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!