Health and Safety Procedures
| 1. The coaches and trainer should observe each
camper daily for general health signs, injuries, cuts, bites, and any evidence of anything
unusual. All health problems should be reported to the trainer or director. |
| 2. A bound medical log will be maintained by
the academy's certified trainer. Medical information on each camper, any injury or health
treatment and medication provided will be recorded in the log. |
| 3.
Prescription drugs and medication (including sunscreen)
shall be administered by parents or guardians or the
camper her/himself before or after camp. If medicine
needs to be administered during camp, the camper will
need to administer this her/himself, or the camper's
parent or guardian, or a designated person, who has
signed permission, will need to come to the camp and
administer the medicine. A prescription drug must
be in its original container bearing a pharmacy label
that shows the prescription number, date filled, physician's
name, name of medication, directions for taking the
medication, and the patient's name. |
| 4. First
Aid supplies are available with the trainer on duty.
Additionally, a health room with extra supplies is
available at Howard Community College in the Fitness
and Athletics Center. Contact HCC trainer Eric Foley
for access. In her absence, contact Steve Musselman,
Errick Henlon or Mary Kay Rau (building staff) for
access to this room. |
| 5. All trainers and coaches shall maintain
confidentiality towards third parties concerning a camper's medical condition. |
| 6. The medical log is available for review by
the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and shall be retained for a period of five
years. Any emergency treatment will be recorded in the log and reported to the department
within 24 hours. |
Emergency Procedures
| 1. In case of a medical emergency concerning a
camper or member of the staff, the trainer on duty and coach Bouman (or the director in
charge) will arrive on the scene and provide proper handling and supervision of the
emergency. Should CPR or first aid assistance be required, the above staff members or
other certified CPR and first aid staff on hand will administer this. |
2. In case
of a medical emergency, the HCC trainer on duty (Erin
Foley) or coach Bouman will instruct the nearest coach
to call 911. If Mike Bouman (Joey Kasura is the alternate)
is near, he will be the designated caller. Nearly
every head coach on the field has a cell phone, including
the director in charge. An other phone, at Howard
Community College, is available in the Fitness and
Athletic Center office, across from the pool entrance
and in the trainer's room.
Give the operator the following information:
- Your name
- The name of the academy: JB Soccer Academy/HCC Sports School.
- The location of the academy: Howard Community
College. Provide a description of the location
(directions): Howard Community College, 10901
Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD 21044. Director's
cell phone: 410.978.4050.
- A description of the emergency
- Any other information the EMS person requests; stay on the line until the EMS person
hangs up.
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| 3. The nearest hospital in Howard County is
Howard County General Hospital, located one-half mile from Howard
Community College, off
Hickory Ridge Road. |
| 4. The academy's
contact person (physician) for health related questions
that cannot be answered by our trainer on staff, is
Michael Cox (license number D ***** (see original)).
He can be reached at 410-332-9592, or by beeper at
410-894-7212. |
5. During Weather emergencies, coaches and
other staff members are to follow the procedures below. In case of a tornado, severe
thunderstorm, or lightning:
- The director and/or the trainer walk the first
campers over to the nearest building. If a classroom
or the gym is available, proceed to it; otherwise
remain in the lobby until further notice. The
director and/or the trainer direct all campers
to the appropriate location from the entrance
to the nearest building.
- All other coaches immediately cease their soccer activities and accompany their groups
to the building. Coaches and players should not take any additional
time to gather equipment; this may be left on the field.
- The director will be the last coach on the fields
to make sure that all coaches and campers proceed
safely and efficiently to the building. In the
director's absence, this responsibility will fall
upon the senior coach in charge of the oldest
group.
- In case of a storm or lightning, campers and staff should stay away from doors and
windows, etc.
- In case of a tornado, or extremely strong winds, campers should be positioned head down,
located near exterior doors and doorways.
- Campers should engage in quiet activity until further notice.
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| 6. Anytime
an emergency demands a change in the scheduled location,
parents will be notified and a notice be posted on
the door of the main entrance of the nearest building.
The JB Soccer Academy has the following rooms/locations
reserved to seek cover in case of adverse weather:
The Fitness and Athletics Center, the HCC game room,
and the HCC classrooms L-150 and L-152. |
Procedures
to Prevent Infectious Diseases
| All campers and staff will wash their hands after
visiting restrooms and handling potentially infection
causing substances (dirty substances, blood, garbage,
etc.). |
| Staff will wear personal protective equipment (i.e.
gloves when treating an injured player, who is bloody;
wear long pants when entering shrubs to collect ball
kicked in the woods, etc.). |
| All campers will attend to personal hygiene rules
(i.e. drink water from own bottles or cups, and no one
will drink directly from the water coolers). |
| The camp has a requirement that all campers need to
complete the online registration form with information
about immunization. They need to attend a formal school,
or if home schooled, they must provide immunization
papers. |
| All staff are trained in the health and safety procedures
during the annual training meetings. |
| All staff will demonstrate knowledge of the health
procedures. |
| All staff will have an opportunity at the meetings
to ask questions about the health procedures. |
| A JB Soccer Academy certified trainer is on duty during
camp hours. |
| The trainer and additionally a director or coach are
trained and up-to-date in CPR and First-Aid training. |
Swim Plan
|
All campers swim at the Howard Community College
swimming pool on Mondays and Fridays from 11:15 –
11:45 and on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon
from 3:15 – 3:45 pm. The camp will use the pool
contingent upon weather conditions (we will be in
the pool on hot afternoons).
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On the first day of swim time (Mondays),
all campers are evaluated on their swimming skills.
If they would like to be permitted to swim in the
deep part of the pool, they have to perform a full
lap across the deep part of the pool. If the lifeguard
judges the camper to be a competent swimmer, the camper
can swim in the deep part. If not, (s)he must stay
in the shallow part.
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The pool is certified and follows all the regulations
of the Howard County Health Department Bureau of Environmental
Health. The emergency procedures were reviewed and
are in compliance with the Department of Health’s
regulations.
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| The lifeguards are fully certified and supplied by
Howard Community College. The ratio of lifeguards to
campers is 1:20. At least four JB Soccer Academy coaches
will supervise the campers at all times as well. The
pool lifeguards in combination with the JB Soccer Academy
coaches provide a supervision ratio of at least 1:10
(coach/lifeguard : campers) in the pool. |
| For more information, please contact
John Bouman at 410.978.4050 (cell) or 410.772.4873 (office). |
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