Concussion Recognition & Management
Evidence-based education for coaches, parents, athletes, referees, and school staff — built around the protocols that save careers and protect long-term health.
Oregon State Law requires annual concussion education for all youth sport coaches. Sentinel Sports Care helps your organization meet and exceed this requirement.
Keeping Your Head In The Game
An engaging, age-appropriate session for student athletes and their coaches, parents, referees, and school-staff members covering what a concussion is, how to recognize symptoms, why reporting matters, and what happens after a concussion. This 90-minute presentation is built around Oregon's youth concussion laws and satisfies the annual concussion education requirement.
Baseline & Post-Injury Testing
Understanding neurocognitive tools used to establish and compare athlete baselines before and after injury.
Clinical Assessment Protocols
SCAT5, sideline assessment tools, and evidence-based decision-making for removal from play.
Return-to-Learn & Return-to-Play
Step-by-step progressive protocols for academic and athletic reintegration after concussion.
Documentation & Communication
Best practices for injury documentation, parent communication, and coordination with medical providers.
Beyond the Baseline: Concussion Management from Recognition to Return.
A 90-minute advanced workshop for coaches, administrators, and anybody else responsible for managing concussions including current Return-To-Play Protocols. This training covers Oregon's state laws in depth, multi-disciplinary return-to-play protocols, documentation best practices, and touches on subjects like baseline testing.
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The Athletes Who Changed the Law
Zackery Lystedt
In 2006, 13-year-old Zackery Lystedt was returned to a football game after sustaining a concussion. He collapsed after the final whistle and suffered a life-altering traumatic brain injury. His story inspired the Lystedt Law — the first state concussion law in the nation — and became the foundation for modern youth athlete concussion policy.
Legislative Impact
The Lystedt Law became the template for concussion legislation in all 50 states, requiring removal from play, medical clearance before return, and annual education for coaches and parents.
Max Conradt
Max Conradt is a former Oregon high school football player whose life-altering brain injury from Second Impact Syndrome led to the passage of Max's Law, Oregon’s landmark youth concussion legislation. In 2001, Conradt played in a game while still symptomatic from a concussion sustained the previous week; he collapsed at halftime after taking additional hits, requiring multiple brain surgeries and months in a coma. The resulting permanent, debilitating brain damage required years of rehabilitation, and he now resides in a Salem, Oregon assisted-living facility for brain-injured adults.
Legislative Impact
His case highlights the danger of repeated sub-concussive impacts and the critical importance of trained staff in every athletic setting.
Jenna Sneeva
Jenna Sneva is a former champion skier from Sisters, Oregon, whose personal struggle with Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS) led to the passage of Jenna's Law in 2013. A highly successful multi-sport athlete and national gold medalist, Sneva suffered roughly 10 to 11 concussions throughout her competitive career that were dismissed at the time as minor injuries. While in college, she began experiencing severe migraines, cognitive difficulties, and anxiety, ultimately resulting in a diagnosis of PCS and permanent brain damage that ended her athletic career and required years of therapy to regain her independence.
Legislative Impact
Her story underscores the importance of trained staff in every athletic setting and the cost of undertreated concussions on academic performance.
Gwen Lancaster
Gwen Lancaster is an Albany, Oregon honors student and multi-sport athlete whose severe concussion and subsequent academic and mental health struggles led to the passage of Gwen’s Law (HB 3007). After experiencing firsthand the devastating setbacks caused by a lack of immediate, mandatory school accommodations, Gwen and her mother championed the legislative reform. Their successful advocacy overhauled state law, mandating that all Oregon public schools provide immediate, standardized return-to-learn protections so injured students can safely heal without falling through administrative cracks.
Legislative Impact
Gwen’s Law systematically overhauls how public and charter schools manage student brain injuries. Rather than leaving accommodations up to the discretion of individual teachers or schools, the law mandates a structured recovery framework.
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