Any sportsperson with suspected concussion should stop playing, says new UK guidance

Anyone with a suspected concussion during any level of sport should immediately be removed from play, new guidance from the UK government has advised. The guidance, If in Doubt, Sit Them Out, is aimed primarily at the general public and people of all ages who participate in grassroots sports where healthcare professionals are typically not available on site to manage concussion.1Teammates, coaches, match officials, team managers, administrators, or parents and carers who suspect someone may have concussion “must do their best to ensure that the individual is removed from play in as rapid and safe a manner as possible,” the guidance says.If a neck injury is suspected, the player should be moved only by healthcare professionals with appropriate training, it adds.It says that once someone with a suspected concussion is safely removed from play they must not return to activity that day and not until an appropriate healthcare professional has…
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