Deceased High School Football Player may Have had Second Impact Syndrome

While many concussions are mild and entirely treatable if addressed as early as possible, sustaining a second head or brain injury before the first has fully healed can be fatal and lead to second impact syndrome (SIS), which is why it is extremely important to seek medical attention as soon as possible if you’ve suffered any kind of head or brain injury in an accident.

Recently, fifteen year-old Aaron Singleton of north Texas, a high school football player, sustained a head injury during a game and then suffered a seizure; he passed away the next day. It was indeed a rare occurrence, and Aaron’s parents bravely decided to donate his brain for medical study, which researchers call “the first-ever scientific research into neuro-catastrophic injury in high school football players and the possibility that confirms second impact syndrome.”

“One of the questions to answer was if Aaron was a victim of second impact syndrome, and he and several other research subjects will get started on an answer towards that,” says Terry O’Neil, who founded the non-profit “Practice Like Pros.” “It’s hard to believe that with all the head injuries in high school football, there’s never been a high school player’s brain studied as Aaron’s will be.”

“I knew it would benefit so many people in the future and hopefully help understand,” says Cassondra, Aaron’s mother. “Just being able to help people, not just save lives now, but saving lives from future concussions and what doctors and the trainers can look for and do, and somehow manage to save someone else in the future, it’s all worth it,” she said.

The study of Aaron’s brain may last up to six years depending on funding, which is currently provided by Terry O’Neil and brain trauma expert Dr. Robert Cantu, and preliminary results are expected in 2017.

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