Emergency Action Plan Jacob’s Field Location: Near Asbury Roadway and the Sports center Roadway. Emergency Communication: During practices, the staff will have cell phones to initiate EMS. If athletic training staff is not present, the coaches can initiate EMS by their personal cell, 202/885-3636. During competition, the game scorer’s table will be designated as the “call station” to activate EMS, an event manager will make the call Emergency Equipment: Supplies are maintained and stored in the athletic training facility located in Bender Arena (G 17). During competition the emergency equipment will be located at the home team bench and found in the adjacent training room (G17) for practices. Roles Of First Responders: 1. Immediate care of injured or ill athlete 2. Emergency equipment retrieval 3. If needed, activation of EMS (ext. 3636) EMS / Campus Security Script: Please use the following phone script when requesting emergency services: Hello my name is ___________________ . I am a(n) _____________ . I am calling from the
State Your Name
State your title i.e.) ATC/Asst. Coach
_____________ . We have a suspected_______________ that occurred _________ minutes State your location
Describe the injury(s)
Time since Injury
ago and need emergency assistance. We have initiated _____________________________ .
Relay what has been done to assist the injured athlete
Remain on the line and answer any questions the dispatcher has for you. ♦STAY ON THE LINE UNTIL THE DISPATCHER ENDS THE CALL BY HANGING UP. ♦
Banned Stimulant medication Reporting Guidelines:
The following guidelines have been established to communicate NCAA requirements for documentation for student athletes who are prescribed stimulant medication for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The NCAA bans classes of drugs because they can harm student-athletes and can create an unfair advantage in competition. Some legitimate medications contain NCAA banned substances, and student-athletes may need to use these medicines to support their academics and their general health. The NCAA has a procedure to review and approve legitimate use of medications that contain NCAA banned substances through a Medical Exceptions Procedure. The diagnosis of adult ADHD remains clinically based utilizing clinical interviews, symptom-rating scales and subjective reporting from patients and others. The following guidelines will help student-athletes diagnosed with ADHD ensure adequate medical records are on file with the Athletic Training department in order to request an exception in the event they test positive during NCAA Drug Testing. Effective August 2009 there will be a stricter application of the NCAA Medial Exception policy specifically for the use of banned stimulant medications to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This stricter application will provide more complete information to the medical panel of the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports (CSMAS), which reviews requests for a medical exception to a positive drug test for these stimulant medications. This information is necessary to appropriately apply the exceptions policy, so that student-athletes are adequately monitored while using a stimulant medication that can negatively impact health and safety, and so that stimulants are not being used strictly for athletic performance enhancement. Any student-athlete who test positive from the effective 73