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RECOGNIZE, REMOVE, MANAGE, PREVENT – Educational Docuseries
We are thrilled to unveil an impactful video docuseries that explores the critical aspects of concussions in sports: Recognize, Remove, Manage, and Prevent. Focusing specifically on Peterborough’s sports scene, this community-led project spearheaded by PACA aims to position our city as a trailblazer in concussion education and awareness, with the ultimate goal of inspiring other communities nationwide.
Our purpose in creating this docuseries stemmed from the need for a locally accessible, engaging concussion resource. By addressing the concerns of students, teachers, parents, coaches, and sport administrators, we aim to foster a comprehensive understanding of the importance of taking concussions seriously and ensuring the safety of our athletes.
These transformative videos are available free of charge. Join us as we empower our community, raise awareness, and make a lasting impact in the realm of sports-related concussions. Together, let’s pave the way for safer athletic experiences for all.
Recognize
Being able to recognize a concussion can often be a difficult task. Sometimes the injury may be obvious to everyone around and other times symptoms some athletes may experience their symptoms presenting a few days after the initial contact. With this level of complexity it is imperative that all sport stakeholders understand the important role of being able to recognize a concussion in real time.
Our Recognize, Remove, Manage, Prevent docuseries concussion education resource brings to life real stories from our community that showcase the various challenges involved with recognizing a concussion. Click the YouTube link above to learn more.
Remove
Knowing when to remove an athlete from play is one of the most critical aspects of a concussion recovery. The culture created by coaches, parents and sport administration set the table for how our athletes respond to the injury.
Certain barriers related to in-game situations and the importance of the game may arise, but ultimately the health of the athlete is, and should be the number one priority. Each sport stakeholder is responsible for speaking up if they suspect a concussion. Click the YouTube link above to learn more
Manage
Once a concussion is sustained, managing it can pose many challenges. Inherently, a concussion is an invisible injury that is often unpredictable throughout the recovery process. Not only is the injury difficult to navigate for the individual who sustains it, unique challenges are presented for support systems as well.
The individualistic complexities of managing a concussion was one of the main reasons why we decided to create this resource. The Recognize, Remove, Manage, Prevent docuseries brings to light stories of people who have been there before and who have navigated through a concussion. The insights shared in this series will help provide a greater understanding of the unique challenges that the injury presents. Our goal is to better prepare all sport stakeholders for their respective roles in recovery so our athletes can come back to the sport they love faster. Click the YouTube link above to learn more.
Prevent
The final piece to the puzzle is understanding how we can actually prevent concussions from happening to our athletes.
There are three types of concussion prevention: Primary prevention is averting a concussion before it happens (rule changes, policy, equipment innovations), Secondary Prevention aims to reduce the effects of the injury when it does occur (early recognition and removal from sport, protocols, community support), and Tertiary Prevention attempts to lessen the long term consequences of the injury (prolonged concussion symptoms, creating a health based value system).
Learn the tools you need to understand if your sport organization is doing enough to prevent concussions. Each of these aspects of prevention are crucial to the future of our youth and sport. Collectively, our voices can inspire positive change. Click the YouTube link above to learn more.
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