2001 Can-Am Rugby Medical Report

SARANAC LAKE, NY -- The 28^th annual Can-Am Rugby Tournament was held August 4 & 5, 2001.  Medical coverage was provided by Lake Placid Sports Medicine and sponsored by Aircast.  Nine staff provided coverage to twelve fields of play totaling over 157 hours of coverage.  The staff consisted of Athletic Trainers, Physical Therapists and Emergency Medical Technicians.  In total, 259 injuries were seen over the two days of action. This was a small increase over the 215 reported incidents for the 2000 Tournament. 

 “We thought there would even be more injuries because of the hot, dry conditions and the hardness of the fields,” said Dr. Jack Gordon, who advises the Can-Am Tournament on sports medicine issues.  

A breakdown of the injuries according to type and location follows. The number in parenthesis is the data from the 2000 Can-Am Tournament. 

Saturday                                                         Sunday       
Lake Placid Site  =    78 (18)                            Lake Placid Site  =   12 (6)
Saranac Lake Site = 160 (141)                         Saranac Lake Site =  51 (38)
                                                                        NCCC (Field 12) =   37 (12

HEAT RELATED CONDITIONS

Exhaustion = 5 (0) 

TAPING & BLISTER CARE

Taping 
Ankle = 79 (37)
Achilles = 10
Shoulder = 1    
Finger/Hand/Wrist = 28 (18)
Blister/Wound Care = 53 (24)

HEAD, NECK and BACK

Eye Injury = 0 (3) 
Head Injury/Concussion = 8 (12)
? Nose Fracture = 2 (2)
Various Spine Conditions = 18 (16)      

(Acute and Chronic Conditions)   
Broken/Displaced Teeth  =  (1)

LOWER EXTREMITY

Foot Injury = 0 (2) 
? Fracture Lower Leg  = 0 (5)
Contusion/Abrasion = 14 (4)
? Toe Fracture = 1 (3)                                                         
Ankle Sprain = 17 (9)
? Ankle Fracture = 0 (2) 

Achilles (Gast/Soleus)  
? Rupture = 0 (2)   
Tendonitis = 2 (7) 
Strain = 7 (8)                                                                                         

Knee
Contusion = 1 (8)
MCL =    11 (8)    
LCL =     6 (4)       
ACL =    8 (5)      
Meniscus = 6 (5)
Hamstring Strain = 10 (5)

Quadriceps 
Strain = 6 (6) 
Contusion = (5)

Hip
Strain = 1 (4)
Contusion = 0 (1)

UPPER EXTREMITY 

Sternal Injury = (1) 
Rib Injury = 12 (7)

Hand/Finger
Sprain = 17 (4)
? Fracture = 9 (3)
Dislocation = (3)  
Pectoralis Strain = 3 (0)

Hand ? Fracture = 1 (1)
Wrist Sprain = 6 (8)

Biceps  
Strain = 2 (2)  
? Rupture = 0 (2)  

Shoulder Girdle

Dislocation = 9 (3)  
Separation = 8 (2)
Sprain = (9)
? Clavicle Fracture = 2 (2)
Other = 0 (3) 

Abrasions = 10 (0)

LACERATIONS

Head  =  4 (9)    
Eye/ forehead  =  9 (15)
Ear  =  1 (5)
Lip/Chin  =  8 (4)
Nose/Face  =  8 (3)
Arm/Upper Extremity = 6 (0)
Legs/Lower Extremity = 7 (0)
Back/Spine = 2 (0)                

Twenty-Two (22) players were referred to the hospital for follow-up medial care for their injuries.  Of these, eleven (5) 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 410 gallons of ice (80 gallons over last year)
475 – one gallon ice bags
240 4x4 gauze pads
132 rolls of athletic tape
61 rolls of pre-wrap
29 ace wraps
3 boxes latex gloves
9 ounces of betadine
120 cotton tip applicators
21 packages (10 in each package) of steri-strip closures. 
2 Container of second skin
54 Regular Adhesive strips (band-aides)
50 Yards plastic wrap (to hold ice in place)