01455cam a2200205 4500 430773601 TxAuBib 20200720120000.0 120206s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781611682243 pbk. : alk. paper 161168224X pbk. : alk. paper TxAuBib Ahead of the game : the parents' guide to youth sports concussion / Rosemarie Scolaro Moser. Parents' guide to youth sports concussion. 1st ed. Hanover, N.H. : Dartmouth College Press, 2012. xv, 210 p. ; 23 cm. Sports-related concussions, also known as mild traumatic brain injuries, have become a national epidemic. As many as 63 percent of high school students have already had at least one concussion, while another 500,000 children between the ages of ten and fourteen visit ERs for concussion annually. New research has shown that there is no such thing as a simple "bell-ringer," and that sending a child back on the field too soon puts his or her physical and emotional health at risk. Yet it is all too easy to miss the warning signs of concussion, or to encourage kids to "walk off" a potentially devastating injury. Ahead of the Game is the first book to give parents of school-aged athletes the tools they need to keep kids safe on the field, court, diamond, or rink. 20200720.