University of Massachusets Athletics
Sports Medicine Emergency Plan
Indoor Practice Facility
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL
A coach will be on site for all practices and will need to carry a cellular phone. A certified athletic trainer, located in the Football Performance Center athletic training room, will be available to athletes participating in practices Monday through Friday, 6:30 AM to 7 PM. Sports Medicine staff also can be summoned from the Boyden Athletic Training Room (413-545-0094). A triage nurse and physician are on call for University Health Services “after-hours”, seven days a week (413-577-5000). UHS is closed during weekend and evening hours during the summer.
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION
Sports Medicine Staff or emergency personnel can be contacted in the Boyden Athletic Training Room (413) 545-0094.
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT
Emergency Equipment (Trauma kit, splint kit, AED) will be brought on site for all competitions and practices. Additional equipment will be available from Boyden Athletic Training Room.
ROLE OF FIRST RESPONDER
** In the event an athletic trainer is not present, the coach becomes the lead first responder, assessing the situation and activating EMS, as necessary.
1) Athletic Trainer: Assess and care for injured or ill student athlete(s).
2) Coach/Sports Medicine Assistant: Retrieve emergency equipment.
3) Athletic Trainer: Activate EMS:
a) Sports Medicine Assistant CALL (413) 545-3111. Provide name, address, telephone number, number and condition of injured, first aid care, and specific directions.
i) Calling 911 on campus telephones will contact University Police, who will dispatch Amherst Emergency Services.
ii) Calling 911 on a cellular telephone will connect with the State Police Emergency System. The dispatcher will contact Amherst Emergency Services.
(1) State the town where emergency services are needed (Amherst).
(2) Provide name, address, telephone number, number and condition of injured, first aid care, and specific directions.
4) Coaching staff: Assist EMS to injury scene:
a) Designate individual to greet EMS and direct to scene.
i) Open appropriate gates or doors.
b) Scene control: limit scene to first aid providers and move bystanders away from area.
VENUE DIRECTIONS
The Indoor Practice Facility is located on the West side of McGuirk Alumni Stadium. Access is gained via Parking Lot 11, off of Stadium Drive, on the north side of the stadium. Access to the playing field is through the cinder block facility building on the northeast side of the “bubble”. This is the normal entrance to the facility. There is a door to the bubble that is large enough for an ambulance stretcher to enter the facility.