EMERGENCY PLAN FOR UTSA CROSS COUNTRY MEETS
Complete Cross Country Meet Emergency Plan
Emergency Personnel ? Physician available during all cross-country meets. Certified and/or licensed athletic trainer(s) and student athletic trainers also on site. In addition there is an ambulance with advanced life support equipment available on site.
Emergency Communications ? There are no fixed telephone lines during a cross-country meet. At least one of the staff trainers will have a mobile phone and walkie-talkie that can access the UTSA police and physical plant should either of these be needed. The phone number to the UTSA police is 210/458-4911. ALWAYS contact the university police if EMS is needed.
Emergency Equipment ? Emergency equipment and first aid supplies along with crutches on site.
Role of First Responder ?
1) Immediate care of the injured or ill victim.
2) Emergency equipment retrieval, or activation of onsite ambulance depending on the nature of the emergency.
3) Activation of the emergency medical system. Since there is an ambulance and physician on site coordination will take place either between the meet physician and/or one of the staff athletic trainers. Should a transport be required either the onsite ambulance will transport and a back-up unit called in or another ambulance will be summoned to the site for transportation depending on the nature and severity of the medical emergency.
4) Designate a person to direct university police and EMS to the scene
5) Make sure any accessible gates are unlocked.
Directions
Since the course of the cross-country meet changes from year to year directions will depend on the course for that year and where the emergency is. Staff trainers should have a course map. The meet physician and staff trainers will have a treatment area at or near the finish line. In addition the on-site ambulance will be stationed at or near the finish line.