FIRST AID MANUAL OVERVIEW

Hi everyone. My name is jen call cursed and I am one of the first aid coordinators.

I'm working with Lucas Tremor, our First Aid director

today. I'm going to provide a high level overview of our first aid manual.

Um This is again just an overview. So we ask that you take the time

to review the manual and

become familiar with um

the contents of it. All right.

So we have three sections we're going to

cover today and that's requirements and expectations,

scope and responsibility

and First Aid response

requirements and expectations.

So our first requirement is

our our first aid requirements.

We expect all first aid responders to have Cpr with A. D.

And that can range from community

C. P. R. With a D. Training,

basic life support, whatever

uh is required, you know, for your level of practice.

But just make sure when you complete these courses that they include the E. D.

Portion. As that is one of the requirements.

As we have a E. D. S at Western heirs. Also First Aid.

If you are not a healthcare provider

or formally trained in first Aid.

The Red Cross first Aid course available online is an excellent

I'm training for first Aid at Westerners.

A lot of our protocols are based on the Red Cross first aid response

and this will allow you to respond to most of the first aid emergencies that happen.

Finally,

we require concussion training and that's actually required for

all first aid responders because this is a standardized practice

that we would like to be applied to all

teams and writers regardless of what team you're on.

And by having a consistent concussion protocol, we are able to

um maintain that high level

of of screening and just um compliance with that.

And we do require that these are completed within six months.

If you need help with accessing any of these

trainings, just please contact myself jen cal course or Lucas trimmer.

We can connect you with community resources.

We are going to be entering into show season rather soon. So

um these must be

completed before you are able to sign up for shows,

just because of the types of emergencies we typically see around that.

So some other um following guidelines. Um we just

um

These expectations are for all first aid providers,

whether you've been in Western airs for 4050 years and been

doing first aid or if this is your first year with us

and

we

want to thank you first of all for

stepping up to this role. It's one of the best volunteer

and positions you can have within Western airs.

And if you have any questions or concerns about this first Aid manual,

we just ask that you contact a member of the First Aid leadership team.

We worked to standardize these protocols with evidence based

um

evidence based research from CDC from red Cross american Heart Association.

We also have a vetted

concussion protocol that we will be using.

So if you have concerns um the best place to start is with us.

All right,

so the next section I'm going to cover is communication.

Uh We require that all of our first aid volunteers have a google account.

Um This just allows you to

um sign up to receive changes. That's where our weekly calls are going to go out.

But having that google account does make the process easier for you.

And that's um we're using the google platform for our communication.

If you have any questions about

um creating a google account or what that might mean for you,

please feel free to contact one of us.

Our first aid manual will be on a google doc and most of the

time you are required to have an account to um to view it.

Alright. And finally, on this section, um attendance.

Um if your team's working with horses per se, it is expected to attend.

So that would include your team rides,

um

shows.

You know,

we have a variety of shows and we'll be communicating more on that um as

they come up with like needs and coverage also present for grooming and unsettling.

So if you are a writer

is part of the rental string, we would really appreciate having first aid present.

That just reduces the extra lift that's placed

on Wranglers um when first aid needs arise

during the

um saddling and unsettling process also um during

the summer and early fall we have parades

um with owners horses going um and we'll be looking for first aid to help,

would that coverage as well?

Um finally with attendance, if you're not going to be present for your ride,

please contact um Lucas as well as your monitor.

So we can work to um, get coverage for that.

Alright, so moving on to um, scope and responsibility um, with scope,

it is imperative that you do not provide care outside of your skill and knowledge.

Um, Bill slicer slicer mentions to us that you know, we really wanna kind of stay,

recognize and stabilize the situation and not make things worse

and just keep in mind that we're a team, um,

call for help when a situation is beyond your training.

So if you need to call 911 because there is no one within, you know,

shouting distance or anybody who can help you.

That's okay. They're part of the team and they prefer, you know,

they want to be called early

and when needed. So don't hesitate to,

to use your resources on that.

You hear the,

um, term, bring the com quite a bit in the,

in the previous video and I just emphasize it here.

Um, it's in our first aid manual is like walk, don't run to the event.

You know,

you don't want to be flustered or follow yourself trying to get into the writer.

Um,

running an arena, dirt is not the same as like running

through the field or

across the lawn, um, bring the confidence and anticipate your actions.

So as you're walking out there,

anticipate what you are going to do to check out that writer.

And remember,

even if you are a parent volunteer who is best skilled at band aids and ice packs, um,

you know, the first aid expectations in response.

And so we will look to your leadership for that.

The next pieces writer health conditions.

Um, the first day team is not responsible for managing chronic health conditions.

We understand that we get a variety of writers with

asthma, maybe seizure history, diabetes, heart conditions.

Um, these don't prevent people from participating in Western airs,

but there is an expectation that their parents

are present and provide care related to that.

Um, we are volunteers and we do not have any ability to administer medications

um or treatment to the writers for for health conditions.

Alright.

And finally,

we'll enter into our last section and it's responding to first aid needs.

I'm going to start with calling 911.

Probably one of the most important things when you are

first aid at Western Ares is know where you are.

Our address. It's here and it's also located throughout the first aid manual.

It's good to program into your phone.

Um and one of the caveats to calling 911 is

you need to tell them is that we're located at the

Indiana entrance that will bring them right up to the

westerners entrance and not back into the Jefferson County fairgrounds.

Um

You should um

Be familiar when you should call 911.

Um and when in doubt call, you know,

if you've got something that maybe not real obvious but you need help

go ahead and call their there to support you and um you know,

have the best possible outcome for our writers.

Another piece is that if you have to call 911

or if there's an emergency in the arena during practice,

a practice is not show.

So go ahead and clear the arena, not the writer.

They can stay there and wait for first responders to come to them

And finally parents do not need to be present to call 911.

Um as you get up into the higher level teams, even starting as early as triple A.

We have writers who drive themselves to Westerners

and so a parent may not be present.

Um We of course are going to try to

call parents and notify emergency contacts right alongside but don't

Wait for the parents permission to call 911 that just delays care.

Alright. And next section is our concussion protocol.

Um the concussion protocol is a new requirement in

Western airs and this is probably going to be

the most challenging and getting the most pushback because

it's it's new and it requires more action than we've

than

previously taken

um with our concussion protocol.

Um just a few facts about this. Um

concussions do have an impact on the brain.

And so we want to make sure that we are responding

um to our writers um with the best, with the best standards and practices in place.

Um, this is also a requirement of a state statute, um,

and that covers recreational sports which

westerners fits into that category.

This also follows the Colorado High School Athletic

Association protocol and we like this because it's a

vetted program and so it's been used as

a standard and so we're not recreating something.

Um, this is what

um any of our athletes are using. And so,

um, it follows, it's just again vetted in evidence based as well.

So with the concussion protocol,

any writer who exhibits any signs of a concussion must be

removed from the ride until cleared by an advanced medical provider.

And another key thing with our concussion protocol is that we're screening,

we're not diagnosing.

So for writers injured were screening them for symptoms if they have positive,

have any of the symptoms,

then we are going to follow

the protocol and remove them from the ride.

Um

and since we're talking about the protocol,

I'm going to go ahead and just jump over to the forms.

Um, so documentation is really important.

Um,

so whenever we asked for a doctor's note, um

writer has a participative screen,

we're going to ask them to be cleared by a health care professional

and health care professional is defined in this forum,

but their advanced practice.

So this is above our end, it's above a paramedic. Um You know these are

um advanced providers,

we want to make sure that they clear the

writer um and give them the best possible outcome.

Um We also will ask you to provide a head injury notification form

to the parents notifying them that they have.

The writer has experienced

a injury potential injury to their head.

Um So if a writer does let's say fall off and they clear the concussion screening,

it doesn't mean that they don't have

a concussion or potential complications later.

So this note notifies families and gives them you know, information should

um anything arise

from that.

And then um

with

the um if a parent refuses to sign um please notify

Lucas the same day and he will follow up with that

um training, um concussion training is required for all first aid responders.

It's available online.

You will receive a certificate once you receive that you can send that to Lucas.

And then we will also be offering in person classes for

um in the future.

And finally um

our last thing is incident reports. Um So we are also

um asking anytime you um call 911.

please complete this incident report

and also there's a major medical injury that requires um

medical attention. You know a lot of times. Parents will transport

their writers themselves also please complete an incident report.

And the nice thing about this is that

you give an opportunity to present factual information.

So you know, the game of telephone can kind of go rampant.

So this is, you know,

this is grooming communication from you to the First Aid Director

um about you know, whatever incident happens and anytime you call first, um sorry,

anytime you call 911,

we also asked that you call Lucas after that just so

that we can um start that follow up process and get

um

get those needs covered.

So,

so that's kind of a high,

you know, airplane level high in this pine overview of

um

our first aid manual.

I appreciate your time and again,

thank you to everyone who has stepped up into the First aid role.

We hope that this is useful to you and helps provide

um expectations and standardized response. Thank you.

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