Tag: SCAT5

Concussion: SCAT5 Categories

Posted on by baragry

I’ve received some emails (brendan@gponthegc.com) regarding my mention of SCAT5 in Hits to the Head,  requesting information about what is involved with this testing.  Rather than repeat it individually I thought it a good opportunity to review it here so everyone can read up around this assessment tool.  Images for this post have been taken […]

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Concussion: Hits to the Head

Posted on by baragry

Watching the boxing at the Commonwealth Games as a volunteer medic, two thoughts were going through my head.  The first was ‘please stand up’ and the second was about how important concussion is becoming in the minds of athletes, coaches and society in general.  In the US 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury […]

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