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Reporting procedure for rugby-related catastrophic and fatal injuries.
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Reporting Procedure for Rugby-related Catastrophic and Fatal Injuries

A rugby-related injury that should be considered as a potential ‘catastrophic injury’ for World Rugby reporting purposes includes:

  1. Spinal cord injuries with an ASIA classification at 48 hours of A to D
  2. Brain injuries with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) at 48 hours of ≤12 (i.e. graded as ‘moderate’ or ‘severe’)
  3. Fatalities (including spinal cord, traumatic brain, and cardiac-related fatalities)

Criteria for an injury to be retained on the World Rugby database and considered as a catastrophic injury include:

  1. Spinal cord injuries with an ASIA classification at 12 months of A to D
  2. Traumatic brain injuries with a Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) at 12 months of 1 to 3
  3. Fatalities resulting from any rugby match or training activity.

(See Appendix A for definitions of the ASIA, GCS and GOS scales)

In the first instance, a representative of the National Rugby Union must report a catastrophic injury to World Rugby as soon as possible, but at most 8 weeks after the event, using the World Rugby Catastrophic Injury Report Form 1. This form should be completed with input from the injured player (if possible), family members, and witnesses to the incident. An online version of the form will be available soon.

At or as soon as possible after 12 months (or immediately after the death of a player), a representative of the National Rugby Union must complete the World Rugby Catastrophic Injury Report Form 2: this form should be completed by or with input from an appropriate medical specialist.

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Appendix A: Definitions of ASIA, GCS and GOS scales

1. ASIA (American Spinal Injury Association): Standard neurological classification of spinal cord injury

The full scoring system and chart are available at the following web site: www.asia-spinalinjury.org/publications/2006_Classif_worksheet.pdf

Final grading of impairment is summarised as:

A = Complete: No motor or sensory function is preserved in the sacral segments S4-S5.

B = Incomplete: Sensory but not motor function is preserved below the neurological level and includes the sacral segments S4-S5.

C = Incomplete: Motor function is preserved below the neurological level, and more than half of key muscles below the neurological level have a muscle grade less than 3.

D = Incomplete: Motor function is preserved below the neurological level, and at least half of key muscles below the neurological level have a muscle grade of 3 or more.

E = Normal: Motor and sensory function are normal.

2. GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale): Assessment of coma and impaired consciousness

A description of the GCS is available in Teasdale G and Jennett B. Assessment of coma and impaired consciousness. A practical scale. Lancet. 1974 Jul 13;2(7872):81-4.

The GCS is composed of 3 sub-scales, each scored from 1 (worst) to 5 (best):

  1. Best eye response
  2. Best verbal response
  3. Best motor response

Each aspect of performance should be considered and reported but the sum of the scores provides an overview of the brain injury:

Severe: GCS ≤ 8

Moderate: GCS 9 to 12

Minor: GCS ≥ 13.

3. GOS (Glasgow Outcome Scale): Assessment of coma and impaired consciousness

A description of the GOS is available in Jennett B and Bond M. Assessment of outcome after severe brain damage. Lancet 1975 Mar 1;1(7905):480-4.

Dead

Vegetative state: Unable to interact with environment; unresponsive

Severe disability: Able to follow commands/ unable to live independently

Moderate disability: Able to live independently; unable to return to work or school

Good recovery: Able to return to work or school

Appendix B: Descriptions of tackle types

Contact
Description
Example
Arm

Tackler impedes/stops ball carrier using the upper limb(s)

Collision

Tackler deliberately impedes/stops the ball carrier without using the arm(s)

Jersey

Tackler holds the ball carrier’s jersey

Lift

Tackler raises the ball carrier’s hips above the ball carrier’s head

Shoulder

Tackler impedes/stops the ball carrier with his/her shoulder as the first point of contact followed by use of the arm(s)

Smother

Tackler uses the chest and wraps both arms around the ball carrier

Tap

Tackler trips the ball carrier with his/her hand on the lower limb below the knee

 

Information taken from: Fuller et al. Injury risks associated with tackling in rugby union. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2010; 44: 159-167.

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