A concussion‚ also known as a mild traumatic brain injury‚ results from a blow to the head (“NFL Head Injuries”). The concussion epidemic‚ an ever rising problem in sports today‚ has become very prominent‚ especially in the NFL. With the new research that has surfaced in the last couple years‚ the NFL has received grief for not doing enough about concussions and their risks after the fact. The NFL has not done enough on the topic of concussions considering the fact that the league still continues
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but so have trips to the emergency room (ER). In the article “Heads up: concussion risks more soccer players to visit the ER” by Associated Press. Kids are going to the ER because soccer can cause head injuries‚ sprains‚ and fractures. In the article‚ it states that soccer is a dangerous sport and causes kids to go to the ER more. Soccer attracts kids of all athletic. According to LaBella a doctor in an emergency room most of the injuries she treats is kids that didn’t have the athletic capability
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All head injuries are potentially serious because they can damage the brain and make someone lose responsiveness. The severity of a head injury depends on how someone hit their head and how hard the impact was. A head injury may cause damage to the brain tissue or to blood vessels inside the skull‚ or even break the skull (a skull fracture). Clear fluid or watery blood leaking from the ear or nose‚ and a deteriorating level of response‚ are some of the signs of serious injury. The severity of a
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Concussions or head injuries‚ derived from minor bumps or reiterated collisions‚ are earnest occurrences that are not to be taken lightly. As a matter of fact‚ head injuries were proven in many cases to relapse and cause long-term effects; such as brain damage. In integration‚ concussions can not only affect the physicality of athletes but their cognitive and mental status. With these factors‚ injured athletes should not be pressured to reduce their time "sitting" out‚ instead‚ let time to sanction
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INTRODUCTION Head injury is including injury of scalp‚ skull and also the brain. Approximately statistic in Malaysia from year 2009 to 2010 that more than 6‚000 people accidental death sustain with a head injury. According to Deputy Minister of transport Malaysia ‚ Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri said most of the cause of death among the passengers and pillion riders is head injury (56.5%) ‚ brain injury (38.1%)‚ head and brain injury (34%) and head fracture (27.9%) .(nuffnang.blogspot). This scenario should
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cheering. A great description of some good old football. Where the toughest of the tough battle it out on the field‚ but could we be facing something even greater when those athletes step on the field? Research from many high schools‚ Universities‚ and NFL teams show that “on field head banging is taking a serious toll”. It is believed that our brains are still developing till our mid twenties. Due to the ongoing blows to the head in all levels of football the outcome of a long career will be a tragic
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Closed Head Injury Case Study Y.W. is a 23-year-old male student from Thailand studying electrical engineering at the university. He was ejected from a moving vehicle‚ which was traveling 70 mph. His injuries included a severe closed head injury with an occipital hematoma‚ bilateral wrist fractures‚ and a right pneumothorax. During his neurologic intensive care unit (NICU) stay‚ Y.W. was intubated and placed on mechanical ventilation‚ had a feeding tube inserted and was placed on tube feedings
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Brain injuries in football have to be prevented at all cost. The sport is very dangerous on all levels. The proper safety is not in place to protect the players lives.Many lives have been affected negatively and some lives were even lost due to violent nature of the game. As the captain of the football team twenty year old Owen Thomas committed suicide during his senior year at the University of Pennsylvania (Schwarz). When his brain was studied after his death it was found that he had a rare case
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Cause of Football Injuries The world of football in the world’s eyes is quickly changing. Instead of many people thinking of this sport as one of the world’s most beloved sources of entertainment‚ this characterization has become incorrect in many ways because of both conflicts and interconnections with injuries. It’s difficult to decipher the actual cause of the injuries. However‚ there are still clear distinctions of the evolution of football equipment‚ and the immediate effects of the lack
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The article “The Effect of Protective Headgear on Head Injuries and Concussions in Adolescent Football (Soccer) Players” by J. Scott Delaney‚ Ammar Al-Kashmiri‚ R. Drummond‚ and J. A. Correa‚ the authors examine the effectiveness of protective headgear in teenage athletes. For their study they focused on the Oakville Soccer Club in Oakville‚ Canada‚ using soccer players ages 12-17. The athletes were to fill out a questionnaire examining their 2006 season‚ asking information about concussions they
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