«Youth athletes, both at professional and amateur levels, need to be
informed about concussion prevention, identification, and recovery strategies.
Not exact matches
My position has consistently been and continues to be that it is up to parents to make decisions
about their own kids» safety, and that the best thing I, MomsTEAM, the CDC,
concussion experts, coaches, athletic trainers, and national governing bodies for football, from Pop Warner to USA Football to the NFL, can do is to (a) continue to do what we can and are doing doing to make the game safer (and that there remains a great deal of work to be done in this area is undeniable); and (b) provide accurate, objective information
about the risks so that such decision is an
informed one, not one driven by fear.
The Pennsylvania Departments of Public Health and Education must develop and post on their websites guidelines and other relevant materials to
inform and educate students, parents, and coaches
about concussions, the nature and risk of
concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI), including the risks of continuing to play or practice after a
concussion or TBI.
Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: SB 200 (2011) requires the Department of Health and the Department of Education to develop and post on their website guidelines and other relevant materials to inform and educate students participating in or desiring to participate in an athletic activity, their parents and coaches, about the nature and risk of concussion and traumatic bra
Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: SB 200 (2011) requires the Department of Health and the Department of Education to develop and post on their website guidelines and other relevant materials to
inform and educate students participating in or desiring to participate in an athletic activity, their parents and coaches,
about the nature and risk of
concussion and traumatic bra
concussion and traumatic brain injury.
Not only is it based on the latest thinking in the rapidly evolving field of
concussion evaluation and management and make
concussion terminology easy to understand, but, in explaining the short - term and long - term effects of
concussion and the
concussion management process, Dr. Meehan arms sports parents with all the information they need in making
informed choices
about treatment and when it is safe for their child to return to the playing field.
They can then share ongoing, objective reports with their children's doctor to help make more
informed decisions
about whether or not to let their children return to the playing field — or playground — following a documented
concussion.
Be sure to
inform the coach, trainer, and any additional appropriate parties
about all previous
concussions received in sports or other activities.
To that end, the White House will announce that the University of California, Los Angeles, will launch a $ 10 - million effort that will support initial research
informing the development of a future national surveillance system that would contain accurate figures
about the incidence of youth sports — related
concussions.