HB 2038 Coaches Training July 2012 Objectives • Definition • Natasha’s Law (HB 2038) • Concussion Oversight Team • Sign/Symptoms of Concussion • Return to Play • Coaching/Administration.

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Transcript HB 2038 Coaches Training July 2012 Objectives • Definition • Natasha’s Law (HB 2038) • Concussion Oversight Team • Sign/Symptoms of Concussion • Return to Play • Coaching/Administration.

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HB 2038 Coaches
Training
July 2012


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Objectives
• Definition
• Natasha’s Law (HB 2038)
• Concussion Oversight Team
• Sign/Symptoms of Concussion
• Return to Play
• Coaching/Administration Role


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Coaches Concussion
Training
• HB 2038~Natasha’s Law
• Named after Natasha
Helmick, a soccer player
who sustained at least 5
concussions
• Signed into law September
1, 2011
• Goal is to reduce injuries
from second impact
syndrome
• Allen, TX


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The Law
• The new law applies to all interscholastic athletic
activity, including practice and competition sponsored
or sanctioned by the UIL
• All schools are required to take a training course in the
subject of concussions-must be completed no later that
September 1, 2012


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What the law does!
• Concussion Management Team
• Removal from Play
• Waiver and Graded Protocol to Return to Play
• Specific Education/Training for all HCP’s
• State Wide Tracking/Logging of Concussions


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What is the
Concussion Oversight
Team
• The governing body of each school district and openenrollment charter school with students enrolled who
participate in an interscholastic athletic activity shall
appoint or approve a concussion oversight team.
• Who is the COT-at least one member, a Texas licensed
physician, Texas licensed athletic trainer or Texas
licensed health care professional.
• Steve Jones MD-Required to take additional training
• Tom Lewis-Required to take additional training


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Concussion Oversite
Team
Each concussion oversight team shall establish
a return-to-play protocol, based on peerreviewed scientific evidence, for a student's
return to interscholastic athletics practice or
competition following the force or impact
believed to have caused a concussion.’


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Additional
Information:
Required!
• Each student athlete and their parent/guardian will be
required to sign, for that school year, a form
acknowledging that both the student athlete and
guardian have received and read written information
that explains concussion prevention, symptoms,
treatment, and oversight and that includes guidelines
for safely resuming participation in an athletic activity
following a concussion.


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What do you know about
concussions?


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Concussion Quiz
• You have to be knocked out to have a
concussion.

• True

• False


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False
• Most kids who have a
concussion are never knocked
out.


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What is a concussion?
• A complex pathophysiological process affecting the
brain, induced by traumatic biomechanical force or “An
injury to the brain that effects function.
• Usually no damage to brain anatomy
-as far as we can tell
• Disturbance in brain metabolism
• Common features:
 Direct blow to the head or body
 Loss of consciousness not necessary
 Rapid onset of symptoms (usually)

 Traditional medical test usually normal (CT/MRI)

• .


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CONCUSSIONS


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It’s a Chemical Thing!


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It’s a Chemical Thing
!
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You don’t have to be
knocked out to get a
concussion


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Concussion Quiz
• Concussions are only a problem
for boys, and girls don’t need to
worry about it.

• True
• False


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False
• Girls have concussions at least as
often as boys


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Here’s the Problem


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The Facts


A concussion is a brain injury



All concussions are serious



Concussions can occur without loss of consciousness or other obvious signs



Concussions can occur from blows to the body as well as to the head



Concussions can occur in any sport



Recognition and proper response to concussion when they first occur can help
prevent further injury or death



Athletes may not report their symptoms for fear of losing playing time



Athletes can still get a concussion even if they are wearing a helmet



Data from the NCAA injury surveillance system suggest that concussion represent
5 to 18 percent of all reported injuries, depending on the sport


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The Facts
• A concussion can occur in any sport and all
concussions are serious.
• 10% of all contact sports sustain concussions

• 63% of all concussions occur in football.
• Girls soccer report second highest # of concussions.


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The Facts
• An athlete who sustains a
concussion is 4-6 times more
likely to sustain a 2nd
concussion.
• “Bell ringers” account for
75% of all concussive
injuries.
• Effects of concussions are
cumulative in athletes who
return to play prior to
complete recovery.


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The Facts
• 80% of all concussions get
better in one week; 20%
usually takes 3 weeks or
longer to recover.
• Repeat concussions can
result in brain swelling,
permanent brain damage,
and even death.


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Can you which kid
has a concussion?


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Does Age Matter?
• Children may be less prepared for a blow to the head
• Parents may be inclined to believe child is “fine” due to
negative imagining and the “he looks fine to me” factor.
• Other concerns may override safety issues, and often youth
sports may not have a protocol in place for dealing with
concussion
• Children may underreport symptoms to go back to play
sooner for fear of appearing weak, losing position, feeling
invulnerable
• Concussion MAY be 10-20 X more prevalent in children
• Children are more at risk for second impact syndrome


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Concussion Quiz
• A concussion can make school
work harder.
• True
• False


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True
• After have a concussion, kids
often can’t concentrate as well
and reading and doing math can
cause headaches.


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Recovery of the
Young Athlete
• Kids are not the same
as PROS
• The brain of athletes
under the age of 18
heals at a slower rate
than older athletes
following a concussion


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Prevention
• Helmets decrease risk of
skull fractures and
intracranial hemorrhage.
• Mouthguards decrease
dental and oral trauma.
• Role of protective
equipment in prevention of
concussion not established


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Recovery and Return to
Play-Grades and
Guidelines
• Are not scientifically based
• Assumes standard use for
gender and age groups
• Poor job distinguishing “mild”
concussion
• Assigns too much importance
in LOC
• Did not provide useful
prognostic information
• Did no account for risk
factors/individuals factors


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Commonly Reported
Symptoms


High School & College athletes – within 3 days of injury

1. Headache

71%

2. Feeling slowed down

58%

3. Difficulty concentrating

57%

4. Dizziness

55%

5. Fogginess

53%

6. Fatigue

50%

7. Visual blurring/double vision

49%

8. Light sensitivity

47%

9. Memory dysfunction

43%

10. Balance problems

43%


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Factor Analysis, post-concussion symptom
scale (Pardini et al 2004) N=327 High
school and University Athletics witin 7
Days of Concussion
Emotionality

Somatic Symptoms
-Visual problems
-Dizziness
-Balance difficulties
-Headaches
-Light sensitivity
-Nausea

-More emotional
-Sadness
-Nervousness
-Irritability

Sleep Disturbance
-Difficulty falling
asleep
-Sleeping less than
usual

Cognitive symptoms
-Attention problems
-Memory dysfunction
-“fogginess”
-Fatigue
-Cognitive slowing


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Symptom Evaluation
 Concussion Signs
 Appears dazed
 Confused about play
 Moves clumsily
 Answers questions slowly
 Personality/behavior
change
 Forgets plays prior to hit
 Anterograde amnesia

 Loses consciousness

• Concussion symptoms










Headache
Nausea
Balance problems
Double vision
Photosensitivity
Feeling sluggish
Feeling foggy
Change in sleep pattern
Cognitive changes


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Concussion Quiz
• If I feel ok right after a hit, it
means I am fine and do not have
a concussion

• True
• False


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False
• Many athletes don’t have a
headache or other symptoms for
hours after a concussion.


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Later Signs of
Concussion PostConcussion Syndrome
• Decreased Processing Speed
• Short-term Memory Impairment
• Concentration Deficit
• Irritability/Depression
• Fatigue/Sleep Disturbance

• General Feeling of “fogginess”
• Academic Difficulties


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Relative Impacts
• video


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Second Impact
Syndrome
 Occurs in athletes with prior concussion following
often relatively minor second impact
 Athlete returns to competition before resolution of
symptoms

 Catastrophic increase in intracranial pressure
 vasomotor paralysis, edema, massive swelling,
herniation, death
 Neuro-chemical processes appear to differ in developing
brain


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Second Impact

• 2nd IMPACT USUALLY
OCCURS WITHIN 14
DAYS OF THE FIRST
CONCUSSION AND
UNDER AGE 21


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On field assessment card
Signs and symptoms
evaluation
 Signs observed by staff:
 Appears to be dazed or
stunned
 Unsure of game score or
opponent
 Lack of coordination
 Poor reaction time
 Losses consciousness (even
temporarily)
 Shows behavior, mod or
personality change
 Forgets events prior to injury
(retrograde)
 Unequal or dilated pupils
 Bleeding or clear fluid
coming from nose or ears

• Symptoms reported by
athlete:

• Headache
• Nausea or vomiting
• Balance problems or
dizziness
• Double or fuzzy vision
• Sensitivity to light or noise
• Feeling sluggish
• Feeling foggy
• Change in sleep pattern
• Concentration or memory
problems
• Lightheadedness
• Easily fatigued
• confusion


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Symptoms may worsen
with exertion.
Athlete should not
return to play until
symptom-free


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On-field Cognitive
testing


Orientation




Ask the athlete the following questions:


What stadium is this?



What city is this?



Who is the opposing team?



What month is it?



What day is it?

Anterograde amnesia


Ask the athlete to remember the following words:




Retrograde amnesia




Ask the athlete the following questions:


What happened in the prior quarter/period?



What do you remember just prior to the hit?



What was the score of the game prior to the hit?

Concentration




Girl, dog, green

Ask the athlete to do the following:


Repeat the days of the week backwards



Repeat these numbers backwards: 63 (36 is correct): 419 (914 is correct)

Word list memory


Ask the athlete to repeat the three words from earlier


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SCAT II
• SCAT II Form


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Concussion
Management
• Rule out more serious intracranial pathology
• CT, MRI, neurologic examination primary diagnostic test

• Prevent second impact syndrome
• Prevent presence of post-concussion syndrome (Home
Program)






Avoid video games
Text messages
Watching tv
Playing or doing homework on computer
Long periods of reading


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Return to Play
Protocol
• Exercise Progressions


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Return To
Classroom Protocol
• Classroom Progressions


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What do we need to
do as football
coaches
• Teach proper technique-UIL requires that all football
coaches teach there athlete about “Heads UP in
Football”
• Before-Mid-season
• Heads-Up in Football Video


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Home with a
Concussion
• A person with a concussion may:






Use acetaminophen (Tylenol) for headaches
Use ice pack on head and neck as needed for comfort
Eat a light diet
Go to sleep
Rest (no strenuous activity or sports)


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Home Care
• There is no need to:
• Wake up every hour
• Test reflexes
• Stay in bed
• Observe and monitor athlete. If there is a decline in
symptoms, see physician


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Home Care
Do not:
Drink alcohol
Drive while symptomatic
Exercise or lift weights
Use a computer or test message
Watch TV for long periods of time
Take Ibuprofen, aspirin, naproxen or
other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
medications


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ImPACT
• ImPact Test
• ImPact Test Modules


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High School vs Pros


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Long Term Research


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Long Term


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Long Term Research


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Concussion Quiz
• The brain needs to rest after a
concussion.
• True
• False


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True
• The Brain needs a lot of rest after a concussion
and you may need to sleep more than usual.
You should not play video games, read a lot, or
do other things to make your brain work hard.
If you rest, you will be able to return to normal
activities quicker! If you try to go back playing
a sport too soon, your concussion could take
longer to get better.


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Most Important Take
Away
• Improved awareness and
increase in concussion
recognition!


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Questions?


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Reminders
• The Rules Compliance Program (RCP) is required for
coaches of grades 7-12. See UIL web page.
• CPR Refresher GISD web site. Go to my web page.

• Email me once you have gone over the refresher.