Air Cast Tournament Medical Report
The 27^th annual Can/Am Rugby Tournament was held August 5-6, 2000.  Medical coverage was provided by Lake Placid Sports Medicine.  Nine staff provided coverage to twelve fields of play totaling over 155 hours of coverage.  The staff consisted of Athletic Trainers, Physical Therapists, Emergency Medical Technicians and Nurses.   In total, 215 injuries were seen over the two days of action.  A breakdown of the injuries according to type and location follows. 

Saturday 
Lake Placid Site  = 18
Saranac Lake Site = 141                                             

Sunday
Lake Placid Site  = 6
Saranac Lake Site = 38
NCCC (Field 12) = 12

TAPING & BLISTER CARE

Taping  
Ankle = 37
Hand/Wrist = 18
Blister/Wound Care = 24

HEAD, NECK and BACK

Eye Injury = 3 
Head Injury/Concussion = 12 
Other = 1 

? Nose Fracture = 2 
Various Spine Conditions = 16 
(Acute and Chronic Conditions)
Broken/Displaced
Teeth  =  1

LOWER EXTREMITY

Foot Injury = 2
? Fracture Lower Leg  = 5  
Contusion = 4 
? Toe Fracture = 3 

Ankle Sprain = 9
? Ankle Fracture = 2
Achilles (Gast/Soleus)
? Rupture = 2
Knee Contusion = 8
Hamstring Strain = 5
Tendonitis = 7
Strain = 8 
LCL =  4 
MCL =  8 
ACL = 5 
Meniscus = 5  

Quadriceps

Strain = 6     
Contusion = 1   

Hip 
Strain = 4 
Contusion = 5    

UPPER EXTREMITY

Rib Injury = 7 
Sternal Injury = 1 
Finger   
Sprain = 4
? Fracture = 3
Dislocation = 3

Hand 
? Fracture = 1  
Wrist Sprain = 8

Biceps 
Strain = 2 
? Rupture = 2                                             

Shoulder Girdle 
Dislocation = 3 
Separation = 2 
Sprain = 9
? Clavicle Fracture = 2 
Other = 3

LACERATIONS

Head  = 9  
Eye  = 9 
Forehead  = 6
Ear  = 5
Chin  = 4 
Nose  =  3

Most Unique
Human Bite to Index Finger and Forehead.  Both requiring Emergency Room attention for suture and cleaning. 

Forty-Six (46) players were referred to the hospital for follow-up medial care for their injuries.  Of these, eleven (11) were referred to the on-site ambulance(s) for transportation to the Emergency Room (their numbers may vary as they transported some we did not see, and some refused transporting via ambulance). 

SUPPLIES 

Over 340 gallons of ice (80 gallons over last year)
480 – one gallon ice bags
420 4x4 gauze pads 
110 rolls of athletic tape
55 rolls of pre-wrap
35 ace wraps
4 boxes latex gloves
15 ounces of betadine
170 cotton tip applicators 
23 packages (10 in each package) of steri-strip closures.
1 Container of second skin
50 Regular Adhesive strips (band-aides)
50 Yards plastic wrap (to hold ice in place)
1 case of Elasticon (30 rolls) to Canadian National Team