Heads Up: The

Hazards of
Concussions
 Story

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 EQ: What is known about sports
concussion risk and recovery?

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 What is a Concussion?

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 Point #1
The five leading sports which account for concussions
include football, basketball, boxing, bicycling and soccer

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 High School Sports

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 “Unlike a broken ankle, or other injuries you
can feel with your hands, or see on an X-ray, a
concussion is a disruption of how the brain
works”
-National Football Association

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 Bicycling

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 Boxing

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 Point# 2

The effects of a concussion are cumulative in

athletes who return to play prior to complete
recovery.

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 Health Professionals

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 Effects

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 “If Your child has sustained a concussions in
the past, it's important to keep in mind that an
athlete that sustains a concussion is three to six
times more likely to have a repeat head injury”
-Matt Brzycki

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 Point #3
Lack of a proper diagnosis and management of a
concussion may result in serious long term
consequences, or risk of coma or death

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 Cognitive Test

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 “ I want every person who leaves this game
to be as healthy as possible when they leave.
We all give up stiffness in knees, backs, joint
pain. You don’t want to give up you brain”
-Jeff Saturday

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 Student Athletes

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 What Next?

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 Done

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