bones and a considerable amount of brain; before exiting out the top of his skull (Twomey‚ 2010). The power from the blast shot the iron///////////////////////////////////////////++ rod with such force it came to rest some 30 feet away from the site (Costadi‚ 2006). Gage‚ who never lost consciousness‚ recovered well enough to begin to regain somewhat of a normal life. However‚ he suffered major changes to his personality and behavior‚ due to his traumatic brain injury. He could not stick to plans
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Adam started playing football at abnormal age of thirteen. By the time he is out of high school‚ will have suffered from eight concussions and a broken leg. Sure his leg can make a full recovery but his brain never will. The sport of football is built on violence. Football is a dangerous sport and changes Football is a dangerous sport and needs to equipment and rules needs to be made. Jeffri Chadiha‚ Jeff Sports writer and examiner‚ has multiple ideas of how to make football safer. One way is to
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patient care for people o all ages‚ emergency nurses must possess both general and specific knowledge about health care to provide quality patient care for people of all ages. Emergency nurses must be ready to treat a wide variety of illnesses or injury situations‚ ranging from a sore throat to a heart attack. Emergency room is the first line of care in any hospital. It is the gateway to any medical institution. Having this said‚ Patients in the emergency room are unpredictable. From the number
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perspective: Sports & Concussions Concussions in High School Sports: Are They Worth the Risk? Should School Football Be Banned? by Bran L. Mahaffey‚ MD The risk of serious injury or accidental death to our youth is much higher than football participation while riding their bicycles‚ swimming in home pools‚ walking or riding to school or living in homes where alcohol‚ prescription drugs and household poisons and toxins are stored. Editor’s Preface Following the suicide death
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Wellington Hsu‚ a professor of orthopedic surgery at Northwestern‚ discussed that due to the fact they have less neck muscle‚ they are more likely to sustain an injury. The muscle acts as a cushion‚ and absorbs some of the impact. Girls’ soccer actually leads in amount of concussion with 34.5 percent of players experiencing a head injury. Football follows‚ with 24.7% of its players sustaining a concussion. Girls’ soccer has also seen a significant rise‚ more than doubling the amount of concussions
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for many boys. Many players step onto the field with all of their protective gear‚ never even considering how dangerous the sport really is. What it is to medicals professionals and some parents is a concern for recurring concussions and lingering brain damage. The sport of football is beginning at younger and younger ages‚ as young as four years old. Proud fathers‚ and mothers too‚ sign
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and should be able to return to the game. However if a player is injured‚ this means that they have been hurt to the point where they are not physically able to play‚ or to the point that further play could escalate the injury into something much more serious. For most injuries this distinction is easy to make‚ for instance a sprained ankle can either be ran on or it cant‚ depending on the extent of the sprain. If a player suffers a concussion though‚ it can be much more difficult for that player
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after that game. His cause of death‚ brain damage. Janes took numerous hits to the head during a varsity football game. He seemed perfectly healthy‚ but in actuality‚ he suffered brain swelling‚ bleeding‚ and bruising all resulting from numerous hits to the head while playing football. Janes was only one of the eight high school athletes who died in 2013 from the brain and spine injuries they suffered while playing high school football. In addition to brain trauma‚ heart conditions‚ asthma and heat
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Among snowboarders and skiers‚ traumatic brain injuries and neck injuries are the leading cause of death. Experts hope that both skiers and snowboarders will reconsider the impact of going without a helmet while riding down the slopes. Statistics have shown that you can reduce brain injury by as much as 35 percent when you wear a helmet. What are some of the causes of TBI when skiing or snowboarding? The biggest risks come from colliding with a tree‚ falling hard or colliding with another skier
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Football League? A player could have a broken leg or a pulled hamstring‚ but what if there was something that could affect a player after his playing years were over? A concussion would be the answer to that question‚ and it can lead a serious brain injury and even cause disease such as Alzheimer’s. The National Football League is at a crossroad concerning concussions‚ and many former National Football League players will say that the National Football League and general population knew about it
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