Concussion Recognition & Respo
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About Concussion Recognition & Respo
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"Based on the great CDC Heads Up work that Dr. Gioia helped to create, the Concussion Recognition & Response App gives parents and coaches a great tool to identify kids with suspected concussions. It also is a great resource of information about concussions and what parents can do to help their child recover from the injury. This app should be a necessary part of every comprehensive youth concussion management and awareness program."
—Steve Young, Hall of Fame NFL Quarterback
The Concussion Recognition & Response™ App
Developed by Gerard A. Gioia, PhD, and Jason Mihalik, PhD
The Concussion Recognition & Response™ app helps coaches and parents recognize whether an individual is exhibiting/reporting the signs and symptoms of a suspected concussion. The app allows a coach or parent to respond quickly and appropriately to this potentially serious medical situation. In less than 5 minutes, the user can go through a checklist of possible signs/symptoms to determine whether to remove the child from play and the need for further medical examination. The app allows users to record pertinent information regarding a child with a suspected concussion and share that information via email with health care professionals; it also provides a system for post-injury follow-up. With answers to Frequently Asked Questions for parents and coaches, this tool is an invaluable guide for learning about concussions.
Benefits and Features:
Concussion Recognition and Response
Using information from the CDC’s “Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports” program, the app guides users through a set of questions to determine the likelihood of a suspected concussion based on observations by the parent or coach as well as symptoms reported by the athlete. In addition to the child’s name, age, gender, and sport, the location of the injury is tracked by the device’s GPS, and its camera can be used to photograph the injury. Along with the answers to the guided questions, this information can be emailed to a health care provider to provide accurate documentation of the child’s condition at the time of the injury.
Home Symptom Monitoring (HSM)
After following up with health care providers, the app allows a parent or caregiver to record a child’s symptoms through periodic evaluations, which are tracked in the hours, days, or weeks following an injury. The information compiled using the HSM can then be emailed to the health care professionals, providing an update on the child’s recovery.
Return-to-Play Guide
Based on information from the CDC, the Return-to-Play Guide helps to protect children and athletes from further injury by guiding them through a daily exercise routine that assists in their ability to return to play. Through a five-step, tiered workout routine and in collaboration with the child’s health care provider, parents and coaches can ensure that the child is able to handle added exercise without further injury or discomfort.
Concussion Information
The app’s concussion information section helps coaches and parents to make an informed decision regarding how to proceed after a child’s injury. Provided by authors Gerard A. Gioia and Jason Mihalik, concussion specialists from the Children’s National Medical Center and the Matthew A. Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center, this feature includes answers to Frequently Asked Questions for coaches and parents.
Acute Concussion Evaluation (ACE) Post-Concussion Home/School Instructions
Included with the app is a concussion overview page that users can share with other coaches, parents, or athletes. This overview, which can be sent directly from the mobile device via email, is an excellent way to share important information about how to recognize and respond to head injuries.
"Based on the great CDC Heads Up work that Dr. Gioia helped to create, the Concussion Recognition & Response App gives parents and coaches a great tool to identify kids with suspected concussions. It also is a great resource of information about concussions and what parents can do to help their child recover from the injury. This app should be a necessary part of every comprehensive youth concussion management and awareness program."
—Steve Young, Hall of Fame NFL Quarterback
The Concussion Recognition & Response™ App
Developed by Gerard A. Gioia, PhD, and Jason Mihalik, PhD
The Concussion Recognition & Response™ app helps coaches and parents recognize whether an individual is exhibiting/reporting the signs and symptoms of a suspected concussion. The app allows a coach or parent to respond quickly and appropriately to this potentially serious medical situation. In less than 5 minutes, the user can go through a checklist of possible signs/symptoms to determine whether to remove the child from play and the need for further medical examination. The app allows users to record pertinent information regarding a child with a suspected concussion and share that information via email with health care professionals; it also provides a system for post-injury follow-up. With answers to Frequently Asked Questions for parents and coaches, this tool is an invaluable guide for learning about concussions.
Benefits and Features:
Concussion Recognition and Response
Using information from the CDC’s “Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports” program, the app guides users through a set of questions to determine the likelihood of a suspected concussion based on observations by the parent or coach as well as symptoms reported by the athlete. In addition to the child’s name, age, gender, and sport, the location of the injury is tracked by the device’s GPS, and its camera can be used to photograph the injury. Along with the answers to the guided questions, this information can be emailed to a health care provider to provide accurate documentation of the child’s condition at the time of the injury.
Home Symptom Monitoring (HSM)
After following up with health care providers, the app allows a parent or caregiver to record a child’s symptoms through periodic evaluations, which are tracked in the hours, days, or weeks following an injury. The information compiled using the HSM can then be emailed to the health care professionals, providing an update on the child’s recovery.
Return-to-Play Guide
Based on information from the CDC, the Return-to-Play Guide helps to protect children and athletes from further injury by guiding them through a daily exercise routine that assists in their ability to return to play. Through a five-step, tiered workout routine and in collaboration with the child’s health care provider, parents and coaches can ensure that the child is able to handle added exercise without further injury or discomfort.
Concussion Information
The app’s concussion information section helps coaches and parents to make an informed decision regarding how to proceed after a child’s injury. Provided by authors Gerard A. Gioia and Jason Mihalik, concussion specialists from the Children’s National Medical Center and the Matthew A. Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center, this feature includes answers to Frequently Asked Questions for coaches and parents.
Acute Concussion Evaluation (ACE) Post-Concussion Home/School Instructions
Included with the app is a concussion overview page that users can share with other coaches, parents, or athletes. This overview, which can be sent directly from the mobile device via email, is an excellent way to share important information about how to recognize and respond to head injuries.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Updated look and feel
Fixed broken links
Updated look and feel
Fixed broken links
Version update Concussion Recognition & Respo was updated to version 1.4.4
More downloads Concussion Recognition & Respo reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update Concussion Recognition & Respo was updated to version 1.4.3
More downloads Concussion Recognition & Respo reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
What are users saying about Concussion Recognition & Respo
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PRO: The tool offers a nice step-by-step walk-through of hat to ask and look for in case of a blow to the head. CON: EVERYTHING comes back with "Concussion suspected". If you open this app, it will tell you to pull the player. The test is so prone to false positives that the result should not be relied upon at all. It cannot be stressed enough that THIS IS WORSE THAN NO APP. Concussions are serious. However, if we treat every minor incident like it's a concussion, our players will learn to under-report for fear of being pulled uselessly. Think "boy who cried wolf" - if the app always says the kid is doomed even if he isn't, are you going to trust it the 10% of the time it's right?
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I was instructed by my school to do so. It was in case they hit their head we could determine how severe it was. I did a few run throughs and telling me to see a professional and that I should seek help after every single one seems to defeat the purpose. I do like how you can keep reports, which is nice so you can ensure proper follow-up procedures at the school is followed.
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This app has a lot of good features for assessment, record keeping, and tracking of concussions for multiple players/incidents. Great for coaches and parents alike. I'd recommend putting access to the tutorial video in a more prominent location, like the home page; it was very useful in getting familure with the features of this app. One issue: I couldn't get the ACE concussion guide to load properly using my Android (smartphone) device. Please fix. Other than that, this is a great app.
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Helping me
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Awesome
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Whoever designed this program is not up to date on current concussion research or protocols! The only thing they had right was "when in doubt sit them out".
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UPDATE: Originally not happy as app crashed when attempting to perform home monitoring, however, I contacted the company, actually spoke to a human (!), and w/in a week they fixed the problem, and even called me back to let me know the problem was fixed. Wow! Thanks for the great service and now very useful app! ORIGINAL REVIEW: purchased because my son had a minor concussion and thought it would help to monitor him, however, once i do the first home monitoring, every time i try to do it again the app just crashes. also, despite having paid for it, there is a constant stream of advertisements running across the bottom. i would not recommend this app to anyone.
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Have shared on FB and other social media and on coaches pages in league i in. Brilliant thinking
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This tool will walk a coach through each sign and symptom of a concussion as well a the danger signs of a more serious trauma, ensuring that none are overlooked. Basically one affirmative answer will trigger the suspicion flag...as it should. And the coach has official backing for doing the right thing. Every coach with a smart phone who cars about his players should download this.
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Black screen and force close when trying to see past incidents. Please fix!!! Galaxy S2 (ICS) Otherwise it is a good app.
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Great app with a lot of valuable information. It's definitely a tool that coaches and parents should download.
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Used to track concussions in highschool athletes. We have to report to the state and this keeps a good record whether on the field or in the gym.
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Very informative for family, friends, and coaches of athletes with suspected mTBI.
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Very useful for coaches and parents of athletes.
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Hopefully submitted actual injuries will further the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of concussions.
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UPDATE: Originally not happy as app crashed when attempting to perform home monitoring, however, I contacted the company, actually spoke to a human (!), and w/in a week they fixed the problem, and even called me back to let me know the problem was fixed. Wow! Thanks for the great service and now very useful app! ORIGINAL REVIEW: purchased because my son had a minor concussion and thought it would help to monitor him, however, once i do the first home monitoring, every time i try to do it again the app just crashes. also, despite having paid for it, there is a constant stream of advertisements running across the bottom. i would not recommend this app to anyone.
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Have shared on FB and other social media and on coaches pages in league i in. Brilliant thinking
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This tool will walk a coach through each sign and symptom of a concussion as well a the danger signs of a more serious trauma, ensuring that none are overlooked. Basically one affirmative answer will trigger the suspicion flag...as it should. And the coach has official backing for doing the right thing. Every coach with a smart phone who cars about his players should download this.
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Black screen and force close when trying to see past incidents. Please fix!!! Galaxy S2 (ICS) Otherwise it is a good app.
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Great app with a lot of valuable information. It's definitely a tool that coaches and parents should download.
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Used to track concussions in highschool athletes. We have to report to the state and this keeps a good record whether on the field or in the gym.
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Very informative for family, friends, and coaches of athletes with suspected mTBI.
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Very useful for coaches and parents of athletes.
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Hopefully submitted actual injuries will further the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of concussions.
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Google docs opens when you click on 'ACE take home instructions' it's just a bunch of coding. Doesn't work. This is super important!!!