OHSAA: Updated Concussion Regulations in Response to House Bill 143 for 2013-14

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Originally Posted by rockyroad

So now when you show up to work a game, the AD (or whoever) will be required to ask you to show him/her your certificate that shows you have completed the concussion training? And you will be required to have it with you for every contest? Wow...

And we get to decide if a player is done for the evening or not? With our years of medical training and vast experience dealing with concussed athletes? Double wow...

Gotta love it when politiciand get involved with stuff.

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That's been the guidance, keep the certificate in your car or gear bag or something. I don't mind the sitting out part - we're not diagnosing anything, just sitting them out because they exhibit some signs or symptoms consistent with concussions. It's up to the medical professional to diagnose and treat.

The new part is no return to play on same day - even if a med pro says it's ok. That goes against all the recent training. If the licensed medical professional was willing to sign in writing a release, we were allowed to return them same day. After that, it's the coaches'/AD's issue. One trainer who gave us a class says he's signed a same day return 3 times in the last couple years - all when he saw the play in question and was sure it did not involve a head hit (kid got hit in the gut but was staggering due to pain, not hit to the head, etc). So it doesn't sound like it was all that prevalent to have a same-day return anyway, but now it's out of the question.