So my 13 yo dd had a freak accident at practice last week. Doing a skill she has done a million times. It resulted in her falling from about 5 feet in the air and landing on her back, with her neck/shoulder area hitting first, head hit the floor too.
This happened about 1 1/2 hr maybe 2 hr into a 3 1/2 hr practice. When i came in the gym at the end of practice, there was still about 30 min to go. After about 5-10 min another mom told me what happened. Of course my radar starts going up and another girl who coaches pre team was in the lobby and said my dd was fine, and "that happens to everyone". But everyone who saw the fall was very freaked out by it.
Her coach finally told me when she came out after practice. I got the story, and my dd said she was fine, she got right up after the fall, they assessed her for head injury, not neck.
When we left the gym i went thru the concussion questions and gave her a thorough neuro check and checked rom joints etc.
Im a nurse practitioner.
My feeling on this is that as her parent and as a medical professional i should have been called to come in and make the call whether to pull her or let her stay.
Yes my dd is old enough to know how she feels but we all know head injury can begin seeming like nothing.
She did develop a mild headache the next day.
I want to have a conversation with her coach and the head coach, mostly to educate them a little more on how to deal with these situations.
I dont want to be called for every bump and bruise, but the big things like a fall from 5 feet onto the neck/head, yes.
Thoughts.
This happened about 1 1/2 hr maybe 2 hr into a 3 1/2 hr practice. When i came in the gym at the end of practice, there was still about 30 min to go. After about 5-10 min another mom told me what happened. Of course my radar starts going up and another girl who coaches pre team was in the lobby and said my dd was fine, and "that happens to everyone". But everyone who saw the fall was very freaked out by it.
Her coach finally told me when she came out after practice. I got the story, and my dd said she was fine, she got right up after the fall, they assessed her for head injury, not neck.
When we left the gym i went thru the concussion questions and gave her a thorough neuro check and checked rom joints etc.
Im a nurse practitioner.
My feeling on this is that as her parent and as a medical professional i should have been called to come in and make the call whether to pull her or let her stay.
Yes my dd is old enough to know how she feels but we all know head injury can begin seeming like nothing.
She did develop a mild headache the next day.
I want to have a conversation with her coach and the head coach, mostly to educate them a little more on how to deal with these situations.
I dont want to be called for every bump and bruise, but the big things like a fall from 5 feet onto the neck/head, yes.
Thoughts.