Causing concussions

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Originally Posted by chseagle

She was removed from play, but she was just assisted to the bench & sat down, without, from what I could tell, someone closely monitoring her for the rest of the game. Like I said in my initial post, the HC went to her side after the officials called for time. It was the HC that assisted her back to the bench. EMS was not called, nor was there an Athletic Trainer on-site to do proper evaluation.

Below, in your reply I've put in bold what I saw as signs/symptoms.

I was at halfcourt, behind the scorers table when the incidence [sic] happened. I did have a clear line of sight however to see the proceedings.

Once the athlete was removed from play, game management should have taken over and gotten her the medical attention that was required.

If a coach suspected a concussion, then he could ask for an on-site trainer (which you say was not present) or arrange for transportation to another location for proper evaluation via a parent or responsible adult (EMS/REMSA is probably not necessary).

Game officials try to stay out of medical matters as much as possible.