EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN
LEIGHTON TENNIS STADIUM
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL
1. Certified athletic trainer on site for all matches and practices.
2. Team physician on-call for matches and 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 on first floor of Reynolds Gymnasium in Athletic Training Room.
2. Cellular phones may also be used by emergency personnel if available.
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT
Supplies on the court:
1. First-aid kit.
2. Additional emergency equipment (including splint bag, crutches and spine board) maintained in the Reynolds Gymnasium Athletic Training Room.
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 James Leighton Outdoor Tennis Stadium is located adjacent to Reynolds Gymnasium on Wingate Road on the main campus of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Wake Forest Campus Police will be used to assist EMS to the emergency scene.
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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