Acknowledgements

Editors:

Andy Smith BSc(Hons) MB ChB MRCS(Eng) FRCEM FIMC RCSEd

FFSEM(UK) FFSEM(Ire) MSc(SEM) PGCHPE FHEA

Consultant in Emergency Medicine & Associate Medical Director Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

England Rugby Pre Hospital Immediate Care in Sport Programme Director

 Twickenham Field of Play Clinical/Immediate Care Lead

Clinical Governance Advisor to English Premiership Rugby

World Rugby Medical Compliance Manager

Honorary Secretary & Examiner Faculty of Pre Hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Yorkshire Ambulance Service, British Association of Immediate Care Doctor

 

Andy Pountney MB ChB (Hons) MRCP FRCEM FIMC RCSEd

Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Immediate Care

Yorkshire Ambulance Service & Yorkshire Air Ambulance HEMS Doctor

Vice Chair (Doctor), & Examiner Faculty of Pre Hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Vice Chair, British Association of Immediate Care

 

Alison Walker FRCEM, FIMC RCS (Edin), FRCS (Eng), FDS RCS (Eng), MFSEM,

Cert Medicolegal (Cardiff University), MBChB (Cantab), BMedSci (Cantab), BDS (University of Edinburgh)

Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Prehospital Care, Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust

Executive Medicine Director, West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust

Chair, Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee

Examiner, Faculty of Prehospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Yorkshire Ambulance Service, British Association of Immediate Care Doctor

 

Authors:

Fraser Brims MB ChB MRCP MD

Consultant in Respiratory & Acute Medicine

Pitch side Resuscitation Doctor, Western Force

 

Mike England MBBS MSc (SEM) MFOM FFSEM(UK) MFMML

Formally Medical Director RFU Injured Players Foundation

Formally Medical Director RFU Game Development

 

Mike Fardy FFDRCS FDSRCS FRCS

Consultant Maxillofacial/ Head and Neck surgeon

Medical officer to Cardiff Blues Regional rugby

Maxillofacial Surgeon to the Welsh Rugby Union and Cardiff City Football Club

 

Adrian Harris MBBS, FRCS (A&E), DCH, DIMC, DSEM, MFSEM, FCEM

Consultant Emergency Physician, Director of Emergency Medicine, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital

Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Exeter Medical School

Head of School for Emergency Medicine & ACCS, Pensinsula Postgraduate Deanery

Head of Sports Medicine, Exeter Chiefs RUFC & Academy Sports Physician, Exeter City FC

 

Jonathan Hanson BSc Med Sci (Hons) MRCS FFSEM(UK) MFSEM(I) MCEM

Rural practitioner Broadford Hospital Skye

Resuscitation physician Scottish Rugby Union

Team Doctor GB mountain running squad.

 

Ian Horsley MSc MCSP MMACP CSCS

Regional Lead Physiotherapist (North West), English Institute of Sport

 

Simon Kemp MB BS MSc (SEM) FFSEM(UK)

Head of Sports Medicine Rugby Football Union

 

Barney Kenny M. Phty BEd MCSP HPC

Head Physiotherapist Rugby Football Union

 

Richard Mack BSc (Hons) MSc (Hons) MCSP PGCert

Senior Lecturer Hartpury College

Physiotherapist Hartpury Rugby

        

Luis Mendia LMS, MFSEM, Dip SEM (Ed)

Associate Specialist in Anaesthetics and ICU, UHCW NHS Trust

Warwickshire and Northamptonshire HEMS doctor

Chief Medical Officer British Universities & Colleges in Sport

Medical Adviser for the UK School Games, Youth Sport Trust

Senior Medical Officer for Stratford and Warwick racecourses

Senior Medical Officer Warwickshire Rugby

Alastair Nicol MBChB MSc DipIMC RCS(Ed) FFSEM(UK)

Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine

DMRC Stanford Hall

Scottish Rugby Union

 

Andy Pountney MB ChB (Hons) MRCP FRCEM FIMC RCSEd

Consultant in Emergency Medicine Mid Yorkshire Hopsital NHS Trust

Yorkshire Ambulance Service & Yorkshire Air Ambulance HEMS Doctor

Vice Chair (Doctor) & Examiner Faculty of Pre Hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Vice Chair, British Association of Immediate Care

 

Mike Rossiter MB BS, MSc, FFSEM(UK), MRCGP, DRCOG

Consultant in Sport & Exercise Medicine, English Institute of Sport

 & Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital

CMO GB Hockey & GB Synchronised Swimming

Formally London Irish Rugby & Southampton FC Doctor

Twickenham Player Medical Room Doctor

 

Andy Smith BSc(Hons) MB ChB MRCS(Eng) FRCEM FIMC RCSEd

FFSEM(UK) FFSEM(Ire) MSc(SEM) PGCHPE FHEA

Consultant in Emergency Medicine & Associate Medical Director Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

England Rugby Pre Hospital Immediate Care in Sport Programme Director

 Twickenham Field of Play Clinical/Immediate Care Lead

Clinical Governance Advisor to English Premiership Rugby

World Rugby Medical Compliance Manager

Honorary Secretary & Examiner Faculty of Pre Hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Yorkshire Ambulance Service, British Association of Immediate Care Doctor

 

Alison Walker FRCEM, FIMC RCS (Edin), FRCS (Eng), FDS RCS (Eng), MFSEM,

Cert Medicolegal (Cardiff University), MBChB (Cantab), BMedSci (Cantab), BDS (University of Edinburgh)

Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Prehospital Care, Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust

Executive Medicine Director, West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust

Chair, Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee

Examiner, Faculty of Prehospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Yorkshire Ambulance Service, British Association of Immediate Care Doctor