EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN FOR GETTYSBURG COLLEGE
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC PROGRAM
This plan is to serve as a guide for emergency action that is required in the Athletic Training Room, Bream-Wright-Hauser, Musselman Stadium, or any intercollegiate practice or competition site on campus.
The team physician and athletic trainer are responsible for this plan. This plan applies to all athletes involved in the official play or practice of an intercollegiate sport sponsored by the Gettysburg College Athletics Department. The coach or athletic trainer at the scene will render immediate first aid. CPR will be administered by anyone qualified. The coach/athletic trainer should be qualified in First Aid and CPR. In a life-threatening situation, the coach/athletic trainer responsibilities would be to stabilize to the limits of first aid and CPR and evacuate to the proper medical facility.
Medical Facilities
Athletic Training Room - Minor injuries, sprains or strains, minor orthopedic problems
Health Center - If in close proximity, allergic reactions, respiratory problems
Wellspan Urgent Care-available for minor illnesses open 8am-8pm 7 days a week
455 S. Washington St. , Suite 12
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 339-2875
Emergency Room – Life threatening situations or if the above are not available.
Gettysburg Hospital – Complete emergency care
Methods and Responsibilities for Communicating Evacuation Requests
1. Telephones should be pre-located and checked in Plank Gym, Musselman Stadium, the Pool, Bream-Wright-Hauser Athletic Complex, campus security phones, cell phones and private homes or fraternities close to your practice/game area. Ensure they are in working order and emergency numbers are posted. Cellular phones can be used to call Public Safety (337-6911), 911, or the Athletic Training Room at 337-6416. DO NOT rely on cell phones to contact individual athletic trainers.
a. Bream-Wright-Hauser Athletic Training Room – 6416
b. Stadium Athletic Training Room – 6425
c. Health Center – 6970
d. Public Safety for ambulance – 6911 (on campus telephone)
e. Gettysburg Hospital – 334-2121 or 911 (Emergency – Ambulance)
2. Two way radios are available in the Athletic Training Room. Arrangements must be made for pick-up and return each day. If a working telephone is not within 200 yards of a practice/game, a radio must be present, be certain they are at your field each day. On our radios:
Channel 1 is used for Public Safety (ambulance)
Channel 2 is used for maintenance
Channel 3 is used for athletic training communication
In emergencies you can
1. Contact Public Safety on Channel 1 for ambulance, fire, etc. public safety has an AED in the vehicle
2. Contact an athletic trainer for directions on Channel 3 or the Athletic Training room at Ext. 6416 on a campus phone.
3. If you have access to a public telephone, call 911 for an ambulance and then Campus Security at Ext. 6911 on a campus phone.
On The Scene
The coach/athletic trainer must evaluate the severity of the injury and stabilize the athlete, then:
A. In general:
1. If life threatening call Public Safety or 911 for an ambulance, state who you are, your location, the injury or situation and what you are requesting.
Emergency Dispatch Protocol- Policy
The following basic information should be given when requesting an emergency medical dispatch to Gettysburg College by radio or telephone:
1. Your Name
2. Your Location
3. Description of the situation.
4. Patient History
Example: This is Your Name from the athletics department requesting an ambulance to respond to Bream Gymnasium for a possible fractured ankle. I have a 19 year old conscious male who was playing basketball and had someone roll onto his ankle. Patient has no past medical history, however is wearing a medical alert bracelet stating he is allergic to codeine.
1. Call the athletic training room for an athletic training staff member for assistance or guidance.
2. Continue to stabilize until help arrive.
B. Specific venues:
1. The pool in the Center. The ambulance will be brought to the rear of the Center to the parking lot at the end of West Broadway. Upon entering the Center make an immediate right and then first left. Entrance to the pool deck will be on your right. **Make sure you assign someone to be at the doors to the pool**
2. Musselman stadium –on the field. The ambulance is brought to the far end of the stadium and can enter the field at that point. Proceed around the track to the nearest point closest to the athlete. The gurney is then rolled out to the player
3. Musselman stadium – in the stands. The ambulance will be brought to the rear of the stadium and then the gurney will be rolled through the hallways to the front of the stadium and then carried up to the injured spectator.
4. Plank Gym – The ambulance will be brought into the plank driveway around to the northwest corner of the gym (closest to the Bullet Hole) and then a gurney brought into the gym for the injured athlete or spectator.
5. Bream Gym – The ambulance will be brought to the rear of the Center to the parking lot at the end of West Broadway. Upon entering the Center proceed straight, the entrance to the gym is on the left.
6. Hauser Field house - The ambulance will be brought to the rear of the field house along Constitution Ave. The back doors of the Fieldhouse should be used for gurney entrance and egress.
7. BWH Athletic Training and Sports Therapy Room – The ambulance will be brought to the rear of the Center to the parking lot at the end of West Broadway. Upon entering the Center make a left down the first hallway. The athletic training room will be to the left down the hallway.
8. Wrestling Room in BWH – The ambulance will be brought to the rear of the Center to the parking lot at the end of West Broadway. Upon entering the Center make the first left and proceed to the end of the hallway. Continue up the stairs to the landing. On the landing proceed up the set of stairs to the left to the wrestling room. **Make sure you assign an individual to meet the ambulance at stairs**
9. Clark Field - The ambulance will be brought to the stone parking lot on Mummasburg Road. It can back in the gates to the field. If this site is unavailable due to weather or other obstacles the ambulance should be directed to park along Broadway and bring the gurney in the main entrance to the field.
10. Tennis courts – The ambulance will be brought to the tennis courts parking lot along Mummasburg Road. Entrance to the courts is off the parking lot.
Line of Responsibility for Athletic Emergencies
1. Coach/athletic trainer (on scene) who are CPR certified.
2. Athletic Training Staff member if available in the Athletic Training Room or by radio.
3. Nurse practioner in the Health Center, if close to you.
4. Emergency Room- call Campus security (6911) or 911
5. If you need a doctor, go to Emergency Room.
***AED’s are located in DPS vehicles, athletic training room (during normal operating hours), Health Center (during normal operating hours), various buildings on campus including/but not limited to the CUB, outside the post office and The Center Main hallway by the Dive, North Breezeway by equipment room at Musselman stadium, and under press box on west side on Clark field . You should predetermine the closest AED to your practice/game site.
