General:

• “Sideline preparedness for the team physician: consensus statement.” Medicine and science in sports and exercise vol. 33,5 (2001): 846-9. doi:10.1097/00005768-200105000-00027
• “Sideline Preparedness for the Team Physician”. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, vol. 44, no. 12, December 2012, pp. 2442-2445. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318275044f.

Emergency Action Plan:

• https://www.sportsmedreview.com/blog/creating-an-emergency-action-plan/

Sideline Doctors Bag:

• https://www.sportsmedreview.com/blog/whats-in-a-sport-medicine-doctors-bag/
• Practice Management, Pages 7-12: https://www.amssm.org/Content/pdf%20files/FELLOW_INFO/PracticeMgmntResources.pdf

MSK Injuries:

• General MSK:
  • Wascher, Daniel C, and Luke Bulthuis. “Extremity trauma: field management of sports injuries.” Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine vol. 7,4 (2014): 387-93. doi:10.1007/s12178-014-9242-y
  • Schupp, Christian M. Sideline Evaluation and Treatment of Bone and Joint Injury, Current Sports Medicine Reports: May 2009 – Volume 8 – Issue 3 – p 119-124 doi: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e3181a60c65 
• Cervical spine and spinal cord
  • https://www.sportsmedreview.com/blog/cervical-spine-spinal-cord-injuries-in-athletes/
  • Courson, Ron et al. “Best Practices and Current Care Concepts in Prehospital Care of the Spine-Injured Athlete in American Tackle Football March 2-3, 2019; Atlanta, GA.” Journal of athletic training vol. 55,6 (2020): 545-562. doi:10.4085/1062-6050-430-19
  • Markowitz, Michael, and Barrett Woods. “On-Field Management of Suspected Spinal Cord Injury.” Clinics in sports medicine vol. 40,3 (2021): 445-462. doi:10.1016/j.csm.2021.03.002
• Fracture
  • Coleman, Nailah MD, FAAP, FACSM. General Fracture Considerations. Current Sports Medicine Reports: June 2018 – Volume 17 – Issue 6 – p 175-176. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000487 
• Dislocation

• General:
  • Schupp, Christian M. MD, FACSM; Rand, Scott E. MD; Hanson, Travis W. MD; Lee, Bryan M. MD; Jafarnia, Korsh MD; Jia, Yuhang MD; Moseley, J. Bruce MD; Seaberg, John P. MD; Seelhoefer, Gregory M. MD. Sideline Management of Joint Dislocations. Current Sports Medicine Reports: May/June 2016 – Volume 15 – Issue 3 – p 140-153 doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000266 
  • Skelley, Nathan W et al. “In-game Management of Common Joint Dislocations.” Sports health vol. 6,3 (2014): 246-55. doi:10.1177/1941738113499721
• Upper extremity: 
  • https://www.sportsmedreview.com/blog/sideline-management-of-shoulder-dislocation/
  • https://www.sportsmedreview.com/blog/sideline-management-of-pip-dislocation/
  • https://www.sportsmedreview.com/blog/closed-reduction-techniques-for-elbow-dislocations/
• Lower Extremity:
  • https://www.sportsmedreview.com/blog/management-of-posterior-hip-dislocations/
  • https://www.sportsmedreview.com/blog/a-quick-update-on-knee-dislocations/
  • https://www.sportsmedreview.com/blog/patellar-dislocation-treatment-options/

Non-MSK Injuries:

• Concussion
  • https://wikism.org/Concussions_(Main)
  • Putukian, Margot. “Clinical Evaluation of the Concussed Athlete: A View From the Sideline.” Journal of athletic training vol. 52,3 (2017): 236-244. doi:10.4085/1062-6050-52.1.08
  • McCrory P, Meeuwisse W, Dvorak J, et al. “Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016.” British Journal of Sports Medicine 2017;51:838-847
• Chest/thorax
  • Thomas, Rei Dallin DO; De Luigi, Arthur Jason DO. Chest Trauma in Athletes. Current Sports Medicine Reports: August 2018 – Volume 17 – Issue 8 – p 251-253. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000503 
  • Siebert, David M, and Jonathan A Drezner. “Sudden cardiac arrest on the field of play: turning tragedy into a survivable event.” Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation vol. 26,3 (2018): 115-119. doi:10.1007/s12471-018-1084-6
• Abdomen
  • Adam, Jessalynn MD; De Luigi, Arthur Jason DO. Blunt Abdominal Trauma in Sports. Current Sports Medicine Reports: October 2018 – Volume 17 – Issue 10 – p 317-319. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000519 
• Dermatology
  • Beam, Joel W et al. “National Athletic Trainers’ Association Position Statement: Management of Acute Skin Trauma.” Journal of athletic training vol. 51,12 (2016): 1053-1070. doi:10.4085/1062-6050-51.7.01

Environmental: 

• Heat-related illness/injury
  • Roberts, William O et al. “ACSM Expert Consensus Statement on Exertional Heat Illness: Recognition, Management, and Return to Activity.” Current sports medicine reports vol. 20,9 (2021): 470-484. doi:10.1249/JSR.0000000000000878
  • Casa, Douglas J et al. “National Athletic Trainers’ Association Position Statement: Exertional Heat Illnesses.” Journal of athletic training vol. 50,9 (2015): 986-1000. doi:10.4085/1062-6050-50.9.07
  • https://wikism.org/Heat_Illness_(Main)
  • Bennett, Brad L et al. “Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia: 2019 Update.” Wilderness & environmental medicine vol. 31,1 (2020): 50-62. doi:10.1016/j.wem.2019.11.003
• Cold-related illness/injury
  • Fudge, Jessie. “Preventing and Managing Hypothermia and Frostbite Injury.” Sports health vol. 8,2 (2016): 133-9. doi:10.1177/1941738116630542
  • Castellani, John W. PhD1; Eglin, Clare M. PhD2; Ikäheimo, Tiina M. PhD3,4; Montgomery, Hugh MBBS, BSc, MD5; Paal, Peter MD, PD, MBA6; Tipton, Michael J. PhD2. ACSM Expert Consensus Statement: Injury Prevention and Exercise Performance during Cold-Weather Exercise. Current Sports Medicine Reports: November 2021 – Volume 20 – Issue 11 – p 594-607 doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000907 
• Altitude-related illness
  • Khodaee, Morteza et al. “Athletes at High Altitude.” Sports health vol. 8,2 (2016): 126-32. doi:10.1177/1941738116630948
  • Alex, James MD. Altitude Illness. Current Sports Medicine Reports: March/April 2015 – Volume 14 – Issue 2 – p 82-83 doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000127 
• Lightning
  • Thomson, Eric M. MD; Howard, Thomas M. MD, FACSM. Lightning Injuries in Sports and Recreation. Current Sports Medicine Reports: March/April 2013 – Volume 12 – Issue 2 – p 120-124 doi: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e318287728f 
  • Walsh, Katie M et al. “National Athletic Trainers’ Association position statement: lightning safety for athletics and recreation.” Journal of athletic training vol. 48,2 (2013): 258-70. doi:10.4085/1062-6050-48.2.25

Decision-making tools: 

• General:
  • Gould, Sara J et al. “Sideline coverage: when to get radiographs? A review of clinical decision tools.” Sports health vol. 6,3 (2014): 274-8. doi:10.1177/1941738114529701
• Head trauma
  • Canadian CT Head Injury Trauma Rule: https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/608/canadian-ct-head-injury-trauma-rule
  • New Orleans Charity Head Trauma Injury Rule: https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/604/new-orleans-charity-head-trauma-injury-rule#:~:text=The%20mnemonic%20HEAD%20CT’S%20can,important%20when%20using%20this%20rule.
• Cervical spine injury
  • Canadian C-spine Rule: https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/696/canadian-c-spine-rule
  • Nexus Criteria for C-spine Imaging: https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/703/nexus-criteria-c-spine-imaging
• Knee
  • Ottawa Knee Rule: https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/368/ottawa-knee-rule
• Foot/ankle
  • Ottawa Ankle Rule: https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/1670/ottawa-ankle-rule

Phone Apps/References:

• Cleveland Clinic Sideline Guideline: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/mobile-apps/sideline-guidelines-app

Summary statement:

• Chen, Austin W et al. “Sideline Management of Nonmusculoskeletal Injuries by the Orthopaedic Team Physician.” The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons vol. 27,4 (2019): e146-e155. doi:10.5435/JAAOS-D-17-00237
• Netter’s Sports Medicine, 3rd Edition 
  • Chapter 1: The Team Physician
  • Chapter 2: Sideline Preparedness and Emergencies
  • Chapter 21: Exercise in the Heat and Heat Illness
  • Chapter 22: Exercise in the Cold and Cold Illness
  • Chapter 46: Neck Injuries
  • Chapter 58: Acute Fractures and Dislocations in Athletes

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