Most players that get a concussion during the course of a game do not even realize to after or days later, making their condition extremely worse. New studies found that more than 50% of the players involved in football experience concussions in both high school level and professional. Secondly there are not solid rules in place to stop this tragedy of the excessive brain
Some symptoms include you don't have to pass out (lose consciousness) to have a concussion. Some people will have obvious symptoms of a concussion, such as passing out or forgetting what happened right before the injury. But other people won't. With rest, most people fully recover from a concussion. Some people recover within a few hours.
Abstract “In the U.S. alone, more than half a million reports of abuse against elderly Americans reach authorities every year, and millions more cases go unreported.” (www.helpguide.org/mental/elder_abuse_physical_emotional_sexual_neglect.htm) Our senior citizens eventually become feeble physically which means they are less likely to have the capability to fight off an attacker. Majority of elderly do not see, hear or think as soundly as they once had the competence to do, this leaves them vulnerable for immoral people to take full advantage of them. Elderly are being abused more than we know and often by those who are personably accountable for their care. Sadly, majority of the abuse comes directly from family members of the elderly patient. In 2010 according to research about ninety percent were family members of the person in need of care.
In miles driven, the motorcyclist are at a high risk of crash than an automobile driver and a study conducted by the university of California showed that wearing of helmet reduces the risk by 29 percent. So should all states require motorcyclists and passengers to wear helmets? (Motorcycle helmets, n.d) A motorcyclist without a helmet involved in an accident is more likely to suffer a brain injury as a motorcyclist wearing a helmet. Large number of motorcyclists’ are a victim of death each year debarring people from living a fulfilled life. Mostly because of head injuries sustained in accidents.
Background Approximately 15,000 people die each year by overdosing on opioids, a rate that has more than tripled since 1990 (Wermeling, 2012). The annual incidence of opioid over dose associated mortality on a nationwide scale has been difficult to assess due to incomplete reporting systems (Leavitt, S.2010) as well as more than half of over doses go unreported for fears of repercussions (kuehn,2014). In Massachusetts these over doses have killed more than car crashes each year since 2005 (Wermeling, 2012). The government had tried numerous strategies to reduce the death toll, including imposing stricter regulations on prescribing medications, prosecuting owners of “pill mills” who dispense the drugs without proper medical evaluation, and tracking data bases to monitor and discourage “doctor shopping” among addicts (Szalvitz,2013). Addiction often begins with a legitimate opioid
They may possibly see other Americans get killed. They give up being with their families during holidays. They have to go through long hours of training before they go into combat. When my neighbor was fighting in Iraq he hurt his back in a small explosion, he’s okay now. Veterans are more likely to graduate high school than most americans.
NFL player Paul Oliver committed suicide after discovering he had CTE this is an example of what it could lead to. Depression, headaches, behavior that is erratic and even death can be result of tackles and hits. In the year 2001 there were nine deaths with football injuries. Just last year there were 11 deaths due to football injuries and all the fatalities coming at the high school level. Yet football seems to be getting safer every day for example Pop Warner has limited practice time
In the U.S. texting while driving is a serious problem that needs to be addressed. Everyday in the United States there are about nine people who are killed and over 1,000 who are injured by distracted drivers. In 2015 according to NHTSA, 660,000 people reported that during the day they used their electronic devices while driving. Distracted driving alone caused 3,477 deaths, 3,196 deadly car crashes, and a total of 391,00 injuries (Clerkin). A simple solution to this deadly problem is to enforce stricter laws or even banning texting and driving to save thousands of lives each year.
Only five percent said they have discouraged their child from playing in the last two years as concern over head injuries has increased at all levels of the game. But even then participation statistics show only a slight decline in the overall number of high school students playing football. According to the National Federation of State High School Associations, nearly 1.1 million students played football during the 2012-13 school year. The number was down approximately 10,000 from the year before and more than 20,000 since 2009-08. So we asks ourselves “Is football worth it?” Without being biased, football is worth it when the child has started at the right age, because it teaches them teamwork, discipline, perseverance, communication, and the importance of family support.
Also since the NFL is becoming more popular, and the teams are developing a sense of style, the demand for more teams was high. During the 1950's the average paid attendance per game ranged anywhere from 25,000 to 43,000. In the 50's the NFL or rather any football league, they had leather helmets without a facemask, and they really didnt do much to help protect your head. It was unlikely for a lot of head injuries to occur. They also didn't have the pad quality like there is today, the NFL in the 50's didn't even have shoulder pads for their players.