2011 Baseline Assessment Program - Are you
MIAA compliant?
The 2011 season has been an active
one at CAMP. Several new schools were
added to the baseline assessment
program. An important component of
the CAMP Baseline Assessment protocol is
an accurate medical and
concussion history.
The new MIAA and Massachusetts DOH
expectations are rigorous.
Individual schools are required to track
injuries and provide return-to-school
protocols after injury. According to
CAMP Program Director Michael Sefton,
Ph.D., school districts in Massachusetts
are scrambling to provide for the
educational requirements including the
expectation that all athletes take an
online concussion education program.
Players with a history of concussions
are significantly more vulnerable to
receive a second or subsequent
concussion. Dr. Sefton will review
each athletes medical history in
confidence with team physician's or
trainers to identify players who may be
at risk. For example, a high
school junior is playing his third year
of varsity football and received a
concussion in September in his
freshman year. In his sophomore year
he received a second concussion nearly a
year to-the-day later. The CAMP
program worked with the players trainer
to modify his practice plan and provide
education to both he and his parents in
an effort to avoid a third concussion. At
the 2009 Sports Concussion program held
at Gillette Stadium, it was emphasized
that "it isn't the number of concussions
but the recovery from them" that makes
the determination for return to play so
difficult.
Return to Play
Guidelines
- 1st Concussion -
Return to play after 1 week symptom
free
- 2nd Concussion -
Return to play after 2 weeks
symptom free
- 3rd Concussion -
Return to play after 2-4 weeks
symptom free
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