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KYL Safety Clinic 2015
The ASAP Mission:To increase awareness of the opportunities to provide a safer environment for kids and all Little League participants
Why ASAP?
SAFETY
Starts from the time you pull into the parking lot until you leave the field
Everyone’s job!
Injury Prevention
Warm up Stretch (dynamic) Hydrate Proper & Functional Equipment Pay attention (bats and balls)
10. Require regular inspection and replacement of equipment– Beginning of season
– Before each use
– Inspect facilities, facilities’equipment, and playing equipment
Requirements
First-Aid Kit
Try to standardize the minimum dressings/band-aids nitrile gloves ice packs sani-wipes/hand sanitizer ACE wrap tape customize
First-Aid
Additional equipment cervical collars splints safety glasses saline solution CPR masks (these will be in the storage sheds at each
field)
Universal Precautions
Infection control practices that are observed with every accident/injury to prevent exposure to blood borne pathogens
Use of safety glassesUse of non latex gloves to protect
yourselfClean up with hand sanitizer after
exposure
Open Wounds
Cut in the skin causing visible bleeding abrasion laceration puncture avulsion
Open Wounds
Epistaxis (bloody nose) >80% anterior bleeds Lean forward (sniffing posture) Direct pressure (pinch the nostrils) Do NOT put anything in the nose Do NOT lean back!
Open Wounds
Treatment Apply pressure Pressure dressing Elevation Pressure points Tourniquet (NO)
Can clean wound after bleeding stopped or in ED
Joint & Muscle Injuries
sprain strain fracture dislocation cramps contusions
Joint & Muscle Injuries
RICE treatment immobilize (splint) see your doctor call 911 have parents take child to ED
Head & Neck Injuries
If suspected try to be calm if patient not awake then ABC’s
airway breathing circulation
do NOT move the patient call 911!
Why We Care:
• Reducing avoidable injuries like this player hit by a bat in the dugout
ASAP – Sharing Ideas
Concussion
confused loss of consciousness slurred speech headache stumbling player CANNOT return to play until
cleared by doctor!
Environmental dangers
Heat related illness Lightning Flora Fauna
Heat Injuries
Heat cramps Heat exhaustion Heat stroke Sunburn
Heat Injuries Heat exhaustion
heat illness characterized by minor changes in mental status, dizziness, nausea, HA, and mild to moderate rise in core temperature
Heat stroke syndrome where the
body’s normal cooling mechanisms fail or become overwhelmed. Extreme body temperatures causing organ failure
Heat Injuries Treatment Heat cramps
cool shady spot remove tight/excess
clothing stretch affected muscles electrolyte fluids
(i.e.Gatorade, etc.) cool compresses usually not require EMS
Heat exhaustion Heat stroke
Medical Emergency! Same as heat cramps
and 911!
Sunburn
Usually 1st degree burn of skin Prevention is BEST treatment Sunscreen SPF > or = 30
Neck, arms, face, other exposed skin Long sleeve shirts and hats or visors Help prevent dehydration
Lightning
KYL Safety Code ANY game or practice will be suspended
at the first sign of lightning. This is District #9 policy Must wait 30 min after last lightning strike
to resume activities Clock restarts after each lightning strike
Lightning
Avoid is best treatment Get into a car The sheds, bleachers, and dugouts are
NOT safe EVERYONE’s responsibility
Plant poisoning
poison ivy poison oak poison sumac rash, itch, redness, blisters, swelling wash area and clothing call your doctor if rash spreads or
involves face, hands, and/or genitals
Bites & Stings
Spider (Black widow) Ticks Bees Wasps Hornets Yellow jackets, etc.
Spider bites
most are venomous most do NOT penetrate skin Black widow (exception) pain and/or numbing 2 small fang marks HA,chills, fever nausea/vomiting
Spider bite care
Catch the spider?! (for identity) wash cool compress medical care for black widow needed
Tick bites
They don’t call it Lyme disease for no reason
painless diseases carried (i.e. Lyme disease,
Ehrlichiosis, RMSF, Babesiosis) Deer tick carries the diseases
Tick bites
remove tick with tweezers grasp as close to skin as possible wash area keep tick and send to your doctor see your doctor for rash, HA, fevers,
muscle aches or weakness, or joint swelling
Stings
immediate pain itching swelling short of breath/chest tightness hives all over nausea/dizziness
Stings
remove stinger (only bees) use credit card, etc. no tweezers b/c it can squeeze more
venom in wash area and cool compress observe patient for 30 min for more
severe reactions if so then 911
Regulation I (b)Regulation I (b)
•Annual background screenings must be completed prior to the applicant assuming his/her duties for the current season. Refusal to annually submit a fully completed “Little League Volunteer Application” must result in the immediate dismissal of the individual from the local league.
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Food for Thought
Are you doing all of the background checks that are required?– Coaches
– Practice Coaches
– Board Members
– Umpires
– Misc. positionsEquipment manager
Field maintenance
Scorekeeper
Announcer
General volunteer
5 to 6 people per team should be an average number of people per league to check.
When an accident
does happen
Contact Info
Eric Fisher, Safety Officer 663-1707 Dan Glynn, President (203)605-8863 EMS 911 Resident State Trooper 663-1123 State Police Westbrook Barracks
(860) 399-6221 Middlesex Hospital ED (860)344-6686 Shoreline Clinic (860)358-3701
With Your Help, ASAP Is STILL Making it
‘Safer for the Kids’
THANK YOU!