Nfl Case Study

In the court case that the NFL was brought into, the NFL decided to switch to an electronic database, to show that they are and will pay attention to head injuries. The database that is being used by the NFL was provided by Westborough based eClinicalWorks (Kotz). This will help study long term injuries to the head, because now the NFL has the power to keep all the records in the database. Another way that this database will help with long-term injuries is the studying of dementia (Kotz). Dementia is common throughout retired professional football players, and can now be studied furthermore because of the result of the new database. A doctor cannot guarantee when the next concussion will be the devastating one that inflicts permanent damage (Kotz). So, it is very critical that players take a concussion seriously and be sure that they are absolutely positive that it is safe for themselves to return. …show more content…
Brain swelling may occur and cause permanent brain damage in the future (Powell). The possibility of the brain rocking and smashing against the skull can and most likely will cause major problems in the future when a hit is taken to the head by an athlete (Powell). Taking this information, if a player would decide to go back to the game, then a procedure must be taken by trainers before returning. A result that may come from going back into a game, is that swelling of the brain after a hit causes some athletes to go into a coma and may not get out of the coma (Powell). The result of that is pretty obvious, death, and nobody wants that to happen. An interesting fact, that should actually have some thought taken to it, is that after receiving a first concussion, an athlete can be 4 times more likely to suffer another one (Traumatic). Any head injury must be taken seriously, so no life-threatening accidents