Essays on Concussion

Introduction

The advancement of information and communications technologies continues to transform the sports industry as athletes gain new and more advanced ways sporting activities and strategies. Technologies evolve over time and so do sports causing a major transformation of the sports' industry. The study of technology and sports plays a crucial role in understanding the relationship between the athlete's performance in the field and the available technologies to promote such performance. Moreover, the integration of technology in sports led to the discovery of major sports concussion and their causes. The following paper describes the understanding of sports and technology focusing ...

Poly-Trauma and Nursing Competencies

Health illiteracy in the United States has reduced drastically over the last decade. However, a third of the total population still lacks perfect knowledge in the health sector. From an aesthetic point of view, traumatic patients in the country constitute the large portion of the population of the United States that lacks the knowledge on managing their health. In particular, the United States Army officers suffer major traumatic disorders from the dangerous missions they undertake across the world. The US army Institute of surgical research for joint trauma system provides the clinical procedure that helps the injured soldiers to ...

Sports facility refers to places and things necessary in doing sports as it involves a variety of risks related to safety. It is necessary for various types of sports such as cricket, football, baseball, etc. The most common sport in the world is football that is being watched by a large number of audiences, so there is a lot of crowd at the place where it organizes the event. The management of a football ground is a critical and challenging task for the organizer. The organizer of sports (especially football) is entitled to ensure safety and other measures before ...

Scenario

In the case study provided, the patient, a 12-year-old, presents at the clinic after having hit her head while playing soccer. The mother denies any instance of loss of consciousness, but notes that the child seems “loopy” and cannot recollect what happened immediately after the fall. She collided and fell on her back on the ground. The patient denies vomiting or diplopia but admits a significant headache since then. Neurologic examination and physical examination are all normal and negative respectively. There are three possible diagnoses for this patient;

Differential diagnosis

Concussion: In the event of a fall or a collision that ...

1. Introduction: Concussion occurs from traumatic injury to the brain and results in a temporary disruption of brain function or loss/altered consciousness for a short period (Moser, 2012). Concussion is common in contact sports, where there is a collision between players. It is expected to have an adverse cumulative effect on the persons cognitive and mental functioning (Moser, 2012). With course of time, this could adversely affect once athletic career. Identifying incidence of concussion in a particular sport, will help to determine risk and initiate preventive measures. Rugby is a full body contact sports and there are high chances ...

WRTG 393 Advanced Technical Writing

Dear Members of the Board, I am enclosing my research report into the aftermath of injuries in our youth, from which changes are needed to protect not only our children’s health better but also their future. I have received and documented information from multiple credible sources that establish the overuse, misuse and turning of a blind eye to injuries our youth are undergoing, while parents along with coaches continuing to enable it. I am interested in meeting with you to discuss this matter further and would welcome any opportunity you are available to do such. ...

Introduction

David Eagleman’s (2015) book entitled The Brain details scientific discoveries about the way the human brain processes information. The book details the ways in which one’s sensory capabilities and sensory processing activities formulates the way in which one interprets the external environment. It is the combination of sensory capabilities and the processing of sensory input that is largely responsible for the “reality” that one experiences (Eagleman, 2015). The external environment or what humanity would collectively call “reality” is not necessarily what truly exists. Reality may in fact be more subjective or internal than previously thought. Therefore, one ...

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the bruising of the brain due to an impact received on the head. The brain injury can be termed as primary if its caused directly by the impact blow or secondary if its caused by reaction processes such as swelling due to inflammation. Common types TBI include hematomas, contusions, diffuse axonal injury (DAI), concussion, and coup/contrecoup lesions. The type of injuries are characterized by symptoms such as dizziness, headaches, amnesia, loss of consciousness, going into a vegetative state or a coma or death in extreme cases. There is no clearly defined body of knowledge ...

The documentary “Football High” details the contradictions between the desires of coaches to win and the best interests of their players when it comes to handling of medical conditions (specifically concussion and heat stroke). Both of these conditions can influence a player’s health for years, if not their entire lives, as some of the suffering that NFL players have gone through after the end of their careers can indicate. The documentary “Football High” uses emotional and ethical appeals to point the viewer toward the folly at work in the management of athletes when they are injured. Concussion is ...

Introduction

International Ice Hockey Federation, Federation Internationale de Football Association, and the Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee initially organized the conference on concussion in sports. The goal of the conference was to give recommendations on how to improve the safety and health of athletes who have suffered concussion injuries.

Symptoms of Acute Concussion

Sports concussion abnormalities primarily reflect functional disturbances that cannot be observed on standard structural neuroimaging studies that diagnose a structural injury. The diagnosis of acute concussion involves an assessment of various domains. The areas include; clinical symptoms, behavioral changes, sleep disturbances, cognitive impairment and physical signs. The presence of ...