Nationwide data continues to show that many catastrophic head injuries are a direct result of injured athletes returning to play too soon, not having fully recovered from the first head injury. Additionally, the Centers for Disease Control reports that approximately 3 million sports and recreational concussion occur every year. In the event of player suffering a trauma to the head followed by exhibiting signs of confusion, disorientation, headaches or other concussion type symptoms you must do the following:
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Please visit the CDC concussion website for more information. CDC home page - https://www.cdc.gov/headsup/index.html CDC concussion training link - https://www.cdc.gov/headsup/youthsports/training/index.html CDC coaches concussion training link - https://headsup.cdc.gov/ |