Policy 3422P

Concussion, Head Injury and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Management in Student Sports

Athletic Director or Administrator in Charge of Athletics Duties:

1. Updating: Each spring, the athletic director, or the administrator in charge of athletics if there is no athletic director, will review any changes that have been made in forms required for concussion, head injury and sudden cardiac arrest management by consulting with the WIAA or the WIAA Web site. If there are any updated forms, they will be adopted and used for the upcoming school year.
2. Identifying Sports: All sports offered at La Center School District are considered to be competitive sports. Policy 3422 and this procedure will be distributed to all coaching staff and volunteers.

 

Coach Training: All coaches will undergo training in head injury and concussion management at least once every two years by one of the following means: (1) through attendance at a WIAA or similar clock hour presentation which uses WIAA guidelines; or (2) by completing WIAA online training.   All coaches will undergo training in sudden cardiac arrest prevention every three years by completing an online program developed by the WIAA and the University of Washington medicine center for sports cardiology and providing proof of completion of same to the district.

 

Parent Information: On a yearly basis and prior to the youth athlete’s initiating practice or competition, a concussion and head injury information sheet will be signed and returned by the youth athlete and the athlete’s parent and/or guardian. The information sheet will also incorporate a statement attesting to the student and parent/guardian’s review of the online pamphlet on sudden cardiac arrest posted on the WIAA website linked on the District website under activities & athletics.  The information sheet may be incorporated into the parent permission sheet, which allows students to participate in extracurricular athletics.

Coach’s Responsibility: A youth athlete who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury in a practice or game or one who exhibits symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest will be immediately removed from play.

Return to Play After Concussion, Head Injury or Symptoms of Cardiac Arrest: A student athlete who has been removed from play may not return to play until the athlete is evaluated by a licensed health care provider trained in the evaluation and management of concussion and sudden cardiac arrest and receives written clearance to return to play from that health care provider. The health care provider may be a volunteer.

 

 

Date: October 27, 2009;

Revised July27, 2021