Concussion Recognition & Response: Coach & Pare...
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health & Fitness | Free | Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc. | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
The Concussion Recognition & Response™ App
Developed by Gerard A. Gioia, PhD, and Jason Mihalik, PhD
The Concussion Recognition & Response™ app is a new tool that 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.
In-App Purchases
The Concussion Recognition & Response app allows you to customize the look-and-feel of the app with sport-related themes. Choose a theme that matches your team. Currently available for purchase are hockey, football, soccer, and lacrosse—with more coming soon!
Reviews
Helpful, reassuring,& smart
Werners4
This app is easy to use and really helpful in tracking both progress and those scary moments after a concussion. It let's you know when to worry and when it's ok and gets the kind of info you need but tend to forget. A must for the post concussive parent and/ or patient!
tool for coaches
crazyatc
This is a great tool for coaches and parents to use on the sideline in the absence of a certified athletic trainer. In a perfect world an athletic trainer would be present to administer a sideleine evaluation, but that isn't always the case.
CRR is superb and by far the best out there for parents and coaches
Dr. Robert Stern
As a neuropsychologist, a brain researcher studying the long-term effects of sports-related concussion, and as the parent of athletes, I am writing this review to point out some very important differences between the CRR and another app (“Concussion”) by Sports Safety Labs. In short, the CRR is vastly superior in all aspects of design and use, including easy-to-maneuver screens, valuable and understandable descriptions of how to recognize the symptoms and signs of a concussion, and critical information and guidelines about how to respond quickly and appropriately to the injury. The focus of this app is entirely consistent with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which emphasizes that when it comes to sports-related concussion, the non-medical person should focus on “recognition” (not diagnosis) and “response” (not treatment). In very stark contrast to the CRR, the SSL app is much more appropriate for medical professionals than it is for parents and coaches. The SSL app is similar to the SCAT2 diagnostic tool for concussion that is meant to be used by medically trained personnel and not by untrained parents and coaches. Although for the medically-trained user, the SSL app is good, I strongly feel that the CRR by PAR is a superior app for parents and coaches who may be in the position of recognizing and reporting a possible concussion.
P.E. teachers Need This
JackOfAllTrades1
Not every physical education coach is trained to recognize concussion and assess post concussion symptoms. I know I'm not. So, I bought this app to aid my ability in a time of need. It allows immediate assessment and communication with trained professionals. This app should be a mandated tool in all physical programs during and after school.
Amazing
Sara KR234
As a Nurse and mother of 4 boys this app is a lifesaver! The fear of misdiagnosing a head injury has been removed. This app walks a parent, even one with no medical background, through the vital steps in recognizing the symptoms which require immediate attention, and leaves you with a well defined monitoring list to home with! It takes all the guessing about a head injury away! Thanks to all the brilliant minds that composed this.
Research Scientist
A. Glang, PhD
This app has great potential in the school setting. I think coaches and PE teachers will find this very easy to use. It has the right amount of information--and doesn't overwhelm. You can find what you need when you need it. I work with school teams on concussion management and know that they will find this a great tool that will complement the other tools they use to keep kids safe (education, sound policy, etc). I really like the capability to create a profile.
Finally
C. Lawrence
As an athlete, I can say that it is about time that technology is Employed in helping coaches and parents recognize the signs of a concussion. Too many times people are told to sit out until they can "shake it off". Every team should have a coach or parent who use this App.
Great app
Ktravisatc
Wonderful APP for logging your concussion symptoms. Wish there was a professional version that included cranial nerve assessment and a NOTES section as well as the ability to log the athletes Birthdate. The ability to email the report directly from the sideline to the parent and physician is worth the 3.99 alone.
