Rules Analysis
USAU 2020-21 Rules
7. Timeouts
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Injury Timeout: A timeout called for a player injury. During an injury timeout, the health and safety of the injured player are of primary concern.

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Any player, coach, or observer should call an injury timeout for a player who is bleeding or has an exposed open wound.

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If play cannot be restarted with the injured player's wound effectively covered in 70 seconds, the player's team may either

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replace the injured player according to 7.C.3, or

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call a team timeout, if they have one, in order to extend the time frame to have the wound effectively covered and leave the player in the game.

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