ATH 3050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Carteret High School, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Sports Medicine
Emergency Action Plan Notes
East Carteret High School Sports Medicine Emergency Action Plan
• Components of the Emergency Plan
• These are the basic components of this plan:
1. Emergency personnel
2. Roles of the sports medicine team
3. Emergency communications
4. Emergency equipment
5. Venue directions with map
6. Emergency action plan checklist for non-medical emergencies
• Roles of the Sports Medicine Team
1. Establish scene safety and immediate care of the athlete.
2. Activation of the Emergency Medical System
a. If 911 are required, the athletic trainer is to designate another member of the sports
medicine team to call 911. Usually the athletic director or one of the coaches present
performs this.
• Roles of the First Responders
First Responders should be well versed on the EAP (Emergency Action Plan) and
their roles beforehand. The following outline serves to detail the behaviors required
of those involved with the execution of the EAP.
• Emergency Equipment
• Medical Emergency Transportation
Official Statement-Automated External Defibrillators
• NATA as a leader in health care for the physically active, strongly believes
that the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest is a priority
• As many as 7 children die of sudden cardiac arrest each year. Evidence
suggests that the risk of a cardiac event is higher during or immediately
following, vigorous exercise
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is critical to maintain the supply of oxygen to
vital organs, but the single most effective treatment for cardiac arrest is
defibrillation, a shock delivered to the heart
Developing an Emergency Action Plan
• An effective emergency action plan (EAP) can make the difference in the
outcome of an athlete with a catastrophic injury.
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Document Summary
East carteret high school sports medicine emergency action plan. Usually the athletic director or one of the coaches present performs this: roles of the first responders. First responders should be well versed on the eap (emergency action plan) and their roles beforehand. The following outline serves to detail the behaviors required of those involved with the execution of the eap: emergency equipment, medical emergency transportation. If the athlete is under 18, one person on the emergency team should be responsible to contact the athlete"s parents: last, one person should be designated to meet the ambulance and to direct the. Main: having a working and effective eap can make the differences between injury and catastrophe, and be considered successful or negligent. 1: you cannot plan for all situations, but the atc needs to create an eap like they are able to. 2: whoever has the most liability in an emergency situation should have the most say in the eap.
