This tip card takes a team approach to concussion management in student-athletes by involving athletic staff, school nurses, educators, and parents in the monitoring and recovery process. It gives athletic staff information to identify warning signs of a possible concussion during sports or practice. Early and late signs of concussion are identified. Stressing the importance of resting the student-athlete’s brain after a concussion, it provides tips and strategies to support the student-athlete in the classroom and at home during the recovery process. This tip card is ideal for athletic and school staff to distribute to parents as well as for in-service training of staff.
* Included in the Sports Concussion Tool Kit for Athletic Trainers and Coaches
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Item | SPCO |
Pages | 8 |
Year | 2010 |
This tip card helps coaches, athletic trainers, parents and school personnel…
What is a Concussion?
Early and Late Signs of a Concussion
Rest the Brain
Monitoring a Concussion
Notifying the Concussed Student’s Teachers
Recovery
Conclusion
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What is a Concussion? A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury caused by mechanical forces that immediately and temporarily disrupts the normal functioning of the brain. The mechanical trauma that causes a concussion may be either a direct blow to the head, face, and neck or an indirect blow elsewhere on the body that transmits an “impulsive” force to the head.
Concussions in student-athletes occur in many sports as well as recreational activities in the community. It is best to be cautious any time it appears that an athlete may have a concussion. A student-athlete who sustains a concussion should be immediately removed from play and given some type of “side line evaluation” to measure the concussion’s severity. When in doubt, keep the athlete out. This applies to both situations of a suspected or identified concussion.
Student-athletes who sustain concussions need to be measured, monitored and managed by a “concussion team.” This includes the coach, athletic trainer, physician, parents, teachers, school nurse, school psychologist and concussion specialists.
Tips on warning signs during sports or practice…
Coaches and athletic trainers may first notice that the student-athlete…
These are warning signs indicating a possible concussion.