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] GSV aims to ensure that all activities are managed and conducted
in a safe environment. This policy provides a process for the safe management
of sport. Whilst the key responsibility lies with the member schools, the following
provides a generic guide for the establishment and implementation of a risk management
process within schools when participating in GSV sporting events.
| The School |
Information to be kept at the Front Office: - Competition Details
- Contact
telephone number(s)
- Venue details (Specific!)
- Transport details
(departure + return)
- List of Staff and Coaches
- List of Students
Insurance
Cover for all participants (staff, student, coach, umpire, spectator, volunteer). |
| Student Requirements |
Students and their parents should receive an information package/letter including
competition details, contact telephone number(s), venue details and transport
details. Formal steps need to be taken to secure: - Student agreement
to participate
- Parental permission
- Student Medical Information
|
| Staff Requirements |
To be suitably qualified – consider first aid qualifications and coaching
qualifications. To be briefed on the medical situation of students. To
receive a copy of the GSV Code of Conduct, Rules and Regulations, Association
Policies and GSV variations on the standard rules of the sport in question. Appropriate
staff to student ratios for transport as well as for sports. |
| Coach Requirements |
Coaches should be employed or contracted to the school (attach a Code of Conduct
to the letter of contract). To be suitably qualified – recommend first
aid qualifications, coaching qualifications and police check. To be briefed
on the medical situation of relevant students. To receive a copy of the
GSV Code of Conduct, Rules and Regulations, Association Policies and GSV variations
on the standard rules of the sport in question. | | Umpire
Requirements | Umpires should be employed
by or contracted to the school. To be suitably qualified – consider
first aid qualifications, coaching qualifications and police check. To receive
a copy of the GSV Code of Conduct, Rules and Regulations, Association Policies
and GSV variations on the standard rules of the sport in question. |
| Event Material GSV
require all schools attending GSV sporting events to bring with them the information
and items listed. | Operable phone
and Contact telephone numbers: - Ambulance
- GSV Executive Officer
- After
hours contact numbers for Principal, Deputy Principal and Director of Sport for
each school
- Parent contact numbers for participating students
- Bus
company
Taxi First Aid kit including medical information and contact
numbers for students, staff and coaches. | Weekly Sport It
is the first named school's responsibility to set an emergency plan for the competition
venue(s) so that responsible action is taken in an emergency. The emergency
plan should include: - The provision of an operable phone at the competition
venue. The phone should be easily accessible.
- Record of the venue location
(specific) and emergency contact numbers should be posted near the phone.
- List
of contact numbers, including after hour contacts, should be readily available.
- An
assurance that Emergency vehicles have clear access to the playing area at all
times.
Carnivals, Annual Events and Tournaments At large
carnivals, events and tournaments, GSV will arrange for suitable first aid personnel
to be available at the venue eg. St John's Ambulance. This will be in addition
to each school having its own first aid kit. Resource Requirements Each
school must have its own first aid kit including ice, whether in cubes or icepacks.
A First Aid kit is required for all events. Recommended items that should
be contained in the first aid kit to cover most emergencies:
- Band-Aids
- Elastic Bandages
- Gauze
Bandages
- Antiseptic Cream
- Cotton Balls
- Antiseptic Lotion
- Disposable
Latex Gloves
- Sterile Gauze swabs
- Safety Pins
- Sanitary
Items
| - Scissors
- Ice
- Vaseline
- Sterile
Eye Solution
- Tweezers
- Various Widths of Tape
- Sling
- Disposable
Mask
- Plastic Disposal bag
| Reporting
and Monitoring Step 1.
School – follow school's own
process for accident reporting. Step 2.
GSV Accident Report –
A GSV Accident Report form is to be completed within 48 hours and forwarded to
the GSV office. It is important that the GSV files are complete and up to date
for insurance purposes within 48 hours of the accident. Should parents require
a copy of the form for insurance purposes, they should contact the GSV office
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