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johnston and dr. gioia. one of the debates occurring in the state of nebraska right now is you have a child or a high school student that suffers a concussion during a game. so it's been diagnosed. what do you do next? right now the thought is you keep them home or her home, dark, no electronics. that's kind of the norm. there's a discussion whether that's appropriate or not. or to what length. or to what length. what do you know? what would you recommend? >> well, i will tell you about how we handle things in alabama and i think a lot is based on the cdc guidelines which is once an athlete is diagnosed they're removed from the field of play and then they are evaluated. we use the scat, a sideline based assessment and use it afterwards as well. it has a mini inventory of neurological exam and function. when children have symptoms that persist, obviously they don't return to any sort of play or escalation of activity fl their symptoms have completely resolved. those children who have symptoms lasting beyond t
johnston and dr. gioia. one of the debates occurring in the state of nebraska right now is you have a child or a high school student that suffers a concussion during a game. so it's been diagnosed. what do you do next? right now the thought is you keep them home or her home, dark, no electronics. that's kind of the norm. there's a discussion whether that's appropriate or not. or to what length. or to what length. what do you know? what would you recommend? >> well, i will tell you about...
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johnston and dr. gioia. one of the debates occurring in the state of nebraska right now is you have a child or a high school student that suffers a concussion during a game. so it's been diagnosed. what do you do next? right now the thought is you keep them home or her home, dark, no electronics. that's kind of the norm. there's a discussion whether that's appropriate or not. or to what length. what do you know? what would you recommend? >> well, i will tell you about how we handle things in alabama and i think a lot is based on the cdc guidelines which is once an athlete is diagnosed they're removed from the field of play and then evaluated. we use the scat, a sideline based assessment and use it afterwards as well. it has a mini inventory of neurological exam and function. and when children have symptoms, they don't return to any activities until the symptoms have resolved. those children who have symptoms lasting beyond the two weeks are referred to psychologists. >> you recommend dr. gioia? >> yes. it co
johnston and dr. gioia. one of the debates occurring in the state of nebraska right now is you have a child or a high school student that suffers a concussion during a game. so it's been diagnosed. what do you do next? right now the thought is you keep them home or her home, dark, no electronics. that's kind of the norm. there's a discussion whether that's appropriate or not. or to what length. what do you know? what would you recommend? >> well, i will tell you about how we handle things...
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johnston and dr. gioia. one of the debates occurring in the state of nebraska right now is you have a child or a high school student that suffers a concussion during a game. so it's been diagnosed. what do you do next? right now the thought is you keep them home or her home, dark, no electronics. that's kind of the norm. there's a discussion whether that's appropriate or not. or to what length. what do you know? what would you recommend? >> well, i will tell you about how we handle things in alabama and i think a lot is based on the cdc guidelines which is once an athlete is diagnosed they're removed from the field of play and then evaluated. we use the scat, a sideline based assessment and use it afterwards as well. it has a mini inventory of neurological exam and function. and when children have symptoms, they don't return to any activities until the symptoms have resolved. those children who have symptoms lasting beyond the two weeks are referred to psychologists. >> you recommend dr. gioia? >> yes. it co
johnston and dr. gioia. one of the debates occurring in the state of nebraska right now is you have a child or a high school student that suffers a concussion during a game. so it's been diagnosed. what do you do next? right now the thought is you keep them home or her home, dark, no electronics. that's kind of the norm. there's a discussion whether that's appropriate or not. or to what length. what do you know? what would you recommend? >> well, i will tell you about how we handle things...