This evening I attend a webinar run by the ECB concerning concussion. It was presented by Claire Bolton (a safety officer at the ECB).
It was very interesting and learnt a few things.
Your head doesn’t need to be hit by an object to cause concussion which I didn’t know, anything that causes rattling in your head/brain as this is moving it when it shouldn’t.
Red flags are – Loss of consciousness, vomiting, loss of memory, head bleeding or nose bleeding (when hit), double vision.
Other signs are wobbling, mood changes, blank stares, confusion, dealing with sound and light.
They should be removed from the game, even if they say they are OK and monitored.
It is then a minimum of 21 days before returning to the game, if symptoms return during the 21 days, you start again from that and cannot return for 21 days.
The 4 R’s – Recognise, Remove, Recover and Return
Claire came across very well and it was very useful to understand about concussion.
Useful link – https://concussionlearning.ecb.co.uk/
On the link its interesting to see Eoin Morgan reacted to being hit and shows how you need to check the person out.
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