This table shows the risk category (low, medium or high) of a number of common activities. You can use this table when you are working out the number of hours spent doing medium risk and high risk activities. (Low risk activities don’t materially affect bleeds risk, so there is no need to nominate time spent doing low risk activities in BRuCe. They are listed here simply so you can see they are low risk and therefore not important.) You can search the table for a particular activity using your web browser’s search function (in most browsers you can search with Control + F).
Activity category | Activity types | Examples |
low risk | Inactive | eating, playing music except drums, lying down, reading, watching television, computer time, Playstation, PSP, Nintendo, bathing, dentist/doctor appointments, getting dressed, getting out of car, homework, talking on phone, board games |
low risk | Home duties | vacuuming, cleaning, dusting, sweeping, cooking, painting, gardening, lawn mowing, shopping, picking up rubbish, work duties (McDonald's etc.) |
low risk | Walking/jogging/sprinting | walking for transport, walking for recreation, jogging, sprint races, long distance running, marching, athletics, bushwalking, cross country running |
low risk | Swimming | freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke, kickboard, treading water |
low risk | Light play | playing with friends, building cubby house, playing with dog, playing with blocks, drumming, Wii fit or Wii sports, jumping, slippery dip, see-saw, frisbee, skipping, hula hoop, swing, push, card games, laser zone, theme parks |
low risk | Non-contact sports | archery, darts, lawn bowls, golf, fishing, tai chi, pool, snooker, table tennis, marbles, badminton, ten pin bowling |
low risk | Dancing | hip hop, jazz, ballroom, contemporary, Latin American, Irish, Scottish, folk dancing |
low risk | Gym activities | lifting weights, gym equipment, cardio, rowing ergometer, stretching, physiotherapy exercises |
low risk | Physical education (PE) unspecified | school PE lessons |
low risk | Unstructured non-contact ball games | handball, two square, throwing, catching, kicking |
low risk | Structured throwing activities | shot put, javelin, discus |
low risk | Water activities (low risk) | swimming in surf, sailboarding, nippers, snorkeling, scuba diving, boogie boarding, rowing, canoeing, lifesaving |
medium risk | Water activities (moderate risk) | surfing, skim boarding, surf lifesaving, waterskiing, comp diving, water slides, white water rafting, sailing, |
medium risk | Unstructured park/playground activities | jumping castle, trampolining, climbing, tug-o-war, climbing trees, swinging from ropes, playing on play equipment |
medium risk | Gymnastics | artistic, rhythmic, acrobatics, competitive trampolining |
medium risk | Riding activities (low risk) | bike riding, track & road cycling, riding scooter, riding horse, motor bike riding, rollerblading, roller-skating, BMX lite |
medium risk | Wilderness | rock climbing, abseiling, chopping wood |
medium risk | Hard ball games/training | baseball, softball, cricket, t-ball |
medium risk | Running games/jumping | running games, chasings, tiggy, long jump, high jump, hurdles |
medium risk | Racquet sports | tennis, squash |
medium risk | Mod-low contact sports | soccer, netball, basketball, touch football, Oz tag, water polo, volleyball, European handball, field hockey, football umpire, school sport |
high risk | Snow sports | skiing, ice-skating, tobogganing, snowboarding |
high risk | Martial arts | karate, Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, boxercise, boxing drill |
high risk | Contact/collision sports | tackle football including rugby union, rugby league, AFL, American football, ice hockey, wrestling, boxing |
high risk | Motor sports | motocross |
high risk | Riding activities (moderate risk) | skateboarding, rip-stick, BMX hard core |
high risk | Rough play | wrestling, dodge ball, brandings, rumbling, slap boxing, rough housing |