Continuing on with the discussion of my Concussion Clinic videos, today’s topic is the Need for Periodic Follow-ups. Today’s video is here: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=braininjuryattorney#p/u/11/dEWHgwRywtY When the sport and concussion guidelines are applied properly there is a 15 minute post-injury evaluation to…
Evolution in the Understanding of Concussion: Distinguish Between Confusion and Amnesia in Diagnosing Concussion
Continuing on with the topic “The Evolution of Our Understanding of Concussion, Otherwise Called Mild Traumatic Brain Injury,” our next point of emphasis is the importance of distinguishing between confusion and amnesia after a brain injury. The video on this…
Evolution in the Understanding of Concussion: Adrenaline Increases Memory and Masks Post Traumatic Amnesia
Our next lesson on the topic “The Evolution of Our Understanding of Concussion, otherwise Called Mild Traumatic Brain Injury,” is the role that adrenaline plays in masking the most reliable marker for brain injury, that of Post Traumatic Amnesia. The…
Evolution in the Understanding of Concussion: Sport Concussion’s Get Witnessed and Documented
Continuing with this blog’s treatment of the “The Evolution of Our Understanding of Concussion, otherwise Called Mild Traumatic Brain Injury,” today I focus on the huge diagnostic disadvantage real world concussions have in the diagnostic process. While the sport concussion…
Evolution in the Understanding of Concussion: Alternatively – Loss of Consciousness, Amnesia, Change in Mental State, Focal Neurological Deficits
This week I have been doing a series of blogs on “The Evolution of Our Understanding of Concussion, otherwise Called Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.” Today I continue to follow the topics of my YouTube videos on this theme. Today’s video…
The Evolution of Our Understanding of Concussion: The Role of the Concussion and Sport Guidelines
Yesterday’s blog began a series of discussions about “The Evolution of Our Understanding of Concussion, otherwise Called Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.” Today I continue to follow the topics of my YouTube videos on this theme. Today’s video is found here:…
The Evolution of Our Understanding of Concussion, otherwise Called Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
I have been blogging over the holidays about concussions because once again they have been in the news. As discussed on this blog, Texas Tech coach Mike Leach was fired because of his forced isolation of wide receiver Adam James…
Texas Tech Isolation for Concussed Athlete Scandal Gets Worse
After listening to a day’s coverage of the Texas Tech coach Mike Leach scandal over isolating of wide receiver Adam James after he was diagnosed with a concussion, I am shocked at how similar Leach’s defense tactics are to those…
Texas Tech Coach Suspended for Charges of Concussion Abuse
In one of the more bizarre news stories of the last week, Texas Tech head football coach, Mike Leach has been suspended indefinitely, with his team about to play a bowl game, for allegedly confining a concussed player to an…
Santa’s Wish List for Brain Injury Community
I have been doing a Santa’s Wish list for brain injury advocacy for more than a decade. I regurgitate some of it from year to year, as the needs have changed little, the injury no less severe, the misdiagnosis as…