The Injured Player: Emergencies in the game
Doug King RCpN DipNg PGCertHealSc(SptMed) NZRL L3 Trainer SMNZ Sports MedicThe case where a player is injured on the field is the coaches, players and supporters nightmare. This occurs as an unplanned and unwanted event that nobody wishes to happen to them, or their teammates.Considered the basics in sports medicine it is often necessary to go over these topics to reinforce these basics and review our current practices before and when we have to deal with these emergencies. Preperation for the events and the emergencies and assessment of the injured player is vital to ensuring that nothing is left to chance and the player can return to the game in the shortest time possible by enhancing their recovery chances if and when the injury occurs.Planning for an emergency should be undertaken both prior to the season starting, and before the actual game takes place. Everyone with the team has a role and within that role is a responsibility to each other, the team, their teammates and to the game over all. Such planning needs to encompass all the "what ifs" that can occur and how to react to them.Injuries within the game can range from a minor sore finger through to life
Essentially remember the 6 P's of planning - Prior Planning and Preparation Prevents Poor Performance and be prepared to encounter anything within the game and training situation. Pain can be elicited when the player attempts to rotate their forearm and sometimes crepitus can be felt especially in the event of a fracture. Look at that!" It can have a detrimental effect on the injured player, the crowd at the game and the other teammates. Within Rugby League the most common way that the player injures their elbow is when they reach out to tackle a player and the player 'busts' through the tackle flicking the opposition players arm backwards often pushing the elbow past its normal range of motion. Remember there is a body at the end of the injury and they will soon let you know if it hurts so don't just yank at it. Within the Australian Rugby League, the First Aid Officers have a carbon copied pad with simple details that they can fill in and give the top copy to the emergency services, while keeping a copy for their own records. Again check for pulse and nerve sensation and if there is not any of this the player must be sent immediately to further medical care. These injuries usually occur when a significant force is applied on the medical end of the collar bone. Open wounds of the shoulder are very unlikely, but if one is there then treat the injury as a complicated fracture and call for emergency services to assist the player to further medical treatment. Other signs to observe are shortness of breath with marked pain over the medial aspect (closest to the bodies midline) of the collar bone (clavicle), Crepitus (grinding of bones together but don't try to get this sign as it can cause great distress to the player) but this is unusual in a dislocation but a good positive sign for a fracture, and the gross function of the players arm - can they move it, turn it or raise it above their head. Whenever the player suffers an elbow injury the first indication will be pain at the site of the injury. This problem has now been addressed and people can still get directed to emergency services if the dial 911 instead of 111.
Common topics in this essay:
On-the-field Assessment,
Preparation Planning,
Assessment Whenever,
Placing Ice,
Active Movement,
Posterior Glenohumeral,
Neurological Cardiovascular,
National Representative,
Rugby League,
Sports Medic,
medical care,
injured player,
dislocated shoulder,
emergency services,
sports medicine,
collar bone,
player medical,
airway breathing,
getting player,
assist player,
player medical care,
injured assist player,
rehabilitation medical physio,
medical physio clearance,
progression rehabilitation medical,
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