Interassociation recommendations: checklist
| TRAUMATIC: GENERAL | Yes | No | Comments |
| In all sports, all practices and competitions adhere to existing ethical standards. | |||
| In all sports, using playing or protective equipment as a weapon is prohibited during all practices and competitions. | |||
| In all practices and competitions, deliberately inflicting injury on another player is prohibited. | |||
| All playing and protective equipment, as applicable, meets relevant equipment safety standards and related certification requirements. | |||
| There should be a regularly rehearsed emergency action plan consistent with the Concussion Safety Protocol Checklist for all venues at which practices or competitions are conducted. | |||
| There is a regularly rehearsed emergency action plan consistent with the Concussion Safety Protocol Checklist for all suspected concussions. | |||
| There is a regularly rehearsed emergency action plan consistent with the Concussion Safety Protocol Checklist for all suspected moderate or severe traumatic brain injuries. | |||
| There is a regularly rehearsed emergency action plan consistent with the Concussion Safety Protocol Checklist for all suspected cervical spine injuries. | |||
| Annual education and prevention strategies about catastrophic injuries are provided to all sports coaches. | |||
| Annual education and prevention strategies about catastrophic injuries are provided to all strength and conditioning professionals. | |||
| Annual education and prevention strategies about catastrophic injuries are provided to all primary athletics healthcare providers (ie, team physicians and athletic trainers). | |||
| Annual education and prevention strategies about catastrophic injuries are provided to all collegiate athletes. | |||
| Annual education and prevention strategies about catastrophic injuries are provided to all athletics administrators. | |||
| TRAUMATIC: CONTACT/COLLISION HELMETED SPORTS | |||
| All contact/collision, helmeted practices and competitions adhere to existing ethical standards. | |||
| All contact/collision, helmeted practices and competitions adhere to keeping the head out of blocking and tackling. | |||
| All contact/collision, helmeted practices and competitions adhere to prohibiting the use of the helmet as a weapon. | |||
| All contact/collision, helmeted practices and competitions adhere to not deliberately inflicting injury on another player. | |||
| All contact/collision, helmeted practices and competitions adhere to maintaining and certifying helmets to existing helmet safety standards. | |||
| N ON-TRAUMATIC:GENERAL | |||
| All practices and strength and conditioning sessions adhere to established scientific principles of acclimatisation and conditioning. | |||
| Conditioning periods are phased in gradually and progressively to encourage proper exercise acclimatisation and to minimise the risk of adverse effects on health. | |||
| The first 7 days of any new conditioning cycle are considered a transition periods and a time of physiological vulnerability for athletes. | |||
| Transition periods for athletes include but are not limited to returning after an injury or illness. | |||
| Transition periods for athletes include, but are not limited to, returning after school break (eg, winter, spring, summer). | |||
| Transition periods for athletes include but are not limited to, beginning as a delayed start. | |||
| Training and conditioning sessions are appropriately calibrated and include limitations on total volume and intensity of activity, especially during the first 4 days of transition periods. | |||
| All workouts have a written plan that is exercise science-based, physiologically sport specific and tailored to the individual. | |||
| Workout plans are approved by a credentialed strength and conditioning professional, or the responsible sport coach if a strength and conditioning professional is not available at the institution. | |||
| Components of the workout plan include volume, intensity, mode and duration. | |||
| Activity location is stated in the workout plan to accommodate venue-specific emergency action planning. | |||
| Workout plans are reproducible on request and shared with the primary athletics healthcare providers (team physician and athletic trainer) before the session in which they are to be used. | |||
| Modification due to hazardous environmental conditions, scheduling considerations, etc, is supported. The amended workout plan maintains the above principles. | |||
| Exercise never is used for punitive purposes. | |||
| Educational background, sport experience and credentialing are verified for all strength and conditioning professionals. | |||
| All strength and conditioning professionals have a reporting line into the sports medicine or sport performance lines of the institution. | |||
| Emergency action plans are developed and rehearsed annually for all venues in which practices or competitions are conducted. | |||
| Emergency action plans are developed and rehearsed annually for head and neck injuries. | |||
| Emergency action plans are developed and rehearsed annually for cardiac arrest. | |||
| Emergency action plans are developed and rehearsed annually for exertional heat illness and heat stroke. | |||
| Emergency action plans are developed and rehearsed annually for exertional rhabdomyolysis. | |||
| Emergency action plans are developed and rehearsed annually for exertional collapse associated with sickle cell trait. | |||
| Emergency action plans are developed and rehearsed annually for any exertional or non-exertional collapse. | |||
| Emergency action plans are developed and rehearsed annually for asthma. | |||
| Emergency action plans are developed and rehearsed annually for diabetic emergency. | |||
| Emergency action plans are developed and rehearsed annually for mental health emergencies. | |||
| Strength and conditioning venues have emergency action plans specific to the venue, sport and circumstances. | |||
| The institution has adopted requirements for the annual education and training for the prevention of sudden death in sport for strength and conditioning professionals. | |||
| The institution has adopted requirements for the annual education and training for the prevention of sudden death in sport for sport coaches. | |||
| The institution has adopted requirements for the annual education and training for the prevention of sudden death in sport for athletic trainers. | |||
| The institution has adopted requirements for the annual education and training for the prevention of sudden death in sport for team physicians. | |||
| The institution has adopted requirements for the annual education and training for the prevention of sudden death in sport for collegiate athletes. | |||
| The institution has adopted requirements for the annual education and training for the prevention of sudden death in sport for athletics administrators. |
Below is a checklist that will help the athletics healthcare administrator to ensure that policies are in place and followed and are consistent with the document, Interassociation recommendations: preventing catastrophic injury and death in collegiate athletes.
NCAA, National Collegiate Athletic Association.