What red flags mean a player must go to an emergency department?
Guideline- Australia
- Concussion in Sport Australia
- AIS
- Community sport
- Under 19
- 2024
- Parents
- Coaches
The AIS lists these red flags. If any appears, the player needs immediate referral to the nearest emergency department:
- Neck pain
- Increasing confusion, agitation or irritability
- Repeated vomiting
- Seizure or convulsion
- Weakness or tingling/burning in the arms or legs
- Deteriorating conscious state
- Severe or increasing headache
- Unusual behavioural change
- Loss of vision or double vision
- Visible deformity of the skull
- Loss of consciousness
Added 24 Oct 2026