![]() To keep Friday night lights on, we must work to change the culture of the game. It’s my job here at Safe Kids to pass child safety laws, and I’m the first to tell you that laws are only one piece of the puzzle and sometimes the remedy of last resort. Even stronger laws? Maybe.īut passing laws is not always the strategy. Cancel high school football programs? That’s not the answer, either. Because of the Lystedt law, high school coaches in Washington State had received their education in concussions. The night before, Ramon Angel Oros was helicoptered to Harborview, following a head injury.David seems to be recovering from his neck fracture. was severely injured in a game that same night, and was also taken to Harborview. Bui was the fourth high school player to die for injuries playing football in the last month. But this time, the surgeries couldn’t save him, and Kenney Bui is no longer with us. Kenney Bui, a defensive back on the Evergreen High School team outside of Seattle received a hard hit to the head in the fourth quarter and was taken to Harborview. The late Yogi Berra once said, “It’s déjà vu all over again,” and that’s what Friday night, October 2, felt like. A best practice calls for high school coaches to be educated on how to identify a concussion. Named after Zack, the Lystedt law, which has been passed in all 50 states, says that an athlete must be pulled from the game and cannot return until a medical professional with training about concussions says in writing that they are ready to play again. The law defines a protocol for what happens when a young athlete shows signs of a head injury. ![]() Slowly Zack, his family and a team of supporters slowly traveled the road to Zack's recovery but also took another road on a campaign to pass a law in Washington State. Watch Safe Kids’ New Video to Learn More about Concussions, Made Possible By Johnson & Johnson. Zack had a second impact concussion and survived only after months in a coma and multiple surgeries at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, the home of our Safe Kids coalition in the city. Then, he said, he couldn't see, and then Zack collapsed onto the field. The game ended, his dad, Victor, ran out onto the field to congratulate Zach for a good play. Zack went back into the game in the fourth quarter after a hard hit in the third. Nine years ago, Zackery Lystedt was a playing football game with his team at Maple Valley Junior High. ![]() Sometimes, positive change comes from bad things.
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