For Health Care Providers

Diagnostic Tools

I. Sport Concussion Assessment Tool II (SCAT II):

Standardized method of evaluating patient post concussion. SCAT II was produced as part of the Summary and Agreement Statement of the Third International Symposium on Concussion in Sport, Zurich 2008.

II. CDC resources:

• Heads Up to Clinicians: Addressing Concussions in Sports among Kids and Teens includes a free online training
• Heads Up to Clinicians: Clinical Diagnosis and Management
• Heads Up: Brain Injury in Your Practice

III. Media Resources

• Demonstration of Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 2 (SCATT II)
• Demonstration of Balance Error Scoring System (BESS)
• E ducational videos on Mild traumatic brain Injury
  • Part 1: Identification and diagnosis
  • Part 2: Management of Mild TBI

Policy Statements:

I. Family Medicine:

• Virginia Academy of Family Physicians: Everything you need to know about concussions
• Concussion and the Team Physician: Consensus Statement of the American Academy of Family Physicians

II. Pediatric Medicine:

• Sport-Related Concussion in Children and Adolescents

Internet Resources

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Physician Tool Kit
• The Brain Injury Association of America
• Brain Injury Association of Virginia
• Brainline.org
• MSKTC (ModelSystems Knowledge Translation Center): Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems