Awesome
This app was really an amazing innovation. As a parent of 5 children, I know first hand what it's like to deal with children and their sports injuries. And despite the fact that this app is not a substitute for a physician, it still provides a great amount of information regarding concussions and how to properly diagnose them when medical staff is not present. Although you do have to pay a small fee of $5, I still feel its more than worth it. No dollar amount is worth more than my peace of mind when it comes to my children!
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Useful & well-thought out
I found the app to be well-constructed and full of useful information. I think with all apps like this, you should never try to substitute the judgment of a trained medical professional, but if something like this raises awareness about the signs to look for or provides a roadmap to frantic adults who have to deal with an injury situation in a responsible way before qualified professionals arrive, then i think the app is doing its job. What is the alternative, stand around while your kid is hurt and hope that "Coach Gus" is up on his certification? What if your kid hurts themself in a situation outside of the organized sport and it's just you and your child? As a parent I think it's my job to be fully informed about the risks that my child is taking and to recognize signs that there might be even the slightest thing wrong. Even just to have the baseline test on your kid for future reference for all situations in which you might find youself is worth the cost of the app.
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Awesome!!!!
This is a great app for casual or Ben semi professional use. I had a few questions and the developer was very responsive. I use it all the time.
Don
So the developer goes ahead and writes a review for another version of the concussion diagnosis app. That one, and another are based almost entirely on the SCAT2 form that doctors and medics have for diagnosing the severity of an athlete's concussion. They say that it is going to be a review of all 4 diagnostic apps, but it doesn't take long before they are singing the praises of this app over the others.
Here is the point. They only offer a free TOUR of the app with a bunch of pop-ups. If you want to be able to use it, you have to shell out $4.99 for it. Even then, the only use I can see for this is so that some parent or coach with NO medical training can go ahead and try to diagnose a kid so they can either question the ref and medical personel there or (reluctantly in many cases) agree with them.
I am not sure of pre-high school and youth league sports, or amny of the other school district policies on this, but I know colleges, universities and at least high school sports within the Los Angeles Unified School District require a medically trained individual to be present for the game to treat any and all injuries to the players. This means, at the high school level, there is an EMT, Paramedic, or M.D. who is properly trained there on the field, not some volunteer with their own opinions and biases.
Furthermore, this app will dial emergency services and show you the nearest medical center. First, is 911 (at least here in the U.S.) really that difficult for people, that you have to do it, when every other first aid training has the responder tell someone else to call so they can deal with the injuries. Secondly, only qualified people should be transporting, especially with head trauma. The last thing an injured player needs is to be dumped into the back of a persons car to suffer further injury on the way to the hospital, or for them to get there only to have not needed to really have to go in the first place.
Overall, don't bother wasting your time unless you want an app that gives you an overview of what a concussion is, or think that spending almost $5 so that an unquallified person can make a medical diagnosis is a good idea.
Here is the point. They only offer a free TOUR of the app with a bunch of pop-ups. If you want to be able to use it, you have to shell out $4.99 for it. Even then, the only use I can see for this is so that some parent or coach with NO medical training can go ahead and try to diagnose a kid so they can either question the ref and medical personel there or (reluctantly in many cases) agree with them.
I am not sure of pre-high school and youth league sports, or amny of the other school district policies on this, but I know colleges, universities and at least high school sports within the Los Angeles Unified School District require a medically trained individual to be present for the game to treat any and all injuries to the players. This means, at the high school level, there is an EMT, Paramedic, or M.D. who is properly trained there on the field, not some volunteer with their own opinions and biases.
Furthermore, this app will dial emergency services and show you the nearest medical center. First, is 911 (at least here in the U.S.) really that difficult for people, that you have to do it, when every other first aid training has the responder tell someone else to call so they can deal with the injuries. Secondly, only qualified people should be transporting, especially with head trauma. The last thing an injured player needs is to be dumped into the back of a persons car to suffer further injury on the way to the hospital, or for them to get there only to have not needed to really have to go in the first place.
Overall, don't bother wasting your time unless you want an app that gives you an overview of what a concussion is, or think that spending almost $5 so that an unquallified person can make a medical diagnosis is a good idea.
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Dissapointing
If you market something as free, don't you think it should be free? Also not a fan of the "pop-ups" on every screen. Distracting and time consuming, which bodes very negatively in the context of sideline assessment. Back to the drawing board I say.