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From: Paul Unwin <punwin@grantham.ac.uk>
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Subject: First Aid at Tournaments
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 09:15:19 +0100
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various ramblings in response to Vito's intitial mail. 

Medical cover is the duty of the TD. FULL STOP.

1. It is also my experience that St Johns type/level of 1st aid is a waste
of time
2. first aid is imperative at tournaments, especially at tour events
3. 1st aid needs to be in the hands of professional medics 
4. medics should be in a place where they can BE FOUND!
5. There should be cross tournament communication (for big tournies, by
radio) so that emergencies can be quickly attended to.
6.  Accident reporting should become the norm at uku events
7. UKU should provide a standard accident report form for TDs, which should
be filled in for each "serious" injury, (especially if it may result in a
claim on UKU personal insurance); which should subsequently be lodged with
UKU.
8. There needs to be a greater level of support for TD's (particulalry in
UKU sanctioned events) from the UKU if this issue is to be improved. There
is already some help whcih you can get from Paul Marfleet, but this is not
online.
9. ukultimate.com should have a page specifically directed to TDs and should
include: public liability insurance details, accident report form, link to
upa tourny formats, H&S checklist, copies of Hughes' spreadsheets for
setting out tour events etc . . . .  Chris Berry has already expressed
interest in doing this. Maybe DoC should liaise with Chris to make this
happen as a part of the UKU website.


Stig