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Concussion Management for Healthcare Professionals: Summary
Artificial Intelligence • Will healthcare practitioners be able to tap into AI to help with diagnosing, managing, and treating patients with concussions? • Will treatments become more individualized based on cumulative concussions versus acute? • Will AI help determine safer ways to participate in activities and decrease the chances of suffering a concussion? • Will we eventually be able to create rules, ideas, equipment, and preventative ideas that will help future patients from suffering from the effects of a concussion? Ideas to Consider • Are there analytics for video games that measure reaction time, eye movements, thought process speed and accuracy? ○ Would it be a useful diagnostic tool or treatment? ○ What about the management side of concussions? • Shock Absorbers for the Neck: Similar examples already exist with race car drivers and bareback rodeo riders. This may help dissipate forces traveling up to the head and brain • Increasing the Viscosity of Fluid in the Brain : This might be a possibility in the future, as it might help when the brain sloshes around the skull during different impacts and forces • Stem Cells : Stem cells have been suggested for all kinds of injuries. The healing properties associated with stem cells may help with recovery or possibly prevention of injuries in the future • New Drugs : The future of drugs can be to help with treating symptoms or possibly help with taming the acute inflammatory phase in order to prevent damage to the brain. There are many possibilities through means of medication on drugs in the future
• Caregivers/Stakeholders : These include parents, family members, coaches, teachers, employers, colleagues, etc. It is important that each of the stakeholders help in providing a positive environment for an individual to heal appropriately. Stakeholder's need to be a part of the healing process, not a hindrance. The human touch is an important part of the healing process as well. Patients who feel they are cared for seem to heal a lot better than patients who are isolated FUTURE TRENDS IN THE REALM OF CONCUSSIONS Diagnostics • How will imaging play a factor? • What new diagnostics will be created? • How much better will diagnostics become, and how will we integrate that with technology? Treatment • What will be the new treatments? • Will we be leaning towards new therapies or will rest be the only thing to heal an mTBI? • Will we be able to shorten the length of symptoms patients feel post injury? • Will we be able to find new ways to prevent concussions? Management • Will concussions be treated like any other injury or will it be focused on only by certain healthcare professionals? • Will we focus on rest or active rest? Medications • Will future medications focus on decreasing symptoms, healing the injury, or preventing injuries from occurring? • Will medications focus on the nutrition side and look at building up the immune system or will they focus on healing the brain like fish oil has been thought to do? Technology • What new tests will be developed? • How will treatment change? • We are currently delving into using video games and online activities to help with management and treatment of injuries • How will diagnostics improve? • What role will Artificial Intelligence play in technological advances on testing, management, treatment, and prevention?
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