Your Complete Concussion Care Toolkit
Navigate concussion recovery with confidence using expert-backed tools designed to make concussion management simple.
Emergency? Act Now
Seek immediate care for: loss of consciousness, seizures, vomiting, severe headache, or neck pain.
Learn
“What happens next?”
Get expert guidance on returning to school, sports, and daily life.
Find
“We need to find medical care.”
Search our map of Michigan concussion experts and specialized clinics.
Track
“My child has been injured”
Start a real-time symptom log to monitor recovery and share with your doctor.
What do I do if a child has hit their head?
Seek immediate medical attention if your child experiences any of the following symptoms:
- Loss of consciousness
- Seizures
- Persistent vomiting
- Severe headache that persists or worsens with rest
- Inability to rouse from sleep
- Neck pain or tenderness
- Double vision
- Weakness or tingling/burning in more than one arm or leg
- Worsening consciousness
- Restlessness, agitation, or combativeness
- Visible deformity of the skull
What should I do if the injury does not result in any of the redflags listed above and I am unsure of where to take a child to for care?
If unsure whether to go to an urgent care or emergency department after a hit to the head, call your PCP or pediatrician’s office to discuss symptoms over the phone. If your child does not have a primary care provider, consider calling a local urgent care clinic or a nurse advice line, which many hospitals and insurance providers offer. Having a healthcare provider guide the plan remotely allows for an immediate pivot to emergency care when/if needed.
Seek immediate medical attention if any of the red flags listed above develop.
Learn
Learn to REAP (Remove, Reduce, Educate, Adjust/Acommodate, Pace). REAP can teach us how to handle conussions by working with four teams: Family, Healthcare Provider, School Health, School Classroom. By using REAP, we can help the teams stay on the same page while helping people get better. This step by step guide helps people return to school/work, everyday life, and sports by using teamwork to make a plan fit for everyone.
Find
Find helps people find healthcare and support in your area. Find stays up-to-date and can connect people to concussion specialists, while also giving information about support group, educational resources, and other services to support their recovery.
Track
RECOUPS is a tool that can track symptoms while someone has a concussion. The information from RECOUPS can be shared with members of the recovery team. RECOUPS has been shown that it is able to track symptoms while giving important information on how people are recovering from a concussion. Information from RECOUPS can help give people tasks to improve recovery based on their symptoms.
