London ISD, Driscoll Children’s Hospital work on concussion study [Video]

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A local car dealer has contributed a grant to help Driscoll Children’s Hospital detect and treat concussions at an area school.

Driscoll’s Heads Up: Concussion Care for Kids Program at London ISD is getting a boost with a more than $500,000 grant from Mike Shaw Toyota.

“The partnership . . . gives us the ability to bring new technologies to the community that will help us in early assessment and providing care for concussion management on the sidelines of our student athletes in Corpus Christi,” said Driscoll Children’s Hospital’s Director of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine clinics Dino Scanio. 

Scanio says the grant will also allow them to add trainers with the goal of eventually being able to provide such care for all local school athletes. 

She said it’s important for athletes’ parents to understand the …