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Safe Kids
Eastside hosts free community Sport Safety Clinic






What:




Safe Kids Eastside invites parents, athletes, coaches and
the community to attend next week’s free Sports Safety Clinic, which aims to
build awareness of how to prevent concussions—a common sports injury that can
have life-threatening consequences if simply “shook off.”

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Sports injuries make up 20 percent of all injury-related
emergency department visits for children ages 6-19, and child with a
sports-related concussion visits the ED every three minutes.


With the goal of keeping young athletes safe and healthy,
Safe Kids Eastside brings together at its clinic a group of expert speakers,
including Seattle Seahawks and Mariners team physician Stanley A. Herring,
MD.

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Also addressing the public about concussion prevention,
recognition and treatment are:



  • Darin Harris, a concussion survivor
    and former UW Husky football player

  • Zackery Lystedt, the inspiration for
    groundbreaking health and safety legislation in preventing brain
    injuries in youth sports, and his parents Victor and Mercedes Lystedt

  • Richard H. Adler, JD, the attorney
    who represented the Lystedt family, and the past president and current
    chairman of the Brain Injury Association of Washington

  • Anthony Green, Director of Public
    Policy for Safe Kids Worldwide

This free clinic is sponsored by the Brain Injury
Association of Washington State, hosted by the Northshore School District and
brought to you by Safe Kids Eastside, proudly led by EvergreenHealth.


Attendees will enjoy refreshments and free parking. 






When:




Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at 6 p.m.






Where:




Woodinville
High School


19819
136th Ave NE

Woodinville, WA 98072








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