The stadium at Lincoln High School in Stockton was silent Friday night after Sierra Ridge quarterback Isaiah Horton didn?t get up for nearly 10 minutes following a helmet-to-helmet hit in a game against Brookside Christian High School.
Spectators at the game said it would take 15 minutes before an ambulance arrived at the scene to take Horton to a hospital, where he was diagnosed with a concussion.
Horton is recovering from his injury and is reportedly doing OK, but some who were at Friday night?s game are wondering why it took so long for the ambulance to arrive, and if it should be required to have an ambulance at all games.
While the California Interscholastic Federation recommends there should be a doctor or EMT at all games, it is not required. ?
"It is up to the school board in each district to vote on their guidelines," says CIF Commissioner Pete Saco.
It is also up to the home team to hire the emergency personnel, which on Friday night was Brookside Christian since the game was played on a neutral field at Lincoln High School.
The principal of Brookside Christian, Dennis Gibson, said a registered nurse was at Friday night?s game. An ambulance was called to the stadium after the nurse was told that Horton had suffered an injury a few weeks before.
Some schools, like Stagg High School in Stockton, require an ambulance to be on stand-by for home games.
Saco said that this is not the case for all schools and that cost can play a role.
Saco said it costs schools $140 per hour to have an ambulance at a game, which can total $500 a game.
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