AP+Concussion+Presentation

In this group project on Concussions we split the work up between all four of us. I was told to find questions that a doctor would ask you if you had a concussion. I found questions on that and I will tell the class the questions that a doctor asks you when you get a concussion. During soccer season our coach sent us a link to a survey that asked questions to see if we had experienced a concussion. The test was called the IMPACT TEST. I will give the class information on it and why it is important to take the test.

My task was also to find out why you should tell a doctor or someone if you get a concussion. You should tell someone, such as a coach or doctor, if you get a concussion because it could lead to second impact syndrome. Second impact syndrome is when you get hit in the head again and bleeding is in the brain. When I was finding information of why it is important to tell someone if you have a concussion I found a story about it. There was a high school player who was playing football and had gotten hit in the head. When he came off of the field he was really dizzy but he didn't tell anyone. The coach asked him if he could go back in and he said yes. The next game he had gotten hit again and experienced second impact syndrome. He was then rushed to the hospital and fell into a coma. Concussion can be worse than you think. If you have a symptom you need to notify someone, such as your coach or parent, so you can go get your head checked out so it doesn't lead to more serious conditions.

I felt like the topic my group told me to do didn't have a lot of information so i decided to do some research on the symptoms and put a slide on there about that. I will also show the class a graph about what sports have more concussions than other and they will be surprised because basketball was the leading sport for concussions then it was biking, baseball, football, play ground activites and then soccer. It is surprising how basketball was the lead cause for concussion when you would think it would be football because it has more contact.