Summary: Get a-HEAD of concussions (aka traumatic brain injuries) with tools, tips, and tricks from The Concussion Guy, Dr. Evan Ratner, Medical Director of Gridiron Heroes. Learn to recognize concussions/traumatic brain injury, what questions to ask, physical exam maneuvers, and how to counsel patients and families on safe return-to-learn/play. Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com. Case from Kashlak Memorial: 29F with no significant PMH presents to primary care office less than 24 hours after she accidentally struck her head on the metal of her car door. She experienced temporary altered consciousness lasting about one hour along with a headache. No nausea, vomiting, speech, or vision changes. She rested at home last night, but didn’t feel up to reading, or watching TV. She drove herself to your office today. Time Stamps 00:00 Intro 02:33 Listener feedback 05:35 Picks of the week 12:15 Getting to know our guest 19:41 Defining and classifying concussion 23:00 What questions to ask your patient 26:34 Physical exam for patient with concussion 28:50 Use of neurocognitive testing in concussion 30:45 Specifics of testing eye movements and balance 35:00 Who needs imaging? 41:51 Recap of what we’ve learned so far 43:40 Can you let someone with a concussion go to sleep? 47:08 Return-to-learn protocol 50:30 Return-to-play protocol 52:30 Post-concussive syndrome 53:55 Medications for post-concussive symptoms 58:58 Second impact syndrome 64:40 Counseling the patient with multiple concussions 67:08 Take home points 69:09 The Curbsiders recap their favorite teaching points 71:30 Outro Tags: concussion, post, concussive, syndrome, tbi, traumatic, brain, injury, return, play, school, cognitive, rest, treatment, diagnosis, assistant, care, education, doctor, family, foam, foamed, health, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, nurse, medicine, medical, primary, physician, resident, student