Transcript Heat Injuries Treatment

KYL Safety Clinic 2015
Why ASAP?
The ASAP Mission:
To increase awareness of the opportunities to
provide a safer environment for kids and all Little
League participants
SAFETY
 Starts
from the time you pull into the
parking lot until you leave the field
 Everyone’s job!
Injury Prevention
 Warm
up
 Stretch (dynamic)
 Hydrate
 Proper & Functional Equipment
 Pay attention (bats and balls)
Requirements
10. Require regular inspection and
replacement of equipment
– Beginning of season
– Before each use
– Inspect facilities, facilities’
equipment, and playing equipment
First-Aid Kit
 Try
to standardize the minimum
 dressings/band-aids
 nitrile gloves
 ice packs
 sani-wipes/hand sanitizer
 ACE wrap
 tape
 customize
First-Aid
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equipment
cervical collars
splints
safety glasses
saline solution
CPR masks
(these will be in the storage sheds at each
field)
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
Open Wounds
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in the skin causing visible bleeding
abrasion
laceration
puncture
avulsion
Open Wounds
 Epistaxis
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(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!
Open Wounds
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Apply pressure
Pressure dressing
Elevation
Pressure points
Tourniquet (NO)
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clean wound after bleeding stopped
or in ED
Joint & Muscle Injuries
 sprain
 strain
 fracture
 dislocation
 cramps
 contusions
Joint & Muscle Injuries
 RICE
treatment
 immobilize (splint)
 see your doctor
 call 911
 have parents take child to ED
Head & Neck Injuries
 If
suspected try to be calm
 if patient not awake then ABC’s
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airway
breathing
circulation
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NOT move the patient
 call 911!
ASAP – Sharing Ideas
Why We Care:
• Reducing avoidable injuries like
this player hit by a bat in the dugout
Concussion
 confused
 loss
of consciousness
 slurred speech
 headache
 stumbling
 player CANNOT return to play until
cleared by doctor!
Environmental dangers
 Heat
related illness
 Lightning
 Flora
 Fauna
Heat Injuries
 Heat
cramps
 Heat exhaustion
 Heat stroke
 Sunburn
Heat Injuries
 Heat
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exhaustion
heat illness
characterized by
minor changes in
mental status, dizziness,
nausea, HA, and mild
to moderate rise in
core temperature
 Heat
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stroke
syndrome where the
body’s normal cooling
mechanisms fail or
become
overwhelmed.
Extreme body
temperatures causing
organ failure
Heat Injuries Treatment
 Heat
cramps
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cool shady spot
remove tight/excess
clothing
stretch affected muscles
electrolyte fluids
(i.e.Gatorade, etc.)
cool compresses
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usually not require EMS
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exhaustion
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Medical Emergency!
Same as heat cramps
and 911!
Sunburn
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1st degree burn of skin
Prevention is BEST treatment
Sunscreen SPF > or = 30
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arms, face, other exposed skin
Long sleeve shirts and hats or visors
Help prevent dehydration
Lightning
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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
Lightning
 Avoid
is best treatment
 Get into a car
 The sheds, bleachers, and dugouts are
NOT safe
 EVERYONE’s responsibility
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
Bites & Stings
 Spider
(Black widow)
 Ticks
 Bees
 Wasps
 Hornets
 Yellow
jackets, etc.
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
Spider bite care
 Catch
the spider?! (for identity)
 wash
 cool
compress
 medical care for black widow needed
Tick bites
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don’t call it Lyme disease for no
reason
 painless
 diseases carried (i.e. Lyme disease,
Ehrlichiosis, RMSF, Babesiosis)
 Deer tick carries the diseases
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
Stings
 immediate
pain
 itching
 swelling
 short
of breath/chest tightness
 hives all over
 nausea/dizziness
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
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.
Food for Thought
 Are you doing all of the background checks that are required?
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Coaches
Practice Coaches
Board Members
Umpires
Misc. positions
 Equipment manager
 Field maintenance
 Scorekeeper
 Announcer
 General volunteer
 5 to 6 people per team should be an average number of people
per league to check.
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When an
accident does
happen
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
With Your Help,
ASAP Is STILL Making it
‘Safer for the Kids’
THANK YOU!