Heads up! Sport injuries (损伤) are a safety problem for athletes. Now, the World Medical Association (WMA) has made a new set of rules to protect players from serious head injuries.
"Often the athletes with head injuries want to return to the sport as soon as possible because they fear missing the chance for success, but actually the injuries remain and they will easily cause more harm to the brain. By providing the proper rules, we can prevent the wounded athletes from going back to the sport too soon and taking the risk of getting brain problems." said Dr. Raymond, a WMA member.
The rules recommend that the wounded athletes should be taken off the field and sent to the nearest hospital as soon as possible. Time can make a big difference in how soon they can recover (痊愈). They can only return to their sport when the doctors allow them to. The rules also suggest that the health care doctors should treat these athletes differently according to the ages.
The WMA says that between 1.6 million and 3.8 million brain injuries caused by sport happen every year. A study also shows that as many as 40% of high school athletes return to playing before they should. The WMA's new rules may help reduce these numbers.
