Exeter Township School District Sports Medicine Emergency Protocol

Site:     Junior High School Football Field

1. Call 911 or other emergency number consistent with organizational policies
2. Instruct 911 dispatch to have emergency unit “report to chained gate at intersection of Dunham and 39^th St. and meet athletic trainer/coach/student /security personnel at the gate as we have an injured student-athlete/adult in need of emergency medical treatment.”

JH FB field: Make a right on Gibraltar Road, turn left onto Dunham Drive and continue past Reiffton School to turn right at the intersection of Dunham & 39^th St.  Field is downhill on right. 

3. Provide necessary information to EMS personnel:

• Name, title, location of caller, telephone number of caller
• Number of victims; condition/age of victims
• First-aid or other treatments initiated
• Other information as requested by the dispatcher

4. Provide appropriate emergency care until EMS arrives; upon arrival of EMS, provide pertinent information:

• Mechanism of injury
• Vital signs
• Treatment rendered
• Medical history
• Status of consciousness
• Assist emergency care as needed

*Note:

• If possible, an asst. coach/parent should accompany student/athlete to the hospital
• Sports medicine staff should contact parents
• Notify other sports medicine staff, administrators, and building nurses after parents are notified

Emergency Telephone Numbers:

Reading Hospital and Medical Center………….…(610) 988-8000

            Emergency Department……………………..(610) 568-3637

St. Joseph Medical Center………….. ………………(610) 378-2000

            Emergency Department……………………..(610) 378-2330

Exeter Township Police Department………………..(610) 655-4911

• Goes to county dispatch after 4 PM.