As one who has taken a share of head whacks in motorcycle crashes, I can tell you the doctors give you zero pain meds until they know what's happening. It's possible your brain may start swelling after such impacts and that can easily kill you. If they don't detect and try stopping it in time, you will soon be an ex-rider and, coincidentally, an ex-breather.
Detecting concussion is difficult for doctors since it seems the method has been impressionistic to some extent but now there's a blood test which detects concussion with high accuracy. (Science Daily: Scientists develop game-changing blood test for concussions)
If you have any football players in your squad, this one is probably of high interest when that game is practically designed for a whole lot of head whacking. This new test may very well save some lives with that crew.
Scientists from Children's Health Research Institute, a program of Lawson Health Research Institute, and Western University have developed a new blood test that identifies with greater than 90 per cent certainty whether or not an adolescent athlete has suffered a concussion.
Diagnosis of a clinically significant concussion, or a mild traumatic brain injury, can be difficult as it currently relies on a combination of patient symptom assessment and clinician judgement. Equally problematic are the decisions to stop play or activities, or when patients who have suffered a concussion can safely return to normal activities without risking further injury.
Detecting concussion is difficult for doctors since it seems the method has been impressionistic to some extent but now there's a blood test which detects concussion with high accuracy. (Science Daily: Scientists develop game-changing blood test for concussions)
If you have any football players in your squad, this one is probably of high interest when that game is practically designed for a whole lot of head whacking. This new test may very well save some lives with that crew.
Scientists from Children's Health Research Institute, a program of Lawson Health Research Institute, and Western University have developed a new blood test that identifies with greater than 90 per cent certainty whether or not an adolescent athlete has suffered a concussion.
Diagnosis of a clinically significant concussion, or a mild traumatic brain injury, can be difficult as it currently relies on a combination of patient symptom assessment and clinician judgement. Equally problematic are the decisions to stop play or activities, or when patients who have suffered a concussion can safely return to normal activities without risking further injury.
- Science Daily
Ninety percent accuracy. Well ...
There's no editorial for this one except about motorcycles. My thinking was it's always much better to ride and (cough) through my great skill avoid any pain from doing that rather than going out to play football and get hurt every time.
Ed: you got smashed all to hell!
My great skills might have been periodically remiss.
Ed: yeah, and the Titanic had a little problem with cold weather.
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