A Partnership with the NFL Helps Clinicians Identify Concussions
Each year about 170,000 young athletes go to their local
emergency center for a suspected sports- or recreation-related
concussion, according to a new report released by the CDC. This
is an increase of over 60% during the last decade. And every
day, health care professionals are challenged with identifying
and appropriately managing kids and teens who may be at risk for
short- or long-term problems. To help address this important
public health problem, the CDC has launched “Heads Up to
Clinicians: Addressing Concussion in Sports among Kids and
Teens,” a free online course for health care professionals, made
possible by a grant from the National Football League (NFL) to
the CDC Foundation. CDC Foundation and NOCSAE Teach Parents
about Concussions Another CDC Foundation partnership with the
National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment
(NOCSAE) is helping CDC launch “Heads Up to Parents,” a new
educational initiative designed sp