SALTAPS

• what does SALTAPS stand for?

  See, Ask, Look, Touch, Active, Passive, Strength
• See- check if anyone saw what happened, stop the game and observe the injury.

  Ask - question about how the injury happened?

  Look - for obvious signs of injury e.g bruising, swelling, foreign objects, broken skin

  Touch - the injury to identify painful regions

  Active movement - can the person move with the injury?

  Passive movement - if there is active movement gently move the injured area through it's full range of motion.

  strength/stand up - can the person stand up?
• when is SALTAPS used ?

  assessment of a sporting injury
• when should you move onto passive movement ?


  if there is active movement
• what should happen if the player is unconscious or has potential head or spinal injury ?


  there should be no attempt to move the player