Baseline

Overview

Baseline is the complete concussion surveillance and medical-clearance record for a sport's national concussion panel and pitchside medical service. It documents every head injury assessment, baseline neurocognitive test, stage of graduated return-to-play progression, and the signatures that clear or stand down a player.

What you get

• Baseline Register: pre-season neurocognitive battery with five sub-scores (verbal memory, visual memory, visual motor speed, reaction time, impulse control), symptom score, balance and ocular-motor screens, validity indicator, and twenty-four-month expiry tracking
• Head injury assessments: removal circumstances (fixture, minute, mechanism), eleven visible signs checklist, three mandated off-field assessment timings, Maddocks questions, cervical spine screen, pitchside and independent doctor records, and decision reached
• Graduated return-to-play progression: six-stage chart traced from symptom-limited activity through light aerobic, sport-specific, non-contact, full-contact to return to play, with date entered, twenty-four-hour minimum per stage, symptom score, and regressions redrawn
• Clearance certificates: signed by clearing clinician and independent second signature where mandated, with criteria attested and post-injury sub-scores compared to baseline with delta stated
• Stand-down board: athletes unavailable to play with mandatory minimum applied to under-nineteens and affected fixtures listed
• Recurrence and case history: lifetime concussion count, interval between last two, modifiers (migraine, learning difficulty, prior prolonged recovery, age), cumulative days lost, and escalation threshold
• Symptom diaries: athlete-reported twenty-two-symptom scale plotted day by day as recovery curve
• Surveillance and incidence: concussions per thousand player-hours by position and phase of play against sport benchmark
• Mandatory concussion-recognition education: compliance tracking for coaches, officials and players
• Clinician portal: assessments awaiting completion, progressions awaiting review, certificates awaiting signature, today's stand-down board

The signature screen

The Baseline Register is the pre-season neurocognitive record every player must hold before any post-injury clearance is possible. It records the battery used, the five sub-scores, symptom score at rest, balance and ocular-motor screens, and the validity indicator with hard flags for NO VALID BASELINE, BASELINE EXPIRED, VALIDITY FAILED and RETEST DUE, all tracked against a twenty-four-month validity window.

Who it's for

Baseline is for national concussion panels, pitchside medical services, team doctors, independent match-day doctors, and sports organizations managing head injury protocols and athlete clearance.