title: The Concussion Crisis: Anatomy of a Silent Epidemic
author:  Linda Carroll 
description: "A cautionary wake-up call about addressing a seemingly innocuous hit to the head with critical care. . . . Comprehensive."
zlib_text: AFTER IT HAPPENED
  
  BOOK TWO: HUMANITY
  
  PROLOGUE
  
    
  
  Dan woke and opened his eye to an ornate but unfamiliar high ceiling.
  
  He could only see from is right side, however. He raised a tentative hand to
  feel his face, discovering heavy bandaging to the forehead and left side. The
  events flooded back to him, and the tears of grief and fear started to fall
  weakly for the loss of his friends.
  
  “HE’S AWAKE” shrieked a voice which could only belong to Leah. The noise
  lanced through him like a bullet, tearing him from his self-pity.
  
  Too many people to count rushed in, staring at him. He turned his painfully
  stiff neck to his right to see only one other bed occupied. Everyone tried to
  speak to him at once until Kate’s commanding voice cut through the cacophony
  to berate them all and banish them from the medical wing.
  
  She came to him, shining a light in his eye and asking him questions to assess
  his level of concussion.
  
  He answered them all groggily, then started with his own.
  
  “What happened