Concussion and the risks of contact sports is a topic that isn’t going away in schools. Failure to properly acknowledge and manage the injury not only puts the health of the individual player at risk but also threatens the future of contact sports. In this session Dr Sam Barke talks through the current landscape and how, if schools manage the injury well, things may not be as doom and gloom as many fear.
- The current landscape – why isn’t concern going away?
- Back to basics – what is concussion and what are the risks?
- Recognising concussion and managing it well
- Where things go wrong
- The Future – is contact sport worth the risk?
