Sports-Related Emergency Preparedness in Oregon High Schools.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Best practice recommendations for sports-related emergency preparation include implementation of venue-specific emergency action plans (EAPs), access to early defibrillation, and first responders-specifically coaches-trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator (AED) use. The objective was to determine whether high schools had implemented these 3 recommendations and whether schools with a certified athletic trainer (AT) were more likely to have done so.

Hypothesis

Schools with an AT were more likely to have implemented the recommendations.

Study design

Cross-sectional study.

Level of evidence

Level 4.

Methods

All Oregon School Activities Association member school athletic directors were invited to complete a su

SUBMITTER: Johnson ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5349394 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar/Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature