Dr Cathy Duchesne & Dominic Goodwill will speak about Concussions in Sailing: What they are and what to do about them. Boats have wet surfaces that bounce and tilt. Sailing boats have a boom that flies around. Docks and ramps can be slippery. Injuries happen in our sport. Ontario is rolling out Rowan’s Law, in response to concussion injuries in sports.
It’s the right time to learn:
- how to recognize concussion in yourself or your team-mates
- what to do if you suspect a concussion
- how to achieve a return to sports
- the special responsibilities of coaches and event organizers
The main part of the talk will be given by NSC member Dr. Cathy Duchesne. Cathy is a physician with training in Emergency Medicine. She is co-owner of “Corrie Doon”, an Ontario-32 keelboat at NSC. Dominic will outline the responsibilities of sailing event organizers.
Dominic races his Albacore dinghy “Skye” at NSC and race crews on friends’ keelboats, starting on C&C 25 “Sir Behari” and most recently J/80 “Segueh”. His favorite time sailing is when one of his grown-up kids joins him. His volunteer contribution to the club is in sailing event organization. He has chaired 5 regattas and recently completed a term as Fleet Captain, steering the largest club race program in North America through smooth and choppy waters.
The Government of Ontario has developed concussion awareness resources: https://www.ontario.ca/page/rowans-law-concussion-safety ,
which will be the basis for this presentation. Ontario Sailing has provided codes of conduct and procedures. These can all be found at Ontario Sailing:
https://ontariosailing.ca/concussion-information .
For those that participate in racing or sail training at NSC, regardless of age: every season, you will need to acknowledge that you have studied the concussion awareness material. So, start now by attending this talk.
Please click the link below to join the Zoom Webinar:
Zoom link Concussions ( Webinar ID: 979 1646 1834) Passcode: 995274
We recommend that you join 10 to 15 minutes early to test your video and sound. We will be playing some introductory content. During the webinar, you can use the Q&A button to ask questions at any time. The moderator will relay any questions to the presenter at the end of the presentation.
There is no fee to attend, and the webinar is open to all who are interested. Feel free to pass the link along to anyone else who may like to attend. You can find the full schedule for the series here.
Contact Tony Wright (tony.wright.ott at gmail.com) with any questions or feedback.
If you would like to volunteer to speak, please contact Jim Kelly (jimfrankelly at gmail.com) or Parke Davis (parke.davis.pd at gmail.com).