KYL Safety Clinic 2014

1. KYL Safety Clinic 2014

2. Why ASAP? The ASAP Mission: To increase awareness of the opportunities to provide a safer environment for kids and all Little League participants

3. Pre-ASAP, Little League Injuries Were Steady, But High • 5,790 Annual Injuries, 1991-1995 • 11.5 Annual Injuries per District; or a Team

4. pact With Safety Awareness, ASAP Reduces Injuries • 1,346 Annual Injuries, 2004-2007 • Equals 2.7 Annual Injuries per District • But do you want ANY of your kids being hurt?

5. SAFETY • Starts from the time you pull into the parking lot until you leave the field • Everyone’s job!

6. InjuryPrevention • Warm up • Stretch (dynamic) • Hydrate • Proper & Functional Equipment • Pay attention (bats and balls)

8. First-AidKit • Try to standardize the minimum • dressings/band-aids • nitrile gloves • ice packs • sani-wipes/hand sanitizer • ACE wrap • tape • customize

9. First-Aid • Additional equipment • cervical collars • splints • safety glasses • saline solution • CPR masks • (these will be in the storage sheds at each field)

10. Universal Precautions • Infection control practices that are observed with every accident/injury to prevent exposure to blood borne pathogens • Use of safety glasses • Use of non latex gloves to protect yourself • Clean up with hand sanitizer after exposure

11. Open Wounds • Cut in the skin causing visible bleeding • abrasion • laceration • puncture • avulsion

12. 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!

13. Open Wounds • Treatment • Apply pressure • Pressure dressing • Elevation • Pressure points • Tourniquet (NO) • Can clean wound after bleeding stopped or in ED

14. Joint & Muscle Injuries • sprain • strain • fracture • dislocation • cramps • contusions

15. Joint & Muscle Injuries • RICE treatment • immobilize (splint) • see your doctor • call 911 • have parents take child to ED

16. 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!

18. Concussion • confused • loss of consciousness • slurred speech • headache • stumbling • player CANNOT return to play until cleared by doctor!

19. Environmental dangers • Heat related illness • Lightning • Flora • Fauna

20. Heat Injuries • Heat cramps • Heat exhaustion • Heat stroke • Sunburn

21. 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

22. 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!

23. 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

24. 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

25. Lightning • Avoid is best treatment • Get into a car • The sheds, bleachers, and dugouts are NOT safe • EVERYONE’s responsibility

26. 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

27. Bites & Stings • Spider (Black widow) • Ticks • Bees • Wasps • Hornets • Yellow jackets, etc.

28. 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

29. Spider bite care • Catch the spider?! (for identity) • wash • cool compress • medical care for black widow needed

30. 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

31. 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

32. Stings • immediate pain • itching • swelling • short of breath/chest tightness • hives all over • nausea/dizziness

33. 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

34. 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.

36. When an accident does happen

40. 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