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Learn how to recognize and respond. Concussions can happen to anyone.
The Alberta Concussion Awareness Day was established to increase concussion awareness by providing credible evidence-based information and resources to encourage action across Alberta. This day is for all Albertans, regardless of their level of involvement in sports, recreation, and physical activities. Each year the Alberta Concussion Awareness Day takes place on the last Wednesday of September, which falls within National Concussion Awareness Week. For many people, this day will come and go like any other. But for those who have had a concussion or know of someone who has had a concussion, they may wonder why every day isn’t a concussion awareness day.
Visit: www.sportmedab.ca/aca for more information
Did You Know?
Concussions are the most common type of traumatic brain injury. Yet, they’re often under-reported due to a lack of education and awareness.
A person does not need to lose consciousness to have experienced a concussion. In fact, less than ten percent of concussions result in the loss of consciousness.
41 Albertans sustain a concussion each day. That is Fourteen Thousand, Eight Hundred and Seventy-Six concussions per year being diagnosed in Alberta’s emergency departments.