"Twenty-one schools in north Jersey could get software to help diagnose whether student athletes have concussions." The program will partly be funded by Mountainside Health Foundation and the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey. Student athletes will receive a computerized brain test before the season starts, and so if a student is injured, doctors would be able to compare results of the brain scan. A student from Montclair High School , and another from Cliffside Park died from head injury due to sports.
I think that this is a good program to have. Not only will brain injury be detected faster, students would also probably feel more secure playing sports knowing that if they get injured, there will be facilities to examine in depth the severity of the injury. Is it possible that the idea for this program is influenced by the recent tragedy of Natasha Richardson?
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I think this is a great idea as well. As we have learned from Natasha Richardson's case, head trauma is very serious and may lead to death, even in the most minor accidents. Sometimes athletes may not even realize they have had a concussion and dismiss any further investigation. With this new software, there is no reason for an athlete to refuse being tested for a possible concussion. Thus, this will hopefully reduce serious injury and deaths caused by head trauma in school sports.
ReplyDeleteI also think this is a great idea. As a former Bergen County student athlete myself and a friend of many athletes, concussions are very common in just about every sport. I was lucky to never have a severe head injury myself, but I was a participant in many games where accidents like that did occur. I think everyone on the court or in the field will be a little more comfortable knowing that they can give it their all and will be taken care of the right way, just in case, God forbidden, anything were to happen.
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