A special thanks to Ken Keister, Athletic Trainer, Apopka High School,

and the Gang, who also helped out!

  1. OCPS Sport Concussion Management MININUM REQUIREMENTS
  2. Baseline neurocognitive testing-ALL athletes in a high risk Sport in Orange County will be baseline neurocognitive (NC) tested using Concussion Vital Signs or ImPACT. If the schools resources allow it other athletes may be tested at the request of a school official, the coach, parent, or student.
  3. Mandatory testing will occur for:
  4. Football (tackle & flag)
  5. Cheerleading
  6. Basketball
  7. Soccer
  8. Wrestling
  9. Lacrosse
  10. Baseball
  11. Softball
  12. High jump/pole vault
  13. In the mandatory testing sports baseline testing will be done for…
  14. ALL freshmen
  15. ALL juniors
  16. ALL new athletes to your school
  17. This must be done before the first CONTACT football practice, within the first week of cheerleading, or game for all other sports
  18. Suspected Concussion- If a concussion is suspected by an official, coach, or teammate…
  19. Remove player from game until the certified athletic trainer or team physician can assess the athlete’s status.
  20. Sideline mental status exam (SCAT2 or other)
  21. If findings are consistent with a concussion continue to step 2
  22. If the findings are not consistent with a concussion they may be returned to play ONLY by the team physician or certified athletic trainer.
  23. These steps may be performed in any order, but BOTH must be completed before moving on to step 4
  24. Refer to a MD, DO for medical clearance. All athletes MUST receive a medical clearance from an MD or DO before they are allowed to return to practice/game
  25. Post concussion test protocol within 24-72 hours (or as soon as possible if weekend)
  26. Get a current symptom score
  27. Take a post-concussion NC test
  28. Compare scores to baseline scores (may be done by neuro-psychologist if available)
  29. Consult with team physician regarding post-concussion NC scores & make a return to participation decision.
  30. If return to participation is advised follow your return to play guidelines outlined in section “C”.
  31. If return to participation in not advised. The athlete should be retested after 2-3 days symptom free or 1 week after first NC post-injury test. Retesting should then take place as advised by the team physician until all symptom scores & performance scores have no statistically differences in scores when compared to baseline test
  1. Return to play (RTP) guidelines–Each school must have their athletic trainer develop RTPguidelines with working with the team physician.
  2. All RTP guidelines should include the following parts:
  3. 1. No activity
  4. 2. Light aerobic
  5. 3. Sport-specific
  6. 4. Non-contact training
  7. 5. Full contact practice
  8. 6. Return to play
  1. There is no specific amount of time to hold an athelte out after a concussion.
  1. Clearance from a concussion will take as long as it takes to guarantee the safety of each student athlete.