Rather than worrying about having people from St John's Ambulance, or sending people on some rubbishy first aid course, why not see if there are enough medically qualified people already in Ultimate? If there are enough, why bother with St John's or first aiders?
The main issue I have with first aid courses is that irrelevant how much training you get in your day long course, you're no match for someone who deals with the situations day in day out. I know that ABH has two fully qualified doctors on their team - one a surgeon. My own team, PAF, has a 3rd year med student, and a bio-aura healer (yes. really.) Though we don't play Tour. Yet. TD's could keep a list of all the qualified people, and distribute it as part of the captain's pack including the team name and colours to help make finding people easier. This could obviously lead to some problems, as the medical players might prefer to be playing rather than oiking someones' tongue out of their throat. But if the medic people are provided with a seat in the shade and a cold / hot drink and food, I'm sure they'd be willing to congregate in a first aid type place between their games. I appreciate that St John's being available full time might be a better solution, as they wouldn't need to stop playing to help, but they cost money. And I recall seeing them at a Tour last year - Open 2? - and to be able to get an ice pack for a player it took 3 of them. That's THREE people to get an ice pack. Plus they wanted a signature on a bit of paper. And this was within 50 yards of their station. Later, when the ice pack was no longer cold, they took an inordinate amout of time to provide another one. And wanted another bit of paper signed. So I'm not entirely convinced by their abilities. Anyway. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Nick Team Manager PAF On 27/05/06, Rich 'Dean' Shelmerdine < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 26/05/06, Simon Statham < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>snip<< > What if someone had knocked themselves out and swallowed their > tongue? What use is a physio then? > >>snip<< > Clearly there's no substitute for professional full-time medical cover but having read about the costs of running a tournament, perhaps St James' Ambulance cover wouldn't be a viable option, given that some people already raise issue with tournament fees. How about a UKU organised (semi-funded?) first-aid course, run in the same opt-in fashion as the coaching course? With enough subscribers (I'm in), cover could be provided during a whole tournament in gaps between games. Just a thought. Dean #68. __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://ai.ranulf.net:8080/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
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