What happens if a player is injured with a suspected concussion?

Q: What happens if a player is injured with a suspected concussion?

The FA's concussion guidelines apply at every level: If in doubt, sit them out. A player with a suspected concussion must be immediately removed from play and must not return to activity that day, even if they seem fine. Signs include a dazed or vacant look, lying motionless or slow to get up, unsteadiness or poor balance, confusion, clutching the head, loss of consciousness, a seizure, or the player not protecting themselves as they fall. Match officials, coaches, team-mates and parents who suspect concussion must do their best to make sure the player is removed and supervised for the next 24 hours. Red flags (loss of consciousness, a seizure, worsening headache, repeated vomiting, increasing confusion or drowsiness, severe neck pain) need urgent medical assessment, by ambulance if needed. Video footage must not be used to overrule a removal. Under the Laws of the Game, stop play for a serious injury and make sure the player leaves the field. A concussed player can't return to matches before day 21 under the graduated return-to-play programme.

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The FA's concussion guidelines apply at every level: If in doubt, sit them out.

A player with a suspected concussion must be immediately removed from play and must not return to activity that day, even if they seem fine.
Signs include a dazed or vacant look, lying motionless or slow to get up, unsteadiness or poor balance, confusion, clutching the head, loss of consciousness, a seizure, or the player not protecting themselves as they fall.
Match officials, coaches, team-mates and parents who suspect concussion must do their best to make sure the player is removed and supervised for the next 24 hours.
Red flags (loss of consciousness, a seizure, worsening headache, repeated vomiting, increasing confusion or drowsiness, severe neck pain) need urgent medical assessment, by ambulance if needed.
Video footage must not be used to overrule a removal.

Under the Laws of the Game, stop play for a serious injury and make sure the player leaves the field. A concussed player can't return to matches before day 21 under the graduated return-to-play programme.