First Aid and Safety Training. Ponderosa Little League 2017 League ID#

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1 First Aid and Safety Training Ponderosa Litte League 2017 League ID#

2 Summary Prevention Environmenta Thunder/Lightning Baseba Specific First Aid Emergency Pan Types of injuries and what to do Concussion Awareness Protecting young arms Prevention PLL Pitching Rues Packets

3 Prevention Environmenta Issues Hydration Remind payers to drink fuids especiay water! More to foow under heat iness Lyme disease Tick checks Tick remova Insect repeant Smokey conditions that pose a heath risk Sunscreen USE IT!!!! Parking ot safety Stranger safety

4 Prevention: Thunder/Lightning If you hear thunder, immediatey suspend your event and instruct everyone to get to a safe pace. If you hear it.cear it! After each incidence of thunder or ightning, there is a mandatory deay of 30 minutes before pay can start or resume. If any thunder or ightning is present during the interva, the 30 minute wait time is reset at that occurrence.

5 Prevention: Baseba Specific NO on deck circe NO thrown bats NO hoding bats in dugout Fied assessment Coaches and umpires shoud assess fied/dugouts prior to practice and games Notify board of conditions that need to be addressed Emphasize proper skis Siding, throwing, fieding Supervision of kids Contro the bench! Enforce equipment rues Coaches shoud be continuay checking equipment Umpires shoud check/inspect equipment prior to start of pay

6 Prevention: Baseba Specific Catcher s must wear fu protective gear in practice, during warm-up throws and games. No exceptions. Batters must wear hemets in practice, warm-up hitting & during games. No exceptions. A payers are encouraged to wear cups, it is mandatory for catchers. Prior to practice and games, manager shoud direct their payers to stretch and warm up. Stretching/warm up can hep cut down many types of injuries

7 Emergency Pan In Case of an Emergency Assess payer status Can payer be safey moved? Designate a person to ca 911 or (530) Send someone to direct the ambuance Review Medica Reease form for pertinent information and have avaiabe for EMS If parents are not avaiabe, go with the injured payer and turn over team to asst. coach Compete incident report and forward to Safety Officer within 24 hours Get medica cearance before return to pay if forma treatment was required

8 Injuries Bruises/Contusions Causes Hit by ba, coisions with other payers, soid objects Signs Pain, sweing, discooration Treatment PRICES = Protect, Rest, Ice, Compression, Eevation, Support Specia evauation for bruise/impact to head (see Concussion).

9 Injuries- Cuts & Scrapes Causes-Coisions, siding, hit by ba, thrown bat, etc. Signs- Beeding, torn skin Treatment Use medica kit suppies to stop beeding, direct pressure, keep sterie, advise wash. Bring injury to parents attention. Note Equipment, bas, etc. with bood on them need to be removed from use

10 Injuries - Sprains Causes-Coisions with bases, payers, anke turning over whie running, etc. Signs- Pain, sweing, disocation, discooration What to do Notify parent, avoid movement, ice pack, rest, eevation Note Payer with suspected sprain shoud not rejoin game/practice

11 Injuries - Strains Causes - Musce over-stretched, torn by sudden movements, inadequate stretching Signs Pain What to do avoid movement, rest, ice Note Don t discount pain.

12 Injuries - Fractures Open fracture Ca 911 and get parent Contro beeding and keep cean Do not attempt to straighten No pressure Loose bandage Stabiize in pace Cosed fracture Ca 911 and get parent Stabiize in pace Move as itte as possibe

13 Injuries Head & Neck Any significant impact to head, neck, back (e.g. coision, hit by ba, hit the ground) needs carefu evauation. Signs- Nausea, confusion, backout, beeding from ears/nose, ringing in ears, pain in head and/or neck. Neck injury Stinger Pain in neck and arm, numbness and tinging in arm, weakness in arm Rest unti function returns Possibe neck fracture Numbness/tinging or oss of feeing in extremities, neck pain inabiity or reuctance to move What to do-contact parent, ca 911, do not move if possibe neck/spina injury. Do not put pressure on beeding head.

14 Injuries- Eye, Nose, Mouth Eyes Minor Signs Redness, Watery, Dirt in eyes What to do Contact parents, avoid rubbing eyes. Eyes Major What to do Contact parents, 911, do not remove impaed objects, cover good eye, pace cup over impaed object to prevent movement Did you know? Baseba is the eading cause of eye injuries in athetes under the age of 14 in the USA.

15 Nose Injuries Eye, Nose & Mouth Continued Signs Sweing, discooration, pain, beeding What to do Contact parent, Lean patient forward (not back), pinch nose cosed shoud stop in 10 minutes, ice Mouth Injuries Signs Broken teeth, beeding What to do Contact parent, save teeth (do not put in iquid),hod by ename, not root and wrap in gauze. Use gauze to contro beeding.

16 Injury Commotio Cordis Commotio Cordis Concussion of the heart Cause An object ike a baseba striking the chest wa at a sufficient veocity at a precise interva of the heart rhythm that can stop the heart Signs Payer coapses after being struck in chest and has no puse. What to do Ca 911, contact parent, commence CPR. Note This is a rare occurrence. There are a few in the U.S. each year.

17 Medica Probems Aergies and Loss of Consciousness Aergic Reactions Signs Aergen (bee sting, peanut butter), Itchy,watery eyes, hives, red skin, sweing,tightness in chest and throat, difficuty breathing, payer carries epi-pen What to do Contact parent, ca 911 Loss of Consciousness Signs Payer fees faint, swoons, oses consciousness (e.g. diabetic emergency). What to do Contact parent, ca 911, check breathing, check puse, if no puse then either commence CPR if trained, find some who knows how if not trained.

18 Medica Probems- Heat cramps, Heat Exhaustion, Dehydration Signs: Heavy sweating, musce cramps, weakness, nausea, excessive thirst, feeing faint, confused, irritabiity, ethargy, fushed face What to do rest, get out of sun, drink water, wet towes Note: In extreme case of dehydration and oss of sats, pain water may not be enough.

19 Heat Iness: Prevention oz. fuid 30 minutes before game Every 20 minutes during game <90 bs. 5 oz. >90 bs. 9 oz. Every 20 minutes for 1 hour after game Sports drinks increase vountary drinking by 90% in kids *Adapted from the American Academy of Pediatrics

20 Medica Emergency -Heat Stroke Very Serious/True emergency Signs - Doesn t sweat (too dehydrated), dry skin may be red, hot to the touch, nausea, faint, confused, rapid puse What to do Contact parent, 911, get out of sun, rest, coo down **MORE PLAYER SUBSTITUTIONS!!**

21 Medica Probems - Seizures Epiepsy/Seizure Signs - Stares into space, uncontroabe shaking, statement from person knowing that it is coming on, knowedge of this issue from heath form. What to do 911, contact parent, don t hod down, but protect person from injuring himsef. Pace on ground on side (to keep tongue out of airway), something soft under head.

22 Choking on Object Signs hoding throat, unabe to cough, speak or breathe What to do if they can pass air or cough eave them aone. If not, 911, contact parent. If you know how to administer heimich maneuver, do so. If person becomes unconscious, commence CPR, if trained or find someone who is.

23 CONCUSSION Compex physioogica process induced by trauma from biomechanica forces Caused by direct bow or impusive force May or not invove oss of consciousness Invoves neuroogica impairment Post-concussive symptoms may persist Simpe concussion Progressivey resoves over 7-10 days Compex concussion Persistent neuroogica symptoms with exertion LOC greater than 1 minute Mutipe concussions

24 Concussion Awareness Cognitive signs Loss of consciousness Confusion Amnesia Unaware of score, game Physica signs Loss of baance Surred speech Seizure Deayed responses Vacant stare Poor pay Symptoms Nausea/vomiting Headache Dizziness Vision/hearing disturbance Irritabiity/emotiona changes Second Impact Syndrome Rare but serious condition. Getting another concussion before prior concussion has heaed. Rapid sweing of brain, 50% chance of death, 100% certainty of brain damage.

25 Concussion Awareness The payer shoud not be aowed to return to pay in the current game or practice. The payer shoud not be eft aone; and reguar monitoring for deterioration is essentia over the initia few hours foowing injury. The payer shoud be medicay evauated foowing the injury. Return to pay must foow a medicay supervised stepwise process. A payer shoud never return to pay whie symptomatic. When in doubt, sit them out!

26 Concussion Awareness Prague Internationa Symposium on Concussion in Sport (2004) Return to Pay Recommendations Foowing concussion: 1. Remova from contest foowing and signs/symptoms of concussion. 2. No return to pay in current game 3. Medica evauation foowing injury Stepwise return to pay a. No activity: physica AND menta rest unti asymptomatic b. Light aerobic exercise c. Sport-specific training d. Non-contact dris e. Fu-contact dris f. Game pay

27 Concussion Awareness 2013 Rue Change If a medica professiona, Umpire in Chief, the payer's coach, the payer's manager or the payer's parent has determined a payer sustains a possibe concussion, the payer must be, at a minimum, removed from the game and/or practice for the remainder of that day. The eague must aso be aware of its respective state/ provincia/municipa aws with regards to concussions and impose any additiona requirements as necessary. His/her return to fu participation is subject to: The eague's adherence to its respective state/provincia/municipa aws, An evauation and a written cearance from a physician or other accredited medica provider and Written acknowedgement of the parents

28 Protecting Young Arm s Conditioning Fexibiity, core stabiity strength and dynamic stabiity of throwing arm interva throwing program Mechanics Proper coaching Restriction on pitch counts and innings pitched NO curvebas prior to age 14

29 Prevention of throwing injury/ Curvebas 197% increase in shouder injuries with curve bas (Lyman 1998) 86% increased risk of ebow pain with sider 12% decrease in ebow and 29% decrease in shouder pain with change up Whie there is no medica evidence to support a ban on breaking pitches, it is widey specuated by medica professionas that it is i-advised for payers under 14 years od to throw breaking pitches. *Stephen Keener, CEO Litte League Internationa

30 PLL Pitching Rues Age 7-8 Max of 50 pitches 9-10 years od Max 75 pitches years od Max 85 pitches years od Max 95 pitches years od Max 105 pitches Rest Requirements 14 years od or younger 1-20 pitches no rest required pitches 1 caendar day pitches 2 caendar days pitches 3 caendar days 66 or more pitches 4 caendar days Rest Requirements years od 1-30 pitches no rest required pitches 1 caendar day pitches 2 caendar days pitches 3 caendar days 76 or more pitches 4 caendar days

31 Protecting Young Arms Is the pitcher osing his/her effectiveness? Is he/she sti controing his/her pitches? Has his/her veocity dropped (no onger popping the catcher s mitt)? Are his/her mechanics breaking down? Is he/she compaining of sore, tired arm or ocaized pain?

32 Packets Safety Manua Code of Conduct Safety Code Payer Accident Report Fied out by coach when there is an injury and forwarded to Safety Officer Medica Reease Form Kept with coaches and contains payers information incuding medica info. Insurance Forms

33 Code of Conduct No Board Member, Manager, Coach, Payer, or Spectator Sha: At any time, ay a hand upon, push, shove, strike, or threaten to strike an officia. Be guity of heaping persona verba or physica abuse upon any officia for any rea or imaginary beief of a wrong decision or judgment. Be guity of an objectionabe demonstration of dissent at an officia s decision by throwing goves, hemets, hats, bats, bas, or any other forcefu unsportsmanike action. Be guity of using unnecessariy rough tactics in the pay of a game against the body of an opposing payer. Be guity of physica of physica attack upon any board member, officia, manager, coach, payer, or spectator. Be guity of the use of profane, obscene, or vugar anguage in any manner at any time.

34 Code of Conduct Cont. Appear on the fied of pay, stands, or anywhere in the vicinity of the fied in an intoxicated state at any time, intoxicated wi be defined as an odor or behavior issue. Be guity of gambing upon any pay or outcome of any game with anyone at any time. Smoke whie in the stands or on the paying fied or in any dugout at any time. Speak disrespectfuy to any manager, coach, officia, or representative of the eague. Chaenge an umpire s authority. The umpires sha have the authority and discretion during a game to penaize the offender according to the infraction up to and incuding expusion from the game.

35 PLL Safety Code The Board of Directors of the PLL has mandated the foowing safety code. A managers and coaches wi read this safety code and then read it to the payers on their team. Responsibiity for safety procedures beong to every adut member of the Ponderosa Litte League. Each payer, manager, coach, and umpire sha use proper reasoning and care to prevent injury to him/hersef and to others. Ony eague approved managers and coaches are aowed to practice payers. One eague approved managers and coaches sha supervise batting cages. Managers and coaches wi have mandatory training in first aid. No games or practices wi be hed when weather or fied conditions are poor or when ighting is inadequate.

36 PLL Safety Code Cont. Pay area wi be inspected before games and practices for safety concerns incuding hoes, damage, gass, etc. and any safety issues wi be rectified before the start of the practice or game. A team equipment wi be stored inside the dugout during games. Ony payers, managers, coaches, and umpires are permitted on the paying fied or in the dugouts during games and practices. During practices and games, a payers shoud be aert and watching the batter on each pitch. A pre-game warm-ups shoud be performed within the confines of the fied and not in areas that are frequented by spectators (paying catch, etc.) Equipment wi be reguary inspected for damage and safety concerns. Batters, base runners, and payer base coaches must wear itte eague approved hemets that bear the NOCSAE sea during batting practice and games.

37 PLL Safety Code Cont. Head first sides are not permitted uness returning to a previousy occupied base. At no time, wi horsepay be permitted on the fied. On-deck batters are not permitted. Catchers must wear a cup. Managers shoud encourage a payers to wear a cup. A catches must wear chest protectors with neck coar, throat guard, shin guards, and catcher s hemet, a of which must meet itte eague specifications and standards. A catcher s must wear a mask with danging type throat protector and catcher s hemet during practice, pticher warm-ups, and games. Shoes with meta spikes are NOT permitted. Payers wi not wear jewery of any kind. (Exception for medica aert type jewery). Managers wi never eave an unattended chid at a practice or a game. No chidren under the age of 12 are permitted in the concession stand.

38 PLL Safety Code Cont. Never hesitate to report any kind of present or potentia safety hazard to the eague safety officer. No acoho or drugs are aowed at any of the fieds, incuding stands and concession stand at any time. No paying on or around awn equipment, machinery at any time. No cimbing on fences. No cimbing on dugouts. Payers and spectators shoud be aert at a times for fou bas and errant throws. A gates to the fieds must be cosed at a times.

39 Parent Code of Conduct Sport Parent Code of Conduct We, the Litte League, have impemented the foowing Sport Parent Code of Conduct for the important message it hods about the proper roe of parents in supporting their chid in sports. Parents shoud read, understand and sign this form prior to their chidren participating in our eague. Any parent guity of improper conduct at any game or practice wi be asked to eave the sports faciity and be suspended from the foowing game. Repeat vioations may cause a mutipe game suspension, or the season forfeiture of the priviege of attending a games. Preambe The essentia eements of character-buiding and ethics in sports are embodied in the concept of sportsmanship and six core principes: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibiity, Fairness, Caring, and Good Citizenship. The highest potentia of sports is achieved when competition refects these six piars of character. I therefore agree: 1. I wi not force my chid to participate in sports. 2. I wi remember that chidren participate to have fun and that the game is for youth, not aduts. 3. I wi inform the coach of any physica disabiity or aiment that may affect the safety of my chid or the safety of others. 4. I wi earn the rues of the game and the poicies of the eague. 5. I (and my guests) wi be a positive roe mode for my chid and encourage sportsmanship by showing respect and courtesy, and by demonstrating positive support for a payers, coaches, officias and spectators at every game, practice or other sporting event. 6. I (and my guests) wi not engage in any kind of unsportsmanike conduct with any officia, coach, payer, or parent such as booing and taunting; refusing to shake hands; or using profane anguage or gestures. 7. I wi not encourage any behaviors or practices that woud endanger the heath and we being of the athetes. 8. I wi teach my chid to pay by the rues and to resove conficts without resorting to hostiity or vioence. 9. I wi demand that my chid treat other payers, coaches, officias and spectators with respect regardess of race, creed, coor, sex or abiity. 10. I wi teach my chid that doing one s best is more important than winning, so that my chid wi never fee defeated by the outcome of a game or his/her performance. 11. I wi praise my chid for competing fairy and trying hard, and make my chid fee ike a winner every time. 12. I wi never ridicue or ye at my chid or other participants for making a mistake or osing a competition. 13. I wi emphasize ski deveopment and practices and how they benefit my chid over winning. I wi aso de-emphasize games and competition in the ower age groups. 14. I wi promote the emotiona and physica webeing of the athetes ahead of any persona desire I may have for my chid to win. 15. I wi respect the officias and their authority during games and wi never question, discuss, or confront coaches at the game fied, and wi take time to speak with coaches at an agreed upon time and pace. 16. I wi demand a sports environment for my chid that is free from drugs, tobacco, and acoho and I wi refrain from their use at a sports events. 17. I wi refrain from coaching my chid or other payers during games and practices, uness I am one of the officia coaches of the team. Parent/Guardian Signature

40 Payer Accident Report Form For Loca League Use Ony Activities/Reporting A Safety Awareness Program s Incident/Injury Tracking Report League Name: League ID: - - Incident Date: Fied Name/Location: Incident Time: Injured Person s Name: Date of Birth: Address: Age: Sex: Mae Femae City: State ZIP: Home Phone: ( ) Parent s Name (If Payer): Work Phone: ( ) Parents Address (If Different): City Incident occurred whie participating in: A.) Baseba Softba Chaenger TAD B.) Chaenger T-Ba (4-7) (5-8) Minor (7-12) (7-11) Major (9-12) Intermediate Junior (13-14) (50/70) (11-13) Junior Senior (12-14) (14-16) Big Senior League (13-16) (16-18) Big League (15-18) C.) Tryout Practice Game Tournament Specia Event Trave to Trave from Other (Describe): Position/Roe of person(s) invoved in incident: D.) Batter Baserunner Pitcher Catcher First Base Second Third Short Stop Left Fied Center Fied Right Fied Dugout Umpire Coach/Manager Spectator Vounteer Other: Type of injury: Was first aid required? Yes No If yes, what: Was professiona medica treatment required? Yes No If yes, what: (If yes, the payer must present a non-restrictive medica reease prior to to being aowed in a game or practice.) Type of incident and ocation: A.) On Primary Paying Fied B.) Adjacent to Paying Fied D.) Off Ba Fied Base Path: Running or Siding Seating Area Trave: Hit by Ba: Pitched or Thrown or Batted Parking Area Car or Bike or Coision with: Payer or Structure C.) Concession Area Waking Grounds Defect Vounteer Worker League Activity Other: Customer/Bystander Other: Pease give a short description of incident: Coud this accident have been avoided? How: This form is for oca Litte League use ony (shoud not be sent to Litte League Internationa). This document shoud be used to evauate This form is for Litte League purposes ony, to report safety hazards, unsafe practices and/or to contribute positive ideas in order to improve eague safety. When an accident occurs, obtain as much information as possibe. potentia safety hazards, unsafe practices and/or to contribute positive ideas in order to improve eague safety. When an accident occurs, obtain as much information as possibe. For a Accident caims or injuries that coud become caims to any eigibe participant under the Accident For a Insurance caims poicy, or injuries pease which compete coud the Accident become Notification caims, pease Caim form fi out avaiabe and at turn in the officia Litte League Baseba asap/accidentcaimform.pdf Notification Form and avaiabe send to Litte from League your Internationa. eague president For a other and caims send to to non-eigibe Litte League participants Headquarters under the Accident in poicy Wiiamsport caims (Attention: that may resut Dan in itigation, Kirby, Risk pease Management fi out the Genera Department). Liabiity Caim Aso, form provide avaiabe your here: District Safety Officer with a copy District fies. A persona injuries shoud be reported to Wiiamsport as soon as possibe. Prepared By/Position: Phone Number: ( ) Signature: Date:

41 Have Fun and Be Safe! Safety officer: Spencer Morgan Ce #(530) Lightning Safety Concussion safety *Website to take concussion test, coaches must keep certificate with them* Incident/Injury tracking forms