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Fletcher Allen and Essex Junction Parks and Recreation Department Team Up to Host: Keeping Your Head in the Game
F O R R E L E A S E: Immediate
(Wednesday, March 25, 2009)
C O N T A C T:
Kim O’Leary
Marketing and Communications
802-847-2886
BURLINGTON – Each year, Essex residents of all ages participate in a wide variety of school and community sports programs with the understanding that injury is an occasional downside of these activities. The incidence and impact of sports-related concussions has become a newsworthy issue. More than 300,000 people suffer a concussion playing sports each year, and more than half of them are girls. Concussion is the leading cause of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in 15-24 year olds.
Understanding concussion – for athletes, coaches, and parents – is an important part of staying in the game. Making an informed decision about when to return to play is not easy when the pressure to get back in the game is great. The lasting cognitive problems that may persist when concussion management is poor, however, can be serious.
This is why Fletcher Allen and the Essex Junction Parks and Recreation Department have teamed up to invite coaches, athletes, and parents to a free discussion about concussion in sports featuring Dr. James Slauterbeck, an orthopedic surgeon at Fletcher Allen. Dr. Slauterbeck, who specializes in sports medicine, will explain concussions and how to recognize and manage them. He will also address making the tough decisions about returning to play or work following a concussion.
Keeping Your Head in the Game: Concussions in Sports
Who: Dr. James Slauterbeck, orthopedic surgeon at Fletcher Allen, and Associate Professor of Orthopedic Rehabilitation at the University of Vermont
When: Tuesday, April 7, at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Essex Junction Parks and Recreation Department
Multipurpose Room
75 Maple Street
Essex Junction, VT 05452
Registration is not required. For more information, contact Fletcher Allen’s Community Health Improvement at 847-2278.
About Fletcher Allen
Fletcher Allen Health Care, together with our partners at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, is Vermont’s academic medical center. Our mission is to improve the health of the people in the communities we serve by integrating patient care, education and research in a caring environment. Fletcher Allen serves as a regional referral center -- providing advanced care to approximately one million people in Vermont and northern New York -- and as a community hospital for approximately 150,000 residents in Chittenden and Grand Isle counties. With more than 30 patient care sites and 100 outreach clinics, programs and services throughout the region, Fletcher Allen is committed to being a national model for the delivery of high-quality academic health care for a rural region. For more information about Fletcher Allen, visit our Web site at www.fletcherallen.org.
