BEFORE PRACTICE BE PROACTIVE

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1 EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN BEFORE PRACTICE BE PROACTIVE Equipment Field Conditions Roste Weathe Conditions Fist Aid Kit fo Supplies Athletes (if applicable) that they have thei inhale o EpiPen Emegency Action Plan (EAP) fo updates* WHEN A CATASTROPHIC INJURY HAPPENS WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO?

2 EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN What exactly is an Emegency Action Plan (EAP)? It s a systematic pocess ideally completed pio to the stat of a spot season that maps out how to manage cisis situations and identifies chain of command duing each situation. It establishes policy and pocedues that fits the needs of a specific oganization. It nomally coves but not limited: Sudden Cadiac Aest Exetional Heat Stoke Bain and Neck Injuies Inclement Weathe ( i.e. lightening and heat index) Consensus statement ecently published in the Jounal of Athletic Taining titled The Inte-Association Task Foce Document on Emegency Health and Safety: Best Pactice Recommendations fo Youth Spots Leagues. This document is a geat place to stat when developing you oganizations EAP. Who wites the EAP? Youth Oganization Committee Medical Pesonnel (Athletic Taine, Physician, EMS, Nuse etc.) A epesentative fom the facility whee fields ae located A coach fom each age level and field location. Whee does it go? In you Fist Aid Kit and Coaches Bag On Youth Oganization Website In Paent Packets Stategic locations thoughout the site When should it be completed o updated? Should be completed pio to the stat of spots, eviewed yealy and afte each spot season How do you implement it o even get stated? Utilized the suggested documents you league has povided. Pactice the management of each policy and pocedue. Once the coaches feel comfotable they should then eview with the athletes as well as the paents. Why is an EAP impotant? When and if a catastophic injuy does happen eveyone will know how to eact and the focus will be placed on the appopiate steps to save the athletes life. It takes the guessing out of who, what, when, whee, and how.

3 EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN *Completed befoe season and check with club safety office Team Name: Head Coach: Assistant Coach: Team Manage: Club Diecto: Phone: Phone Phone: Phone: Emegency Medical Sevices Phone Numbe: Emegency Task Assignment Peson Completed the Task Immediate cae of the injued o ill athlete Emegency equipment etieval (AED, Splint bag etc) Call EMS Unlock and open doos/gates fo EMS Flag down EMS and diect to scene Contact Injued Athletes Emegency Contact Follow up with Club Diecto post emegency **Assignments should be fo pesons always at pactices o games** **Keys fo any locked aeas should also be noted on EAP**

4 EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN Chain of Command: Head Coach Assistant Coach Once EMS aives they will take ove the scene Scene contol: Limit scene to fist aid espondes and move bystandes away fom aea. Identify Emegency: Cadiac Othopaedic Head + Neck Medical ( Asthma; Diabetic; Allegic Reaction) When You Call EMS: 1. Povide you name and Position 2. Cuent addess 3. Telephone numbe 4. Numbe of individuals injued 5. Condition of injued 6. Any fist aid teatment 7. Specific diections to cuent field 8. Any othe infomation equested Do not hang up until EMS hangs up When Speaking with Emegency Contact 1. Ensue them the athlete is being taken cae of 2. Explain to them what happen 3. Explain the steps taken 4. Instuct the location the injued athlete is being taken 5. Identify the adult with the injued athlete and thei contact numbe

5 FACILITY ADDRESSES Name Addess Landmaks Coss Steets Pactice Facility Competition Facility Othe Facility Othe Facility Ugent Cae Name Addess Landmaks Coss Steets Hospital Name Addess Landmaks Coss Steets **Attach Map/Diections**

6 Team Roste with Emegency Contact and Infomation Fo emegency use only, do not publish this infomation fo distibution Athlete Emegency # Emegency Contact Special Conditions i.e.: Asthma; Allegies; Diabetes

7 SPORTS CLEARANCE NOTE Athlete Name: Date: I have examined the above named athlete who was injued while paticipating in the following spot o activity:. Diagnosis: Please Check: Athlete may etun to activity on: (Date) Athlete is not cleaed to etun to activity Athlete is cleaed fo limited activities which include: Medical Povide s Signatue Medical Povide Pinted Name *Please etun completed note to you coach

8 FIRST AID ESSENTIALS In spots, injuies ae inevitable. Having a basic fist aid kit available can eally come in handy fo quick and effective elief of mino bumps and bangs. MUST HAVES: - Band-aids - White spots tape - Pe-wap - Gauze - Zip-loc bags (fo ice) - Non-latex gloves - ACE waps - Scissos - Hand sanitize - **Juice box if any diabetics** OTHER USEFUL ITEMS: - Insect Sting elief - Tiple antibiotic - Eye wash - Tweezes - Antiseptic wash - Multiple size bandaids (stips, knuckle, patch, 4-cone, bliste) - Mole skin - Electolyte tablets - Sun sceen - Tums - Chap stick WHERE TO FIND THESE PRODUCTS: Any local spoting good stoe Any geneal stoe ( CVS, Shop Rite, Walmat, Taget etc)

9 HEAT Condition Symptoms What to do Heat Camps Camping (usually in legs), flushed, moist skin Stop activity, est, move to cool aea, dink spots dinks (suga and salt is impotant) and wate, gently stetch camps Heat Exhaustion Heat Stoke Life Theatening Emegency Camping, pale, moist skin, nausea, vomiting, headache, dizziness, feve Wam, dy skin, headache, nausea, vomiting, confusion, apid head ate, seizue Stop activity, move to cool place, use cold towels, dink cool spots dinks, if unable to dink o no impovements, take to emegency oom immediately Move to cool place, call 911, emove excess clothes, use ice packs in goin and ampit, IF ALERT athlete may dink spots dinks Heat Illness Pevention: Acclimatize athletes in hot seasons Make sue athletes have plenty of wate and fluids available duing games and pactices Povide enough beaks duing games and pactices in elation to heat Go to a shaded aea duing beaks

10 LIGHTNING SAFETY If you see lightning, flee it. If you hea thunde, clea it. In geneal, a significant lightning theat extends outwad fom the base of a thundestom cloud about 6 to 10 miles. Whee should you go fo safety? Any lage stuctued building will make a good shelte. o Refe to safe locations in you EAP o Note that small outdoo buildings including dugouts, ain sheltes, sheds, etc., ae NOT SAFE. If a building is not available, a vehicle with closed windows will povide good potection. When should activity be esumed? Outdoo activities should be esumed 30mins afte the LAST thunde/lightning witnessed. Tacking thunde and lightning apps:

11 RETURN TO PLAY - CONCUSSION Once the athlete sustains a concussion, it is impotant fo them to be cleaed by a tained physician befoe etuning to activity. They cannot etun to spot unless: 1. You have a cleaance note fom a physician stating they ae able to etun to full activity. 2. They have completed Steps 1-3 pio to thei fist pactice. a. An example of this pocess is outlined below. i. Each step of this pocess should be done 1 day afte the last. If signs o symptoms etuning, the athlete should est until symptom fee, then etun to the pevious stage. If the athlete is unable to move past a step, they should etun to thei physician. It s impotant to emembe an athlete MUST have a FULL contact pactice pio to playing in a game. Step Execise Light Aeobic Activity Goal: Initial movement and incease heat ate Restictions: No jogging/unning; no esistance taining Activity: Stationay bike, walking, minutes total; Spot Specific Execise Goal: Add multidiectional movement, head movement; Restictions: No spinting, esistance taining, contact execises Activity: body weight execises; jogging; Non-Contact Taining Dills Goal: complex taining dills, coodination, cognition Restictions: NO CONTACT, no heading Activity: Running dills, footwok dills, cadio stations and agility dills; Begin Resistance Taining; Full Contact Pactice Goal: Restoe confidence and assess functional skills by coaching staff Restictions: Fist pactice back- allow beaks as needed Activity: nomal taining activity Game Day/ Continue full pactice Goal: integate athlete back into game play Restictions: None Activity: Game Play; If 6 th day is not on game day, continue with unesticted pactice.