How many times can you be hit in the head?
BRUSH, Colo. (Dec. 3, 2010) – People love sports, especially kids. How many times have you seen an athlete get their “bell rung?” Closed head injuries, typically a concussion, are cause for concern. Recent research is showing the long-term affect of repeated closed head injuries.
East Morgan County Hospital Emergency department physician, Ned Nixon, MD and speech therapist, Elaine Prascher, invite you to join them Dec.16 at 7 p.m. for the next Lobby Lecture Series topic: Closed Head Injury.
Participants will gain an understanding of the following: the symptoms of a concussion; what the recovery period requires, repetitive injury risks, and the cumulative effects; and gain a working knowledge of current Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) regulations. Please use the main entrance to the hospital for the lecture.
Dr. Nixon will present prevention, diagnosis, and treatment about closed head injuries, and Prascher will cover therapy and resources. This educational opportunity is open to the public and is offered free of charge. It gives participants the opportunity to ask questions and receive important information.
Dr. Nixon graduated from the University of Kansas Medical School in 1994 and completed his residency at Trinity Lutheran Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program in Kansas City in 1997. Dr. Nixon has worked in emergency medicine all of his career, along with a private practice and locum tenens for some of the time and teaching at the St. Anthony Family Medicine Residency Program in Denver for 5 years prior to coming to EMCH in April of 2009. His medical interests include sports medicine and wilderness medicine along with multiple interests outside of the medical field.
Prascher is certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Her interest include brain injury, neurological disorders, stroke, Autism, feeding and swallowing disorders, stuttering, and other causes of communication and food intake problems.
For more information or to make an appointment please call (970) 842-6202.
About East Morgan County Hospital
East Morgan County Hospital in Brush, Colo. is licensed by the state of Colorado and certified by Medicare as a 25-bed critical-access hospital. Designated as a Level IV Trauma Center, East Morgan includes a 24-hour emergency department with three trauma bays, two surgery suites, two recovery rooms, six pre and post operative rooms, one endoscopy room, and one outpatient surgery suite. It is part of Banner Health, one of the country’s largest nonprofit hospital systems.
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