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Posted: 12/4/2012 3:30 pm EST
Updated: 12/17/2012 3:55 pm EST (see "We Found" - Parma)
If most concussions occur without loss of consciousness, how would a high school coach determine a student has received a potentially serious injury?
Student journalists in Kent State University’s computer-assisted reporting class checked with high schools around the state and found some educating their coaches and tracking all concussions and some that don’t, like the superintendent who said, “It’s not something we pay attention to.”
Read the stories, check the policies, see who tracks concussions and who doesn’t.
And in the comment section, please tell us what your school is doing.
Our Stories.
14 Ohio high schools track concussions, while 7 said they do not track concussions.
Do Ohio high schools track all athletic concussions in games and practices? Kent State student journalists wanted to find out, but discovered that’s not an easy question to answer ..
Concussion Policies Aren’t Universal
In a survey of 26 Ohio high schools, seven high school superintendents said their schools do not have an athletic concussion policy. Two stated they did not know whether or not their schools had a policy ..
High schools inconsistent on concussion policies
Kent State University students called 24 Ohio high schools to ask a simple question: Does your athletics program have a concussion policy?
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