Heads Up to Schools: Know Your Concussion ABCs
A—Assess the situation
B—Be alert for signs and symptoms
C—Contact a health care professional
Concussions don’t only happen to athletes on the playing field. Any one of your students could take a spill, knock his/her head, and get a concussion in any number of school settings ranging from the hallway, the playground, the cafeteria, and beyond.
- A concussion is a brain injury and all are serious.
- Most concussions occur without loss of consciousness.
- Recognition and proper response to concussions when they first occur can help prevent further injury or even death.
(Adopted from the CDC Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury web site)
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