EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN
FOOTBALL PRACTICE FIELD
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL
1. Certified athletic trainer on site for all practices.
2. Team physician on-call for practices.
3. Additional sports medicine staff accessible from Reynolds Gymnasium Athletic Training Room (Room 113).
4. Other personnel may also include student athletic trainers, coaches, managers, emergency medical technicians, and possibly, bystanders.
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION
1. A fixed telephone line is located in the Athletic Center Athletic Training Room.
2. Cellular phones will also be used by emergency personnel.
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT
Supplies on the field:
1. First-aid kit and supplies.
2. Additional emergency equipment (including splint bag, crutches, and spine board) maintained in the practice field storage area.
ROLE OF FIRST RESPONDERS
1. Immediate care for the injured or ill student athlete.
2. Emergency equipment retrieval.
3. Activate emergency medical system (EMS); Call 9-1-1
A. Provide name, address, phone number.
B. Number of individuals injured.
C. Condition of the injured.
D. Care being given to the injured.
E. Specific directions.
F. Other information as requested.
4. Direct EMS to the scene.
A. Open appropriate gates.
B. Designate individual to meet EMS and direct them to the scene.
C. Scene control: limit scene to first-aid providers and move bystanders
away from area.
LOCATION
The football practice field is located behind the Athletic Center on Wingate Road on the main campus of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC.
EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS
Emergency Medical System 9-1-1
Baptist Hospital 713-9000
Campus Police 758-5591
Student Health Services 758-5218
WFU Sports Medicine 758-5620
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