SPORTS CONCUSSIONS

A CONCUSSION IS A BRAIN__________________.

• BRAIN

• INJURY

• SAFETY

• SPORTS

CONCUSSION CAN OCCUR IN ANY ORGANIZED OR UNORGANIZED __________ SPORT OR ACTIVITY.

• EQUIPMENT

• HEADACHES

• RECREATIONAL

• BUMP

YOU CAN'T SEE A _______________SOME ATHLETES MAY NOT EXPERIENCE AND/OR REPORT SYSMPTOMS UNTIL HOURS OR DAYS AFTER THE INJURY.

• BLOW

• NAUSEA

• CONCUSSION

• FALL

FOLLOWING A COACH'S RULES FOR ________ AND THE RULES OF THE SPORT, PRACTICING, GOOD SPORTSMAN AT ALL TIMES, AND USING THE PROPER SPORTS EQUIPMENT ARE ALL WAYS THAT ATHLETES CAN PREVENT A CONCUSSION.

• PREVENT

• EQUIPMENT

• SAFETY

• SPORTS

CONCUSSION CAN BE CAUSED BY A _____ OR BY A BUMP OR BLOW TO THE HEAD OR BODY.

• FALL

• SENSITIVITY

• LOST

• NOISE

__________ CAN HAPPEN EVEN IF THE ATHLETE HASN'T BEEN KNOCKED OUT OR LOST.

• CONSCIOUSNESS

• CONCENTRATING

• LIKELIHOOD

• RECOVERY

NAUSEA, HEADACHES, __________ TO LIGHT OR NOISE, AND DUFFICULTY CONCENTRATE ARE SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS OF A CONCUSSION.

• RECREATION

• HEALTH CARE

• SENITIVITY

• DOCTOR

ATHLETES WHO HAVE A CONCUSSION SHOULD NOT RETURN TO PLAY UNTIL THEY ARE _______ SYMPTOM-FREE AND HAVE RECEIVED APPROVALFROM A DOCTOR OR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL.

• PREVENT

• SYMPTOM-FREE

• LONG-TERM PROBLEMS

• OCCURS

A REPEAT CONCUSSION THAT OCCURS BEFORE THE BRAIN RECOVERS FROM THE FIRST CAN SLOW ______ RECOVERY OR INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF HAVING LONG-TERM PROBLEMS.

• SPORTSMANSHIP

• KNOCK-OUT

• APPROVAL

• RECOVERY