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Trauma can happen at anytime and anyone. The suddenness and intensity of certain traumas can take root in people’s lives and can have adverse effects lasting a few months or possibly the rest of their life. Trauma is considered the second leading cause of death in infants under the age of one year (Quin, Waldron, and Pages, 2010). There are many determining factors that lead to delayed development when a child is exposed to trauma. Neglect and abuse are labeled the most common and are reported to be the single most import public health challenge within the United States (Van and Bessel, 2005).…
Football plays a great part in the United States. It is a part of our culture and is a part of the atmosphere in the fall when school is about to start. It is an amusing experience for a lot of people and their families. This is what make football a part of our culture. One thing to actually think about though is what is essentially happening to the children, the young adults, and athletes involved in this sport; they are growing older then, attending college or even playing professional football with head injuries. Understanding that in football there are many collisions of the head to somebody else’s head or other body parts. Although, the brain sits inside of a cranial vault, also known as the skull. Even wearing the best equipment…
Shaken Baby Syndrome or abusive head trauma is a serious and potentially life threatening condition in children that results from being violently shaken. As identified in class, some symptoms of Shaken Baby Syndrome are seizures, decreased alertness, extreme irritability or change in behavior, loss of consciousness, loss of vision, poor feeding, vomiting or having trouble breathing. When diagnosing abusive head trauma, physicians specifically look for three symptoms in particular that have come to be known as ‘the triad.’ The triad includes unexplained bleeding in the brain, unexplained brain swelling, and unexplained bleeding behind the retina. The effects of SBS can be life long or even fatal.…
Head to head contact is when a player lowers his crown and hits his opponent directly in the head. This can cause a player to be ejected for the rest of the game and potentially miss the next game. Though head to head contact is illegal in present day football, I believe this rule is unnecessary because it takes away from the game by eliminating the amount of exposure used in a contact sport. Although as football evolves, so do the rules as well. Regulations against players hitting defenseless athletes began in 1997 when it became illegal for a “defensive lineman to strike an opponent above the shoulder during an initial charge”(Operations NFL).…
When a child bumps their head, the child is immidiately assessed by an adult in the setting to see how severe the injury is. If the child is concious they are taken to the medical room where a First Aider will apply a cold compress to the bump. At the time the child will not be left alone and the parents or guardians are informed of the accident. If any serious than this, the parent will be informed to take the child to the family doctor, to be further checked out.…
The reason that younger children such as infants and toddlers are the ones that are injured the most is because they have limited motor skills, problem solving skills and that increases the risk of injury. Also, there are some conditions that may contribute to unintentional injury, such as teachers or staff members who may be unfamiliar with the children or their routines. If they don’t know what the children normally do every day or know where they are supposed to be, then injuries can occur at any time. Sometimes there may be a shortage of teachers or not enough adults to have adequate supervision for the child as well. If the teacher does not explain the rules and explain what they expect of them, that can cause injury also.…
Today, many athletes across the country suffer from a common injury. This injury is one with serious side effects and can permanently end any star's career. Could you imagine being at the top of your game and then suffer a career shattering injury, many athletes face it every day. Today, Concussions are a constant threat across the world of sports. Football and hockey are two sports with a level of play that causes an increase in Concussions. Medical experts and leagues are doing the best they can to understand this growing issue. By understanding the role concussions can play in the game of professional hockey, the league can help prevent these problems from happening. Concussions affect the game of hockey in several ways from on and off the ice. In order to understand concussions role on the game of hockey, one must look at the symptoms, injuries, and side-effects of this condition.…
Head trauma is an injury to the head that may or may not be brain related. The injury can me mild or very severe depending on the cause, head injuries can be causes from a wide variety of accidents or incidents. You can have head trauma from automobile accidents, slips and falls, sport accidents, violent shaking to the head/body (common with babies or small children) assaults or fights, and gunshot injury to the head. Head or brain can be damaged directly by things such as hard blows to the head, or indirectly by things like brain swelling or lack of oxygen. There are four common types of head injuries:…
Https://www.uiltexas.org>health>info said ‘’Coaches and officials should discourage the players from using their heads as battering rams.’’ This shows that if kids use correct format and training then they will most likely not get injuries from hits and tackles, but if they do not use the correct format and training then they will have high possibilities of getting…
Head injuries can happen at any point in life, even more so in football and with the federal government looking into major head injuries such as concussions, like they did with Steroids in baseball a decade or so ago. The game has come into question with these types of injuries, if combat sports are putting people in harm’s way and if they are. The main difference now with former players and athletes and how they dealt with concussions, the more research now with head injuries that are leading to more and more players get introduced to this problem. Along with the biggest story about how the NFL was accused of knowing about the head injuries and them just flat out ignoring it, and what the former players who sued got from the league and their…
We have learned a lot about concussions in the past decade but it is nothing compared to how much we still do not know. Concussions are tricky and some people are more prone to them, Sometimes you may not even notice and sometimes you can get hit very hard with head…
The importance of obtaining concussions at an early age in someone’s life can be the deciding factor of how that individual will perform specific tasks for the rest of his or her life. The investigation will address specific evidence that proves what possible ramifications can come from not placing value on the physical and mental well being of a youth that has obtained a sport concussion. Society needs to be informed of the results in order to create change in how youths play contact sports and come up with a plan of action to eliminate sport concussions in youths all…
Children can obtain traumatic brain injuries from domestic violence, automobile accidents, being struck by a vehicle, or even roller coasters. Amusement park rides can give adolescents concussions because…
In 2012 there were 3,800,000 reported concussions, 47% of those reports took place in high school football. 1 in 5 athletes will experience a concussion in each sport season and 33% of those athletes will experience at least one more before their high school graduation. Together as high school athletes, we need to stand up for our neurological safety in high school football by learning how to identify, treat and prevent a concussion.…