Nov. 6, 2014

http://www.cdc.gov/concussion/pdf/HeadsUpOnConcussionInSportsPolicies-a.pdf
General overview by the CDC on Concussions in Sports

http://www.cdc.gov/concussion/pdf/RTP_Implementation-a.pdf
General overview by the CDC on Implementing Return to Play

https://vine.co/v/OhJlmMLZqmq
Video of Jahleel Addae's brain short circuiting on live TV. He later returned to the same game.

I like to keep bouncing around between the three main aspects of prevention that I'm trying to find out about. So today I've been looking into the legislation aspect of concussions. Two states that I want to look in depth at are Texas (because it is where I currently reside) and Mississippi (because it was the very last state to implement a concussion law).

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2011-08-18/news/student-athletes-suffer-the-stings-of-concussions-while-lawmakers-fail-to-help/
This is an article from 2011 about Natasha Helmick, a talented soccer star who suffered multiple concussions throughout her career forcing her to give up the sport for good. At the time of the article, Texas had not implemented any concussions laws. However, thanks to her activism, the law was conjured up and passed and was named under her for her support towards the necessity of the bill.

http://theconcussionblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/tx-bill1.pdf
Here is the actual bill that passed for Texas

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/football-high/attention-players-parents-coaches/#damap
Frontline PBS page on Head Injuries and Legislation guidelines for every state

http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/pdf/HB/0001-0099/HB0048SG.pdf
Mississippi's recent bill

https://www.nchsaa.org/sites/default/files/attachments/nfhs-concussion-mgmt.pdf
Example of  a concussion brochure given out to high schools

Next class I will look more in depth in all my sources from my past couple of blog posts that why I can explain in detail the importance of each piece of information.