How do concussions affect athletes in the short term and long term, and what medical techniques help these athletes recover? 

Board Game 

Cole Finkbeiner 

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1. Game contents: Game board, four game pieces, two dice, and the game cards.

2. This game requires 2-4 players.

3. Place the cards on the gameboard in the rectangle labeled “cards.” The players will also need the two dice.

4. In order to start the game, each player must place their game piece on go. 

5. Next, each player will roll both dice. The player who rolls the highest number on the dice will roll first. Then you will continue clockwise to the next player. The play will then continue to pass the dice clockwise to create the order the players will roll in. 

6. One at a time the players will roll both dice and move the number of spaces forward that appears on the dice. Players will roll until each player has had a chance.

7. The player will land on a white or black space. If the space is black, the player will pick up a card from the pile. If the space is white, the player will not select a card and must wait for their next roll.

8. If the card the player draws has a question, the player will answer the question. The answer is on the back of the card. If the player correctly answers the question then, the player will be able to roll when it is their turn. If the player answers incorrectly, the player loses the next turn to roll the dice. 

9. If the card is not a question, then the player follows the directions according to the card. 

10. Once the card is drawn and the player either answers the question or follows the directions, the card goes back to the bottom of the pile. 

11. The goal of the game is to make it to the finish square first. 

12. The players will continue to take turns rolling the dice in the same order until one player reaches the finish square. 

 

Annotated Bibliography 

 

Robinson, Richard, and Laura Jean Cataldo. "Concussion." The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, edited by Jacqueline L. Longe, 5th ed., Gale,     2015. Gale In Context: Science https://go.gle.com/ps/retrieve.do                                                                                                                                   tabID=Reference&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=MultiTab&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CZATMSJ267008524&docType=Disease%2FDisorder+overview%2C+Medical+condition+overview&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=ZXBE-MOD1&prodId=SCIC&contentSet=GALE%7CZATMSJ267008524&searchId=R1&userGroupName=va_p_wakef_s&inPS=true

 

Here Robinson talks about how a concussion occurs and what happens. I think this could be very beneficial to my informative speech and provides information I could use to inform people about how concussions affect everyone. The author also touches on the subject of being treated and how important it is to see a doctor. Robinson provides a large amount of information for me to use. 

 

Scudellari, Megan. "Almost 4 in 10 Concussed Student Athletes Stay on the Field.." BostonGlobe, 30 Oct 2016, ProQuest,                                                  https://explore.proquest.com/sirsissuesresearcher/document/2265953762?searchid=157007999&accountid=338.

 

Scudellari focuses in on the effects of concussions and how they affect the athletes and their careers. She talks about how many athletes return to play with a concussion which creates the chance of making the brain injury worse. This could really help me to inform the audience in my speech about the effects of these injuries and how you should go about treating them.
 

Tator, Charles H. "Concussions and their consequences: current diagnosis, management and prevention." CMAJ: Canadian Medical                                Association Journal, 6 Aug. 2013, p. 975+. Gale In Context: Science, https://go.gale.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=Journals&resultListType

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Tator talks about the recovery of these athletes and the course of action they take in order to recover as fast as possible. He adds in elements about children and how their brain takes longer to recover. Rest is a crucial part of recovery. Tator provides a great amount of information about many different topics and goes into detail which will be great for creating my speech. 

 

"Head injuries." World of Sports Science, edited by K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, 

Gale, 2011. Gale In Context: Science, https://go.gale.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=Referenc

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I find this source to be important because of how the author uses statistics and studies to provide evidence that the claims being made are very accurate. They used organizations such as the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. These studies show that the author’s points are correct and have been proven. This author also touches on how to prevent head injuries, which I find would be useful for my informative speech.