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It is the fourth quarter, and the team needs to make a stop. The right inside linebacker makes the tackle but he never gets up, he never walks or sees ever again. This is what happened to Matthew Gfeller, who died two days after getting a concussion from a head to head collision. Scientists have focused on making sports safer. Increased awareness and research about concussions have helped to identify and diagnose concussions. People know what a concussion is but most people have no idea how…

Head injury constitutes a major cause of death in our country particularly in young and active persons. 1 person dies of head injury in every minute in India. Prevention, early and proper treatment will make a significant effect in reducing the morbidity and mortality due to head injury. DEFINITION: Injuries causing functional and/ or structural damage to the brain constitutes head injury and not just any injury causing damage to head and scalp region. Head injury can alter the functional status…

delayed responsiveness and the person finds it difficult to be alert and pay attention. The various states of consciousness include coma, vegetative state, and minimally conscious state, locked in syndrome and brain dead state. • Seizures as result of post traumatic epilepsy • Swelling due to accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid • Infections • Damage of blood vessels • Nerve damage -Changes in cognitive functioning • Attention or concentration • Speed of mental processing • Perception • Memory…

calculated for each ImPACT, SCAT-2, SCAT-3, Military Acute Concussion Evaluation(MACE). The variable of the test for all athletes is included in the analysis for each assessment. Each test had a protocol for comparing the test answers. The impact post-concussion cognitive scores were compared with preseason results of the evaluation to determine changes in performance. MACE shows the effect of the brain see if the concussion is still there. SCAT2 consists of three primary indexes of a…

In high schools today the incidence of concussions is a prevalent issue, particularly in athletes that participate in contact sports. With increasing concerns, there are a number of areas to focus on in regards to concussions. Our goal for our Healthy People 2020 group project was to prevent unintentional injuries and violence and reduce their consequences, with a focus on concussion awareness and prevention. Our hope was to provide information about concussions to high school students in an…

In this course plenty of topics were explored that dealt with the lives of women over the time frame 17-20 century. The topics that were discussed were topics that challenged ones’ previous knowledge on women during this time period. Some common myths that people may have about women during this time period is that women stayed at home with their children while they cooked and cleaned. Other myths that are believed is that women had many children normally around five to six and that the…

The brain is the most vital part of the body. It is how we control emotions, sense pain, and analyze and make decisions. If you injure your head it rattles your brain, can have terrible short term effects, and expose you to many long term dangers. When your brain is hit the impact causes your brain to shake around your skull. The brain hits your skull damaging the neurons and other cells that are required for the brain to function. After the hit you may or may not lose consciousness. You do not…

Are you someone who has a hard time writing research papers? What is the reason why you have a hard time writing this paper? Is it hard to start it or is it hard for you because you can’t find an interesting topic, like when your professor assigns you a specific topic and you don’t want to write it because you don’t like the topic they have picked. Well today, I have chosen what topic I am going to write about for my research paper. The topic I picked was concussions; I chose this topic because…

Have you ever had a concussion before? Well, I have and it is not so fun. It was a sunny Saturday afternoon on the weekend of July 4th. We had been swimming most of the day and decided to go tubing. Tubing can be really fun until something very unexpected happens. It was around 3:00 when my three friends and I jumped with excitement to see that the tube was blown up and ready. WE jumped onto the tube with joy, and we were all eager to go riding. After sitting behind the boat on the tube for a…

Spook, Omfg, did she ever fuckn tell you like it is or what!!!!! I almost pissed on myself lmao when Bull told me she fuckn told you how the cow ate the cabbage. How many, dude, how much fuckn times did I tell you Melinda had some fuckn guts. From what bull spirits thingies she was fuckn spot on!!!! Man, face it, from my point of view she pegged your ass to the goddamn wall about your fuckn lying and what's so fuckn pitiful is she right. You lie, she finds out, she confronts you, you…