USAU 2022-23 Rules

7. Timeouts

7.C

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.

7.C.7

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

7.C.7.c

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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7.C.7.c.1

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

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Children

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Associates

7.C.7.c.2

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.

USAU 2020-21 Rules

7.C.7.c.1

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