CME:1.5 AAFP-P:1.5 CNE:1.5/.15 CPEU:1.5
Campus Collaboration, Toolbox
After this session, attendees should be able to:
- Discuss the frequency of concussions in the college age population, including those that are not related to sports.
- Explain that concussion remains a clinical diagnosis.
- Explain that concussions are individual, and treatment needs to be individual as well.
- Explain how to safely return a student to play without a coach or ATC.
Program Abstract:
Concussion are common among the college population. While some of these injuries are sport related, many are not. This presentation will present original epidemiological data from one local campus and discuss the diagnosis, treatment, and management of concussion in the college student off the playing field and outside the athletic treatment room.