activities that students participate in throughout the school. Safety helmets can help with this issue, but we need to make sure that they are safe and reliable. We should also take action by informing our parents and communities about the importance of concussion awareness, and we should additionally find other ways to support students recovering from concussions at home.

Every year there are nearly 2 million injuries in high school sports accounted for (Sports-Related Injuries). A lot of injuries go unaccounted for too. Injuries in sports can be very dangerous, especially for young kids and teens whose body and brain are still developing (Esch, Mary, and David Klepper). Just one hard tackle can change their life forever, with the long-term effects injuries can lead to. The most concerning injury is a concussion. Not only are there concussions in hard-hitting sports like football and hockey there are also concussions in NASCAR and soccer. In order to protect our youth and pros, players and coaches should take traumatic brain injuries more seriously, players should be more educated on

“CDC reports show that the amount of reported concussions has doubled in the last 10 years. The American Academy of Pediatrics has reported that emergency room visits for concussions in kids ages 8 to 13 years old has doubled, and concussions have risen 200 percent among teens ages 14 to 19 in the last decade” (Head Case, 2013). It is reported that between 5-10% of athletes will suffer concussion during any given sports season. Football is the most common sport with concussion risk for males with a 75% chance. It has also been found that 78% of concussions happen during games as opposed to during practices (Science Daily, 2014).

Football, some would say, is America’s new favorite pastime. It’s enjoyed by adults and children alike. Many kids grow up playing the sport. Starting from the peewee level and progressing until they reach the high school level. Sometimes, if they’re good enough, maybe even farther. However, high school football is where players really take strides to become better at the game. As with any sport, there are injuries. Yet, there is one injury in particular that has some petitioning for significant change to the sport, even to the point of banning it. That injury is concussions.

It was the first time Katherine had given serious thought to differences between female and male concussions. Was this group of girls at the concussion clinic an anomaly? Could such a cohort be repeated in a wider audience? To find out, she partnered with Dr. Jimmy Sanderson and Dr. Melinda Weathers at Clemson University to conduct a peer-reviewed study on women and concussions. In the more than 500 initial interviews, respondents told their raw, unvarnished stories of their post-concussive experiences. “It was like sirens crying out to me,” Katherine recalls.