Concussion or Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 20 -2-324.1 (2013) requires each local board of education, administration of a nonpublic school and governing body of a charter school to adopt and implement a concussion management and return to play policy that includes the following components: 1) an information sheet to all youth athletes» parents or legal guardians informing them of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for
those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated return to play.
Not exact matches
If a player is suspected
of having a
concussion, or
exhibits the signs or
symptoms of concussion, they will be removed from participation and undergo evaluation by the medical staff in a quiet, distraction - free environment conducive to conducting a neurological evaluation.
A coach may not allow a member
of a school athletic team to participate in any athletic event or training on the same day that the member (1)
Exhibits signs,
symptoms or behaviors consistent with a
concussion following an observed or suspected blow to the head or body, or (2) Has been diagnosed with a
concussion.
Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: Administrative Code 14:303 (2011) requires the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association to work in collaboration with the Department of Education to adopt rules and regulations applicable to member schools regarding the appropriate recognition and management of student athletes exhibiting signs or symptoms consistent with a c
Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: Administrative Code 14:303 (2011) requires the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association to work in collaboration with the Department
of Education to adopt rules and regulations applicable to member schools regarding the appropriate recognition and management
of student athletes
exhibiting signs or
symptoms consistent with a
concussionconcussion.
(3) A student athlete shall be promptly removed from play if the athlete is suspected
of sustaining a
concussion or
exhibits signs or
symptoms of concussion until completion
of assessment by a qualified healthcare professional or medical clearance.
The program must address the signs and
symptoms of a
concussion and require that an official must remove a student from competition and an athletic trainer must remove a student from practice, training or competition if (1) a student reports any sign or
symptom of a
concussion, (2) an official, coach or athletic trainer determines that the student
exhibits any sign or
symptom of a
concussion, or (3) an official, coach or athletic trainer is notified that the student has reported or
exhibited any sign or
symptom of a
concussion by a licensed, registered or certified health care provider.
If at any time during the return to full participation in school activities the student
exhibits signs and
symptoms of concussion, the student must be removed from the activity and be re-evaluated by the treating licensed health care provider trained in
concussion management.
It is the responsibility
of staff members involved in school activities and trained in the signs and
symptoms related to
concussion or other head injury, to act in accordance with this policy when the staff member recognizes that a student may be
exhibiting such signs and
symptoms of a
concussion.
The policy requires removal from play for any student, as determined by a game official, coach from the student's team, certified athletic trainer, licensed physician, licensed physical therapist or other official designated by the student's school entity,
exhibits signs or
symptoms of a
concussion or traumatic brain injury while participating in an athletic activity.
Depending on athletes to admit to experiencing
concussion symptoms doesn't work due to chronic under - reporting.1 Likewise, studies show that coaches and athletic trainers can't be counted on to reliably identify athletes
exhibiting signs
of possible
concussion for screening on the sports sidelines, especially since only 5 to 10 %
of concussions involve a loss
of consciousness and the onset
of concussions symptoms is often delayed, especially in younger athletes.
One approach to the problem
of sub-concussive blows that escape detection via conventional means is to find new enhanced detection methods: If functional impairment could be detected on the sports sideline, a player, like those
exhibiting more obvious
concussion signs or complaining
of symptoms consistent with
concussion, could be removed from play.