Lilly Center Pool Emergency Plan

Lilly Center Pool

Serious/Life-Threatening Injury in the Water During Practice or a Meet

• For serious/life threatening injuries occurring in the water, the sports medicine staff will execute the emergency plan while the lifeguards/aquatics staff conducts the water rescue. The AED will always be retrieved in the event of an in the water emergency. An AED is located in the downstairs lobby area of the fieldhouse across from the Sports Information Office.

• The closest emergency phone is located at the northwest end of the pool near the entrance to the men’s locker room. There is also a phone located in the pool office. A second phone with direct access to the EMS dispatcher is located at the east end of the building in the main upstairs entry way.

• The lifeguard in charge acts as the lead water rescuer and coordinates the rescue and movement of the injured swimmer to the shallow end of the pool. Other lifeguards or swimmers experienced in water rescue will assist in the water. If an athletic training student and a certified athletic trainer (ATC) are both present, the student will dial 911, report that the call has been made, and go wait for the ambulance at the lower, northeast entrance door to the Lilly Center. The ATCs first responsibility will be to retrieve the AED and then help get any other equipment (i.e. spine board) the lead water rescuer calls for. If necessary, the ATC or coach will assist with the shallow water rescue of the swimmer. If only the ATC is present, that person will call 911, retrieve the AED, and then assist the lead water rescuer. The ATC will send another swimmer, coach, or responsible bystander to go wait for the ambulance.

• If an ATC is not present, a coach/team member should call 911 and retrieve the AED. Another coach/team member should find a certified athletic trainer. Upon arrival at the pool, the certified athletic trainer will communicate with the person in charge and, along with the coach, provide assistance with the victim, with the emergency plan, retrieving equipment or assisting the shallow water rescue as needed. The person that called 911 should go and wait for the ambulance.

• A responsible bystander should be designated for crowd control. Teammates, fans, etc. need to be kept at a distance.

• A teammate, coach, available sports medicine staff member or Athletic Department personnel will accompany the athlete to the hospital. The athlete’s yellow medical information card will be sent with the athlete.

• A coach, sports medicine staff member or appropriate Athletic Department member will call the athlete’s parents as soon as reasonably possible.

• An accident or injury report will be jointly written by the aquatics and sports medicine staff as soon as reasonably possible.

Serious/Life Threatening Injury Out of Water: Practice or Meet

• The closest emergency phone is located at the northwest end of the pool near the entrance to the men’s locker room. There is also a phone located in the pool office. A second phone with direct assess to the EMS dispatcher is located at the east end of the building in the main upstairs entry way.

• The certified athletic trainer will provide appropriate first aid and execute the emergency plan, delegating responsibilities to lifeguards, first responders, or bystanders who could most prudently complete designated tasks involving first aid and execution of the emergency plan. If an ATC is not present, Mary Bretscher or Adam Cohen execute the emergency plan and should begin to provide appropriate first aid and delegate someone to call 911 and someone to find a certified athletic trainer. Upon arrival at the pool, the certified athletic trainer will communicate with the person in charge and provide assistance with the victim and with the emergency plan. The person that called 911 should go and wait for the ambulance at the lower, northeast entrance door to the Lilly Center.

• A responsible bystander should be designated for crowd control. Teammates, fans, etc. need to be kept at a distance.

• A teammate, coach, available sports medicine staff member or Athletic Department personnel will accompany the athlete to the hospital. The athlete’s yellow medical information card needs to be sent with the athlete.

• A coach, sports medicine staff member or appropriate Athletic Department member will call the athlete’s parents as soon as reasonably possible.

• An accident or injury report will be jointly written by the aquatics and sports medicine staff as soon as reasonably possible.

Venue Directions

-Take College Street to the main, lower northeast entrance doors to the Lilly Center. Upon entering the lower level doors, go to the second green door and take a left for access to the north side of the pool area.

Non-Life Threatening Injuries at the Pool

• Adam Cohen, Mary Bretscher, or in their absence the lifeguard in charge, will make a determination as to whether the injured swimmer should be evaluated by a certified athletic trainer, or transferred to the health service or emergency room by campus security.

Procedures for Non-Life Threatening Injuries

• The first certified athletic trainer on the scene provides appropriate first aid and makes the decision on the course of treatment and care. In the absence of a certified athletic trainer, a coach, lifeguard or a first responder such as an athletic training student provides first aid for the injured athlete. All moderate or serious non-life threatening injuries treated by a first responder should be reported as soon as possible to a certified athletic trainer. If a certified athletic trainer is not available, the first responder in charge, will make the determination as to whether the injured athlete should be transferred to the health service or emergency room by campus security or ambulance. If the injury to the athlete is minor, it will be at the discretion of the first aider as to the necessity of reporting it to a certified staff athletic trainer.

• If the certified athletic trainer is present, they will determine the need for referral to the team physician, the orthopedic team doctor, or the emergency room and as to the best method of transport if immediate.

• The certified athletic trainer will complete an injury report as soon as reasonably possible on moderate and serious non-life threatening injuries..