- Aug 29, 2018
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I’m wondering if anyone can share with me what your travel teams rules or protocols (if any) are regarding making sure a first aid kit is at every practice and tournament? Does your team always have a kit with ice packs, ace wraps, tape, band aids, tissues/Kleenex etc to help treat girls with minor injuries, cuts, scrapes, bee stings, lost teeth, aggravated injuries, bruising etc? Is someone trained in basic first aid to treat the girls? I’m just curious what most teams do?
For some reason, our league doesn’t have a basic first aid kit...not even a band aid, and I’ve seen so many things happen to girls over the years, it’s actually made me want to leave the team because the coaches don’t even have a band aid, let alone tape if someone twists their ankle and needs to stabilize it, or ice if they get hit by a pitch, or stung by a bee. A girl lost her tooth and bled all over the dugout because there was no bathroom at that practice field and literally nobody had a tissue to wipe the blood off her face, gums etc. Was awful. Every time someone needs an ice pack, a parent goes to the snack bar to ask for ice. This seems strange to me! And I can’t believe at least at the higher levels. (Our team is 10u) that this is standard practice.
I think the dugout coach should be responsible for bringing a first aid kit to every practice and tournament and be trained in basic first aid to treat minor things that inevitably happen during practices and games.
What does your team do?
For some reason, our league doesn’t have a basic first aid kit...not even a band aid, and I’ve seen so many things happen to girls over the years, it’s actually made me want to leave the team because the coaches don’t even have a band aid, let alone tape if someone twists their ankle and needs to stabilize it, or ice if they get hit by a pitch, or stung by a bee. A girl lost her tooth and bled all over the dugout because there was no bathroom at that practice field and literally nobody had a tissue to wipe the blood off her face, gums etc. Was awful. Every time someone needs an ice pack, a parent goes to the snack bar to ask for ice. This seems strange to me! And I can’t believe at least at the higher levels. (Our team is 10u) that this is standard practice.
I think the dugout coach should be responsible for bringing a first aid kit to every practice and tournament and be trained in basic first aid to treat minor things that inevitably happen during practices and games.
What does your team do?