Fremont (Neb.) Area Medical Center, Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare in Hastings and Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff have all joined the network to provide concussion testing programs for student athletes.
Nebraska Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine physicians and Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center founded the Nebraska Sports Concussion Network in 2010 to improve the safety of student athletes and spread information about safe return to play after concussions. The program also uses ImPACT baseline concussion testing.
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Four Nebraska Medical Facilities Join Sports Concussion Network
Written by Laura Miller | April 24, 2012
Four new medical facilities in Nebraska have joined the Nebraska Sports Concussion Network, according to a WOWT report.
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