JEOPARDY!

Concussion Edition

The Basics

Risks
and
Precautions

Returning
To

Sports!

Concussions
in
The
News

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BEHAVIORS OR ACTIONS THAT

SOMEONE IS ABLE TO OBSERVE IN
ANOTHER PERSON

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SIGNS

EXPERIENCED BY THE
INJURED/CONCUSSED
INDIVIDUAL AND ARE OFTEN
REPORTED TO OTHERS

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SYMPTOMS

DIRECT/INDIRECT
COUP/CONTRACOUP

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MECHANISMS OF INJURY FOR

A CONCUSSION

STANDING FOR SIDELINE

CONCUSSION ASSESSMENT
TOOL, IT IS AN ON-FIELD
ASSESSMENT TOOL

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SCAT 3

THIS OCCURS WHEN THERE IS

A BLOW TO THE HEAD BEFORE
THE FIRST CONCUSSION HAS
COMPLETELY HEALED AND
RESULTS IN MASSIVE
SWELLING IN THE BRAIN

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SECOND IMPACT SYNDROME

A COMBINATION OF
SYMPTOMS THAT CAN
PERSIST FOR DAYS, WEEKS,
OR MONTHS FOLLOWING A
CONCUSSION.

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POST CONCUSSIVE SYNDROME

WAYS TO MAKE SPORTS

SAFER

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EDUCATION, PROPERLY FITTING

EQUIPMENT, PROPER TECHNIQUE
WHEN IN DOUBT, SIT THEM OUT

INDIVIDUALS WHO SUSTAIN

REPEATED CONCUSSIONS OR
SUB-CONCUSSIVE FORCES ARE AT
A RISK OF THIS RARE
DEGENERATIVE BRAIN DISEASE
AND WOULD EXPERIENCE
COGNITIVE ISSUES, BEHAVIORAL
PROBLEMS, PHYSICAL PROBLEMS,
AND EMOTIONAL ISSUES.

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CHRONIC TRAUMATIC
ENCEPHALOPATHY

THE PURPOSE IS TO
GRADUALLY GRADUALLY
INCREASE PHYSICAL STRESS
AND COGNITIVE LOAD ON THE
BRAIN TO DETERMINE IF FULL
HEALING HAS TAKEN PLACE

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RETURN TO PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY/SPORT
PROGRESSION

CAN CONSIST OF THE

ATHLETIC TRAINER,
PHYSICIAN, SCHOOL NURSE,
COUNSELORS, COACHES,
PARENTS, AND TEACHERS

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CONCUSSION CARE TEAM

THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF

TIME SPENT ON EACH STEP OF
THE RETURN TO PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY/SPORT
PROGRESSION

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24 HOURS

ACCOMMODATIONS THAT CAN

BE MADE IF A CONCUSSED
INDIVIDUAL IS EXPERIENCING
DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING
ON SCHOOLWORK

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SHORTEN TASK DURATION, GIVE

BREAKS BETWEEN TASKS, OR
EXTENDED TIME FOR TESTS TO
ALLOW FOR BREAKS

A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT

WITH A COMBINATION OF
HUNDREDS OF ACTIONS
BROUGHT BY MORE THAN
5,000 EX- PLAYERS ACCUSED
THIS ORGANIZATION OF
HIDING THE DANGERS OF
CONCUSSIONS, PARTICULARLY
CTE.

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THE NFL

BETWEEN JANUARY 2011 AND

MARCH 2012, THIS PENGUINS
HOCKEY PLAYER MISSED 101
GAMES DUE TO
CONCUSSIONS.

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SYDNEY CROSBY

THIS FORMER US WOMENS GYMNAST WAS

FORCED TO DROP OUT OF THE 2012
WOMEN'S VISA GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP.
WHILE PRACTICING HER FLOOR ROUTINE,
SHE LANDED ON HER BACK AND HIT HER
HEAD, WITH SIGNS OF A CONCUSSION SHE
WAS FORCED TO DROP OUT. DESPITE THIS,
SHE SUCCESSFULLY PETITIONED TO
COMPETE AT THE OLYMPIC TRIALS AND MADE
THE TEAM. THERE WAS A VERY POPULAR
INTERNET MEME INVOLVING HER.

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MCKAYLA MARONEY

THIS U.S. WOMENS SOCCER

PLAYER RETIRED FROM THE
NATIONAL TEAM IN 2006 AND
IS NO LONGER ALLOWED TO
PLAY SOCCER DUE TO HER
CONCUSSION HISTORY AND
POST-CONCUSSIVE
SYNDROME.

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CINDY PARLOW CONE

SOME OF THE WFB FOOTBALL

PLAYERS VOLUNTEER TO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS. IT IS
RUN BY DR. MCCREA OUT OF
THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF
WISCONSIN AND FUNDED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE

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THE HEAD TO HEAD STUDY

THIS STATES THAT ALL YOUTH ATHLETIC

ORGANIZATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO EDUCATE
COACHES, STUDENT-ATHLETES AND PARENTS ON
THE RISKS OF CONCUSSIONS AND PROHIBITS
PARTICIPATION IN A YOUTH ACTIVITY UNTIL A
PARENT OR GUARDIAN HAS RETURNED A SIGNED
INFORMATION SHEET INDICATING THEY HAVE
REVIEWED THE MATERIALS. A PERSON WHO IS
SUSPECTED OF SUSTAINING A CONCUSSION OR
HEAD INJURY IN A YOUTH ATHLETIC ACTIVITY MUST
BE REMOVED FROM THE ACTIVITY IMMEDIATELY. A
PERSON WHO HAS BEEN SO REMOVED MAY NOT
PARTICIPATE IN A YOUTH ATHLETIC ACTIVITY UNTIL
HE OR SHE IS EVALUATED BY A HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER WHO HAS BEEN TRAINED IN THE
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CONCUSSION
AND HEAD INJURIES AND RECEIVES CLEARANCE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITY FROM THE HEALTH
CARE PROVIDER.

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THE WISCONSIN STATE LAW ON

CONCUSSIONS AND ORGANIZED
SPORTS

AS MANY AS THIS NUMBER OF

ATHLETES WITH A POSSIBLE
CONCUSSION REPORT PLAYING
WITH CONCUSSION
SYMPTOMS

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7 IN 10

NEW RESEARCH HAS COME

OUT SUGGESTING THAT
TESTING FOR THIS MARKER
CAN INDICATE AN INDIVIDUAL
HAS SUSTAINED A
CONCUSSION.

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BLOOD TEST FOR THE TAU

PROTEIN