STUDENT-ATHLETE HEALTH AND SAFETY - MEMBER SCHOOL SELF AUDIT & NMAA MEMBER SCHOOL AED/EAP VERIFICATION

  • MEMBER SCHOOL SELF-AUDIT – NOTES

    NMAA STUDENT-ATHLETE HEALTH AND SAFETY – MEMBER SCHOOL SELF-AUDIT – NOTES
    1. Purpose - The purpose of this instrument is to provide the NMAA member school athletic director with a tool to assess their program’s status in meeting current legal standards in the area of student- athlete health and safety. Careful attention to this assessment will help ensure the health and safety of the student-athletes and other participants, as well as minimizing legal risk for staff and the school/district.
    2. Procedure - The NMAA member school athletic director is required to complete and submit this form no later than October 15th of each school year. Checked boxes are interpreted as an acknowledgement that the standards and resources have been reviewed as they apply to the local school/district, not as a guarantee of compliance to every standard/level.
    3. Fourteen Legal Duties of Athletic Personnel (Coaches and Administrators) - The following categories of legal duties are generally accepted national standards derived from case law. All coaches and administrators should be aware of these standards and ensure that their programs consistently meet the standards. (NIAAA Leadership Training Institute. (n.d.). Course 504: Legal Issues in Athletics Administration I.)
    1. Planning 8. Evaluating Conditioning
    2. Supervision 9. Evaluating Injury
    3. Selecting Coaches 10. Matching and Equating Athletes
    4. Technique Instruction 11. Medical Assistance
    5. Warnings 12. Emergency Response
    6. Safe Playing Environment 13. Safe Transportation
    7. Protective Equipment 14. Accurate Disclosure
    4. Emergency Action Plans (EAP) - The NMAA has provided two resources to create EAPs on their Sports Medicine webpage www.nmact.org/sports-medicine-advisory-committee. "Anyone Can Save a Life" is an emergency action plan program sponsored by the Minnesota State High School League, the Medtronics Foundation, and the NFHS Foundation. The program includes information and forms for after-school practices and events as well as information on Sudden Cardiac Arrest (one of the most important emergencies). Additionally, the NMAA has also provided a quick and easy EAP template that can be customized for any athletic venue.
    5. CPR/AED Certification (AHA/ARC/Other) - There are several certification programs available to certify coaching and event personnel in the areas of CPR and use of an AED.
    AHA – American Heart Association – www.heart.org (CPR/AED certification)
    ARC – American Red Cross – www.redcross.org (CPR/AED certification)
    PHS – Project Heart Start – http://projectheartstartnm.org (CPR/AED training). Compression only CPR "training" geared toward non-coaches. Does not constitute "certification" for licensed coaches as required by SB450.
  • GENERAL

    *Note – checked boxes indicate a review of standards, NOT an assurance of compliance, see "Procedure" above.

  • ALL SPORTS

    *Note – checked boxes indicate a review of standards, NOT an assurance of compliance, see "Procedure" above.

  • SPORT SPECIFIC

    *Note – checked boxes indicate a review of standards, NOT an assurance of compliance, see "Procedure" above.




  • NMAA AED/EAP VERIFICATION FOR STATE-LEVEL CONTESTS

    NMAA Bylaw 7.7.8 requires venues hosting state-level contests, member-school venues included, to have a venue-specific emergency action plan and be equipped with an accessible Automated External Defibrillator (AED) during state-level contests. Failure to meet either of these requirements forfeits the venue’s ability to host state-level contests.

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