Speech On Concussion Research Paper
What do you think when you hear the word “concussion”? I’m sure you think, like most people do, about a football player getting a head injury in the game. That’s what I used to think about concussions, until I got one, and trust me it was not from a football game. I just finished up my first semester as a freshman at Kutztown University and I was home for winter break. I was in the car with my best friend pulling up to an intersection at a red light. It was three days after Christmas, so it was already dark outside around 5:30 P.M. We waited for the light to change green, I looked both ways like they taught in the Driver’s Manual before I proceeded to cross the intersection. And there it was, a car speeding through a red light and hitting
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I had a neck brace around my neck and IV’s stuck all in my arms. I started to panic, I was lost, confused and scared. My best friend was there in the ambulance trying to calm me down. But still, all I could think about was the reaction of my parents when they found out what happened. Once we got to the hospital, the paramedics took me to Emergency Care. The doctors ran many tests on me: MRI’s, CAT Scans, and X-Rays, whatever test you can name – they ran on me. As I waited for my results, the doctors came in and explained to me what happened. An intoxicated driver with a gun ran the red light and hit me in a head on collision. The driver not only totaled my mother’s car but also totaled his own car too. The good thing was that he was okay. I didn’t know what to be happier about; the fact that the other driver was fine or that the accident was not my fault. Selfish right? But I’m sure if you were me at the time, you would think the same thing.
One of the rules of life is, “Actions have consequences and may have a lasting impact on the rest of your life”. But in this instance, someone else’s actions will have the lasting impact on my life. My results were back, neck, and head injuries. I had a burn laceration on my left arm, and the infamous “concussion”. I didn’t know what consists of a concussion, I didn’t even know what it meant to have a concussion. I just knew it was a brain injury that is hard to detect and that the recovery time varies from person to
I had a neck brace around my neck and IV’s stuck all in my arms. I started to panic, I was lost, confused and scared. My best friend was there in the ambulance trying to calm me down. But still, all I could think about was the reaction of my parents when they found out what happened. Once we got to the hospital, the paramedics took me to Emergency Care. The doctors ran many tests on me: MRI’s, CAT Scans, and X-Rays, whatever test you can name – they ran on me. As I waited for my results, the doctors came in and explained to me what happened. An intoxicated driver with a gun ran the red light and hit me in a head on collision. The driver not only totaled my mother’s car but also totaled his own car too. The good thing was that he was okay. I didn’t know what to be happier about; the fact that the other driver was fine or that the accident was not my fault. Selfish right? But I’m sure if you were me at the time, you would think the same thing.
One of the rules of life is, “Actions have consequences and may have a lasting impact on the rest of your life”. But in this instance, someone else’s actions will have the lasting impact on my life. My results were back, neck, and head injuries. I had a burn laceration on my left arm, and the infamous “concussion”. I didn’t know what consists of a concussion, I didn’t even know what it meant to have a concussion. I just knew it was a brain injury that is hard to detect and that the recovery time varies from person to