CHILD-SCAT3 Sport ConCuSSion ASSeSment tool 3 | PAge 1 © 2013 Concussion in Sport Group What

is childSCAT3?1 The ChildSCAT3 is a standardized tool for evaluating injured children for concussion and can be used in children aged from 5 to 12 years. It supersedes the original SCAT and the SCAT2 published in 2005 and 2009, respectively 2. For older persons, ages 13 years and over, please use the SCAT3. The ChildSCAT3 is designed for use by medical professionals. If you are not qualified, please use the Sport Concussion Recognition Tool1.Preseason baseline testing with the ChildSCAT3 can be helpful for interpreting post-injury test scores. Specifi c instructions for use of the ChildSCAT3 are provided on page 3. If you are not familiar with the ChildSCAT3, please read through these instructions carefully. This tool may be freely copied in its current form for distribution to individuals, teams, groups and organizations. Any revision and any reproduction in a digital form require approval by the Concussion in Sport Group. NOTE: The diagnosis of a concussion is a clinical judgment, ideally made by a medical professional. The ChildSCAT3 should not be used solely to make, or exclude, the diagnosis of concussion in the ab-sence of clinical judgement. An athlete may have a concussion even if their ChildSCAT3 is “normal”. What is a concussion