The
Inter-Association Task Force Document on Emergency Health and Safety:
Best-Practice Recommendations for Youth Sports Leagues
Huggins RA, Scarneo SE, Casa DJ, Belval
LN, Carr KS, Chiampas G, Clayton M, Curtis RM, Duffy AJ 3rd, Flury A, Gammons M,
Hosokawa Y, Jardine JF, LaBella CR, Oats R, Ransone JW, Sailor SR, Scott K,
Stearns RL, Vandermark LW, Weston T. J Athl Train. 2017 Apr;52(4):384-400. doi:
10.4085/1062-6050-52.2.02. Epub 2017 Mar 7.
The goal of this document is to support
youth sport national governing bodies and provide them with the structure and tools
to prevent avoidable deaths. Furthermore, “this document is intended to serve
as a call to action for all youth sport [national governing boards] to provide
support systems for member organizations through the education of league
leaders and their members on the current policy and
procedure best practices regarding emergency action plans, sudden cardiac
arrest, brain and neck injury, exertional heat stroke, and other potentially
threatening medical conditions”. The document includes recommendations under 14
headings…
  1. Recommended youth sport national
    governing bodies support system for member organizations
  2. Recommended policies for emergency
    action plans
  3. Recommendations for emergency action
    plan procedure implementation
  4. Recommendations for sudden cardiac
    arrest policies
  5. Recommendations for sudden cardiac
    arrest procedure implementation
  6. Recommendations for brain and neck
    injury policies
  7. Recommendations for brain and neck
    injury procedure implementation
  8. Recommendations for exertional heat
    stroke policies
  9. Recommendations for exertional heat
    stroke procedure implementation
  10. Recommendations for potentially life threatening
    medical conditions policies
  11. Recommendations for potentially life threatening
    medical conditions procedure implementation
  12. Recommendations for lightning policies
  13. Recommendations for lightning procedure
    implementation
  14. Recommendations for medical services
    policies