Cocke County player flown out with concussion during Cherokee High School football game

Rogersville, TN
Aug. 20, 2021

[@xlavahott4547]

I got to ride to the hospital in a squad with my son after he received a concussion in the last game he ever played in. Today he has an MBA and is a data analyst for one of the largest companies in the U.S. Football is a great learning experience for kids, but not sure it's worth the risk.

[@Ryan2941K]

fake story

[@JF-cn1mv]

Aggressive...I like it. Head Trauma is nothing to mess with...Got him to a Trauma Center within the Golden Hour...Well Down!!!

[@chrisdaniels2034]

Sending up prayers for that young man

[@michellebreitbarth4279]

Prayers for that young man! 🙏

[@viv_dumbb]

I hope to god he’s okay and can come back to school soon.

[@viv_dumbb]

an update: He’s okay and returned to school just fine

[@sharipuckett6923]

@@viv_dumbb Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you for healing the player and helping the medical team treat him and gave them knowledge to save his life. Amen.🕊️🙏

[@vangarcia419]

Always Capitalize God's Title, Lowercase god your Speaking of satan...

[@rolfhi]

@@vangarcia419bro what

[@vangarcia419]

@@rolfhi....Jesus Will Welcome And Accept ANYONE With Open Arms

[@ladyblue7585]

Sending prayers for Summer and the football young man hurt at practice.

[@outabeat]

I'm not sure what the protocol is in that county, but where I am, a Medivac or Life-flight pick up is serious stuff. It means you have to get the patient to a trauma center ASAP and it means an ambulance ride would take longer than a ride in the chopper. My guess is because the kid couldn't answer the basic questions (whats your name, where are you, whats your birthday, what day is it) he met the criteria to be airlifted. I hope he pulled through.

[@avenue8822]

Very possible that the nearest Hospital is a long way, and the area is rural. My experience has been the same, and any potential life threatening injury would go via AeroMed if it would take longer to get there VIA ground.

[@outabeat]

@@avenue8822 Yes. Where I am its a checklist that results in either an amnulance ride or a medivac lift. One of my guys was medivac'd and it saved his life. So, I am partial to stabilize on scene and transport rather than scoop and go.

[@Rick-mg1nv]

It was in Rural Tennessee and the nearest Trauma center by ambulance is a couple hours away. The Helicopter would have had him to the hospital before the "Golden Hour" A K.A. the critical hour expired

[@outabeat]

@@Rick-mg1nv I hear ya. I've done plenty of "scoop and runs" in my day. But were 2 min from a hospital in those situations. The paramedics don't agree but.... Going home after saving a life is a good thing.

[@jamesk7063]

in america its about 30k

[@Parascuba]

back in 1997 I was play high school football and get serious injury had to rush t hospital in helicopter. My knee bone was stick though and bleed unable to stop. I remember all of it. This bring my memory back

[@cindybass9734]

Prayers going up, hope their ok 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@dougnichols7222]

My son had two concussions at North Cobb high school take your time playing again listen to your doctor's

[@sonofsammydavis2751]

Lol that's one expensive ambulance ride

[@TacMedic]

Its either that or risk a traumatic head bleed

[@sonnystaley7015]

@@TacMedic Nobody cares when it has to do with a kid. Money doesnt mean anything.

[@barryg4927]

Air medical crews have much greater medical capability and more aggressive protocols so for a patient like this the choice to fly was a sound one

[@Jambiswag]

How did he get a concussion without hitting his head?

[@Best-est1]

I was kind kind of confused at first, because it looked like he tweaked his knee and leg, but after I thought about it I remember learning at one point that you can get a concussion without directly hitting your head. If it is like an extreme blow to any part of your body then it could possibly cause a concussion without you actually hitting your head.

[@KiraCLisle]

A concussion is your brain hitting the walls of your skull which can be caused by a whiplash effect or simply your body going from moving to sudden stop and your brain doesnt. Your brain inside your skull basically jiggles like jello so it doesnt stop moving when your skull/head stops; it bounces off in the continued motion it was going in. You dont have to hit your head on anything to get a concussion. I hope this answered your question.

[@3li_reacts]

​@@Best-est1no it was the red team who had the guy get the concussion and the black team had someone have a Minor/major knee injury

[@3li_reacts]

​@@KiraCLisleso yes that is the case but a concussion is caused by the front and back of your brain hitting back to back at a rapid pace its not just when your moving then stops the brain keeps moving like if you were to shale your head you would probably get a little head pain or discomfort but thats just your bain rattling at a slow pace for you to get a concussion it needs to be a fast motion coming to and instant stop then it rattles pretty fast. and he was hit on the play by what i see on the video is the qb or someone on the right side of the screen has someone on the black team basically diving into there head so thats what caused the major head injury. so yea you are right but wrong im just helping you and giving more information to your comment

[@spankshaha8104]

Cherokee might be 0-3 right now, but they definitely have some potential

[@LProdzz]

where was the kid that got the concussion?

[@kimberlyhigdon4988]

Sending prayers

[@heathermac2753]

Prayers

[@hunterfox2884]

Yea he is good now working out with the team so dont worry he was a senior btw

[@videogameplayer0552]

How severe was the injury that he was airlifted to hospital?

[@hunterfox2884]

@@videogameplayer0552 he had a Seizure he was gone from school for a while but he ended up going to college not for football tho dude was one of the best athletes I ever played fast as crap he also done something to his leg but idk what

[@videogameplayer0552]

@@hunterfox2884 That’s scary. I hope he’s doing well now.

[@isabelledavis2981]

I love when NBA and NFL players surrounded and circle around teammates with injuries for support and hopeless

[@jadendemarre83]

Air Medivac for a concussion? Where I’m from, it’s critical and serious things. For example, we get a call for a motorcycle accident VS car with multiple PIV (Personal Injury Victims) dispatch/ county automatically puts LifeLink Air on standby and automatically dispatches them if they get more information. The nearest hospital in this video must be far if they flew him out for a concussion.

[@spaghetti9845]

he obviously met conditions on the glasgow coma scale which warranted the transport.

[@Johndpro]

Hope he recovers, that looks scary

[@theofficialgreenkane9645]

I don't get it? It looked like a knee injury. He was limping off. Why didn't the ambulance just take him?

[@GreasyCreek12345]

Concussion

[@catgobrrrrrr881]

It was thw other guy that got hurt i think

[@seemorebetter]

the cocke county football player was the one taken in the helicopter due to a severe concussion! the football player with the knee injury,limping, was the cherokee player and he was most likely going to sit out or have an adult take him to the hospital! his knee injury was not as severe as the concussion!

[@samadams1408]

Because that player was not the one who suffered a knee injury.

[@hedyhartman8359]

going in style...

[@janetferrari8834]

Really hope he’s okay prayers

[@DonovanHaumpy]

This was a year ago lol I think he's good by now I think

[@SaRaH_EC]

How did he get a concussion??

[@taraspikeyhelton]

Most likely took a tackle that either slammed his head violently to the ground, or a tackle to the helmet. Meaning his neck and head were hit and not his torso

[@ethanstewart606]

what happened to the cherokee player

[@Almightycreator888]

Basically you didn't catch the hit on film huh

[@Zekesaxman]

nah it is, if you look as the camera pans, there's a guy that gets absolutely laid out mid pan around @0:47-48 in the red white and red jersey

[@javiercalderon2002]

Prayers for him hope he ok

[@toribroom7353]

Ok

[@NikoRojas-ck7hq]

😢😢😢

[@kennethwilliams-dl9gi]

"Turn your backs to the field" unless you want to film the helicopter landing or you just dont want to listen to the announcer.

[@silntstl]

It was a over cautious request. That particular bird at that distance from the crowd wouldn't really be anything more than a breeze felt.

[@kennethmontoya7111]

Football is very deadly and dangerous!!

[@sawyerdann2507]

it can be dangerous if played incorrectly. If you tackle with good form you shouldn't be too bad off. also its not very deadly. I only know of a handful of deadly incidents from football and that was because of bad coaching decisions.

[@emilymerrick859]

😢😮😢😮😢😮😢😮😢😮

[@3li_reacts]

i watched this about 9 times and i think if you pay attention you can see the qb right after he throws it he gets rocked sp i think hes the ome that got the head injury but the keen injury i xan see what it is its 1 or 3 things a dislocated patella also know as the (kneecap), or a torn mcl or a torn patella ligament

[@dwaynedickson8978]

Yeah definitely something with his legs. And at the beginning of the video you can see possibly trainers going to the red and white teams sideline to there bench.

[@Taylor-qq4ig]

Why did they say turn back to the field? Hope he is okay.

[@joshjosh7417]

Bc the helicopter will throw debris at them

[@jennifersprague8585]

sad man

[@jordanox2051]

Must have been one hell of a concussion for that 30k bill his parents are going to be stuck with for the whirly bird ride.

[@midnightman5139]

Football kills.

[@kennethmontoya7111]

The NFL Football should be outlawed it's way too dangerous

[@livethebmxlife]

wat a poo c

[@briannaremaley2604]

With any luck they are dead

[@sawyerdann2507]

wtf is wrong with u

[@jamesgeorge960]

this is very offensive to me cause i’m a cherokee playing seminole war song that’s a our other tribal songs please take this down it’s offensive making fun of my tribe and the seminole tribe

[@GreasyCreek12345]

Wrong. The music honors the Native American people. Towns and states have Native American names and schools have Native American mascots to honor the native peoples.

[@shmoejoedesy9449]

Lolol nobody cares about your opinion guy.

[@kennethwilliams-dl9gi]

the music and names are to remind those unaware of the Native American history. the Native Americans would be upset that they are never "recognized" if NOTHING was ever mentioned of them. i didnt realize how many different tribes there were until i moved to Apple Valley, CA with their Native American named streets. so I'M offended by NOT having the names and music.

[@KiraCLisle]

Having things named after native americans/native american things is different from playing a war song (if that is what is playing, im not sure because im potawatomi not seminole). You can honor and pass on the knowledge of native american history without using something that represents the suffering of natives. As long as you use it correctly and it doesnt offend the native people (i dont know if the rest of the people commenting on this are native american or not but im going based off the guy who said he is seminole). We dont need non natives telling us what is and isnt offensive. If you arent native or dont have a background in studying native history then you shouldnt have a say in what things are offensive and what are respectful to the native culture and people.

[@airicadams1359]

if it bad enough for medflight to have to land someone is playing dirty

[@jamesk7063]

bro if they dont have health insurance that heli rode is gonna be 20-40k easily

[@silntstl]

I thought the schools had insurance on the players.....