Everything you wanted to know about the Zurich International Conference on Concussion
The Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport: the 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2008 is BJSM’s top download and this podcast takes you behind the scenes.
Professor Paul McCrory shares the reasons behind recent changes in management of concussion and provides practical tips for you to prevent concussion and treat it where necessary.
Part 3: You are the expert – you teach concussion to fellows and you can recite the SCAT2 even if you have profound headache and retrograde amnesia. Professor McCrory provides tips from the Consensus Statement that have you on the same page as the 27 experts in Zurich. And maybe you were one of them. Listen anyway, send any additional tips to the BJSM blog (http://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/) and share the news of this practical podcast.
Related articles:
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/vol43/Suppl_1/ (Contents page for the Concussion Supplement)
http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/43/Suppl_1/i76 (Main Consensus Statement)
http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/43/Suppl_1/i85 (SCAT2)
http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/43/Suppl_1/i89 (Pocket SCAT2)