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ATSNJ member Nick Nicholaides has produced this excellent Concussion Awareness Program video.  Great job Nick!

Many high schools across the nation are starting football practie now, and the summer heat can make those first few days on the field dangerous. 
Just last week, a 15-year-old collapsed and died after football drills on New York's Staten Island.
In Florida, high school football star Isaiah Laurencin was just 16, but already had an athletic scholarship offer from Notre Dame and was a six-foot-three, 286 powerhouse. 
But last summer, on his first two-a-day practicew, in stifling heat, Isaiah collapsed and died.
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One 21-year-old defensive end took 537 hits to the head during a season of football games and practices at the University of North Carolina. Of those, 417 had magnitudes of 10 g or more (shown). Two resulted in concussion. Click and drag on the graphic below to rotate it and get a clearer sense of the location and magnitude of all the recorded impacts.
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Jags athletic trainers rely on a lot more than water to make sure the athletes are staying safe under the hot Florida sun.

During conditioning and workouts, some Jags will wear a heart monitor under their jerseys.

The little piece of equipment serves a pretty big purpose.  It helps to make sure the players aren't over-exerting themselves.
 
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The Ivy League presidents accepted a series of recommendations made by the League's Multi-Sport Concussion Review Committee aimed at limiting the incidence of concussion in men's and women’s lacrosse and men's and women’s soccer.

The Multi-Sport Concussion Review Committee oversaw the reviews in men's and women's lacrosse and soccer. The Multi-Sport Committee arose from the Ivy League's Ad Hoc Committee on Concussion, which conducted last year’s football concussion review and was also co-chaired by Dartmouth then-President Jim Yong Kim and Cornell President David J. Skorton, both medical doctors. Sport-specific committees reviewed men's and women’s soccer (one committee), men's lacrosse and women's lacrosse, and included Ivy League head coaches, administrators, expert consultants, team physicians and athletic trainers.

"These concussion reviews, particularly as they relate to the safety of our student-athletes, reflect the Ivy League’s interest in taking a leadership role in appropriate aspects of athletics generally and regarding concussions specifically. Expanding our review to include more sports is another way to drive the discussion and help student-athletes across our broad-based athletics programs," said Robin Harris, Ivy League Executive Director.

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