The
Inter-Association Task Force Document on Emergency Health and Safety:
Best-Practice Recommendations for Youth Sports Leagues
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.
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…
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…
- Recommended youth sport national
governing bodies support system for member organizations - Recommended policies for emergency
action plans - Recommendations for emergency action
plan procedure implementation - Recommendations for sudden cardiac
arrest policies - Recommendations for sudden cardiac
arrest procedure implementation - Recommendations for brain and neck
injury policies - Recommendations for brain and neck
injury procedure implementation - Recommendations for exertional heat
stroke policies - Recommendations for exertional heat
stroke procedure implementation - Recommendations for potentially life threatening
medical conditions policies - Recommendations for potentially life threatening
medical conditions procedure implementation - Recommendations for lightning policies
- Recommendations for lightning procedure
implementation - Recommendations for medical services
policies