Transcript Emergency Action Plans

Emergency Action Planning
Grady J. Hardeman, M.Ed., LAT, ATC, CSCS
Cabarrus County Schools
Hickory Ridge High School
Objectives
 Understand how an emergency
action plan can benefit your
school and its’ members.
 Learn the essential components
of a good emergency action
plan.
 Discover what is necessary to
make it all work.
What Is An Emergency
Action Plan?
 A written plan that outlines how an
organization or it’s designated
individual will handle any lifethreatening or limb-threatening
emergency.
Why Is It Important?
 During an emergency situations every
second is critical.
 Can turn chaos into organized chaos.
 May determine the outcome of the
given situation. (This can be Life or
Death)
 Decrease liability of the organization
or it’s designated individuals.
Essential Components
 Personnel (Responsibilities and Chain of
Command)
 Description of life-threatening emergencies
 Steps to deal with a life-threatening
emergency.
 Local Emergency Numbers (How to make
the call)
 Directions to your facility (Be Specific)
 Training
 Equipment
Personnel
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Athletic Training Staff
First Responders
Physicians
Local EMS
Coaches
Administrators
Student Assistants
Athletes
Game Officials
Description of a LifeThreatening Emergency
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Any Cardiac Emergency
Cessation of Breathing
Uncontrolled Bleeding
Altered states of Consciousness
Suspected Head, Neck, or Nerve Injury
Shock or severe allergic reaction.
Open or displaced fracture.
Severe abdominal pain and fever.
Weather related illness. (Dehydration,
Lightening)
Chain of Action
 What steps need to be taken when an
emergency occurs?
 Check the injured athlete.
 Summon Emergency personnel.
 Provide any medical care that you are
trained to provide.
 Notify other necessary personnel.
 Document what happened.
Local Emergency
Numbers
 911
 Check with your local emergency
medical personnel for other numbers.
 Check with your school for possible
workplace emergency numbers.
Directions to Your
Location
 These directions need to be as specific as
possible.
 Are you at the gymnasium, football field, softball
field, etc…?
 Are there any stairs they will have to climb?
 Have specific directions posted at
telephones.
 Make sure that doors and gates are open.
 If available send someone to meet the
advanced medical team to direct them into
the facility.
Training
 First Aid/CPR/AED training for first
responders, coaches, and student
athletic trainers.
Equipment
 Automated External Defibrillator
 Medical Kit
 Gloves, Breathing Barrier, Wound Care,
Splinting Material
 Cell Phone
 With Important Emergency Numbers.
 Two-Way Radio
 Keys or Combinations to Doors and
Gates
Making It Work
 Is having an EAP enough????
 NO (Remember the Three R’s)
 Rehearse (annually)
Re-evaluate
Revise
 Make it a collaborative effort
 Share the information
Other Information
 The plan should be specific for your
school.
Thank You