Concussion Return To Play Protocol

Use when a team physician, athletic trainer, sports physiotherapist, school medical officer, or sports neurology / primary-care clinician needs to draft an individualized graduated Return-to-Sport (RTS) and parallel Return-to-Learn (RTL) staged plan for a concussed athlete in line with the CISG 2023 Amsterdam consensus statement (6th International Conference on Concussion in Sport, Amsterdam 2022 / published 2023), SCAT6 / Child-SCAT6 / SCOAT6, and applicable governing-body policies (NFHS, NCAA, FIFA, World Rugby, IIHF, IOC). Guides scoped intake of the athlete, mechanism of injury, current symptom burden, modifying factors, and stage history; produces a DRAFT 6-step RTS plan with a parallel 4-step RTL plan, ≥ 24-hour stage minimums, symptom-aggravation regression rules, supervising-clinician sign-off block, and unresolved-information list — for team-physician / qualified-healthcare-professional review and signature before any progression. Never clears an athlete to play, never overrides governing-body policy, and never substitutes for in-person clinical examination.

by @archlab-space (devasher)·MIT-0