WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - There was a law passed back in 2011 that requires all schools to immediately remove an athlete from a game or practice in any sport if they are showing any signs of a concussion or head injury.

That's just part of the work done to try to ensure these athletes are suffering potentially life changing injuries.

The handling of concussion injuries is on a lot of people's minds after Dolphins starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa took a hard hit and had to be carted off the field in Cincinnati Thursday night. 

"Everybody's noticed that his hands went into spasm," said Cody Barnett. "That's a neurological reaction."

Barnett owns Bodyworx Physical Therapy in east Wichita. He says watching that hit, he could immediately tell what was wrong. 

"So automatically think either brain injury or spinal cord injury was something like that."

Tagovailoa was diagnosed with a concussion but was cleared to fly home with the team overnight.

However, this might have been his second head injury in four days.

On Sunday, he was caught stumbling after a hit and while he was allowed back into the game, the NFL’s Player Union is investigating to see if the Dolphins broke the league's concussion policy to do so.

"Second impact syndrome leads to typically much worse difficulty in terms of recovery," Barnett said. 

So, as we move from pros to preps with high school football on Friday, how does the Wichita Public Schools system handle concussions?

"We start looking at all of the there's a myriad of symptoms that we keep an eye out for we talked to him about headache, and dizziness, and I watch how they walk off the field, " said Wichita East High Athletic Trainer Jennifer Hudson. 

She says by state law, the moment she sees a player showing any sort of concussion symptoms, either in game or at practice "they're done for the day."

From there, the player needs to be cleared by a licensed doctor to resume athletic activities. Hudson says all of this to ensure these high schools are able recover as best as possible.

"I always tell them I’m a student athlete, I said you have one brain, it's important and you need it," Hudson said. So, we're going to protect it and we're going to take care of you."

One thing Hudson also says is that she works with coaches and other players to help spot concussion symptoms.

It’s something Barrett encourages players to do as well.