Educate everyone involved about concussion — from the player and his parents to the coach and the teammates.
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The most important thing we can do to
determine whether someone has had a concussion on the field
is educate everyone involved
with regard to how serious the consequences
of concussion and multiple
concussions can be.
[Jeffrey Barth, PhD, ABPP-CN Director Brain Injury&Sports Concussion Institute]
[University of Virginia School of Medicine]
If we educate and make it important to the player that he report his symptoms,
we won't have to depend on a coach looking for those sorts of things.
And in fact, it's inappropriate
for the coach to be doing that or be
assigned that duty.
They are involved in the game.
That needs to be something that the athletic trainers,
if there is one available, team physicians,
and others pay attention to.
If the student has been properly educated, they will know how
important this is not only to their well-being,
but actually, to their being able to play the sport.
If they play through a concussion and get
another concussion shortly thereafter,
it can not only have serious consequences for them,
but it can keep them out for the rest of the season.
So reporting your symptoms is important,
and we need to make that
important to the student, but to the
coaches as well, so they will reinforce that with their players.
Produced by Victoria Tilney McDonough and Brian King.
Jeffrey Barth, PhD, ABPP-CN holds the position of professor and co-director of the Neurocognitive Assessment Laboratory, and section head, Neurocognitive Studies in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, with a joint appointment in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
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