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Testing time: Balnarring Junior Football Club vice-president Cam Price reflects on the benefits of technology to test for concussion. Picture: Gary Sissons
Eye scans to detect concussion
BALNARRING Junior Football Club is taking steps to minimise the long-term effects of concussion among its players. The club recently took part in a trial with a machine that quickly tests brain health by scanning eyes and can show signs of the condition which can worsen with ageing. President Dan Chapman said the club looked at how it needed to be a leader in concussion management as “any decision made now affects the community in the next 50-60 years”. The club’s committee decided it needed the EyeGuide technology but faced a problem in finding $7000 to pay for it. A club coach, who works at Arcare Aged Care Services, suggested the company might be interested in helping as sometimes it saw see the side effects of concussion later in life. “This was an amazing way to look at it and something we hadn’t thought of,” Mr Chapman said. “The conversation with Arcare took five minutes and they were on board straight away.” Within a week the club had the technology installed and was ready to go. In two weeks the 265 registered juniors had been scanned with a normal reading of the brain to be used as a reference if they suffered a concussion event down the track. “Within four days the technology showed why we needed it,” Mr Chapman said. A 16-year-old had a slight knock at training and fell back and hit his head on the ground. After initial discussions he sat out that night’s training but felt he would be fine to play the following Sunday. However, a test the next night showed he had a high level concussion. The small knock was in a susceptible part of the temple and hitting his head on the ground had exacerbated the damage caused. Stephen Taylor
Shire staff must have jab for a job Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire’s 782 staff must be double dosed with an approved COVID-19 vaccine or risk losing their jobs, although there is no deadline as their ages put them on different vaccination schedules. Councillors are not included in the Chief Health Officer’s directions and have no specific requirements to be vaccinated “at this stage”. However, only those who are fully vaccinated will be able to enter a shire
workplace or community facilities under the Victorian roadmap. Councillors are being asked to provide their vaccine status to the shire’s human resources department, which will pass their details to CEO John Baker and the mayor Cr Despi Cr O’Connor, before clearance is given for them to enter shire buildings. No date has been set for them to reenter the council chamber, although councillors are due to select the next mayor on Tuesday 16 November. “Hopefully we will be back in the chamber by then,” Cr O’Connor said. Yawa Aquatic Centre, Rosebud is
preparing to open when 80 per cent of Victorians are vaccinated, with staff aiming for Friday 5 November in line with the state government’s road map. It could be earlier. In line with the CHO’s advice, swimmers aged over 16 will need to provide their COVID Passport, wear a mask and use the QR code when checking in. Those aged over 12 must wear a face mask. The same rules will apply at the shire’s child care centres, the pound, libraries, and transfer stations. The peninsula reached a significant milestone last week with 94.6 per
cent of residents aged over 16 having had their first dose and 74.9 per cent two doses of a recognised COVID-19 vaccine. To get vaccinated, call a GP to check if they are offering vaccinations, speak to a pharmacist, call the vaccine hotline 1800 675 398 or visit coronavirus.vic. gov.au/vaccine to book a vaccination. Visit Frankston Community Vaccination Hub, Bayside Shopping Centre Level 1, Shannon Mall, Peninsula Health Vaccination Clinic, Suite 5, 1533 Point Nepean Road, Capel Sound, and Rosebud Respiratory Clinic, 1391 Point Nepean Road,
Rosebud, call: 0436 033 507. Testing is free if done through a public health facility or GP offering bulk billing. COVID testing clinics are at Rosebud Hospital in Eleanora House at the front of the Rosebud Hospital; Frankston Hospital, corner of Hastings Road and Yuille Street, Frankston; Atticus Health Medical Clinic Hastings: Testing is done in the clinic car park by appointment only, and Rosebud Respiratory Clinic at the Rosebud Skin Cancer Centre. Testing at the clinic by appointment but they are open all weekend.
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