Sentence examples for suspected of sustaining from inspiring English sources

Players suspected of sustaining a concussion during games will be evaluated immediately under a procedure that has drawn praise from brain trauma specialists.

Under the protocol, players suspected of sustaining a concussion are to be taken to a quiet room for 10 to 15 minutes of evaluation before being allowed to return.

Even the least handy of coaches or trainers can cobble together a makeshift ruler using a puck and dowel, use it to determine athletes' baseline reaction times, and re-test any player who is suspected of sustaining a concussion.

Education Secretary Mike Russell said: "Benjamin's death was a tragic case and his parents have been instrumental in ensuring there is a clear message to schools and sports clubs that concussion should be taken seriously and that anyone suspected of sustaining such an injury should be immediately removed from play.

In the talk, he highlighted the NFL's efforts to reduce head injuries by enacting measures such as penalizing hits to the head, better assessing concussions on the sideline, and removing players from the game after they have been diagnosed or suspected of having sustained a concussion.

The N.F.L.'s protocol calls for players who are suspected of having sustained a concussion in practice or a game to be asymptomatic and to have a normal neurological examination.

Theoretically, should a player later be suspected of having sustained a concussion, the trainer could pull out the dowel-puck, repeat the test, and, if the player's reaction time were slower, conclude that he or she likely was concussed.

The Players Association, which held a news conference after the league, was mildly encouraged by the league's announcement, but said that the league should uniformly follow rules that a cognitive exam be given to a player suspected of having sustained a concussion.

The league's protocol for players who are suspected of having sustained a concussion calls for a player who is removed from a practice or game to be symptom-free and to have a normal neurological examination and to be cleared to play by a team physician and an independent neurological consultant.

The CIR requires the mandatory removal of any player suspected of having sustained a concussion.

The CIR allows a player suspected of having sustained a concussion to be removed from play and assessed without an interchange being tallied against the player's team.