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Golf-Nehoiden Golf Course

Emergency Personnel

Contests: AT on duty, athletic training aide, event manager, coach if needed.

Practice: The coach should be carrying a cell phone to call Campus Police (781-283-5555) who will contact EMS.  There are no emergency phones located on the golf course.  The certified athletic trainer on duty is available by phone during normal regular practice hours (781) 283-2388.  If practice is conducted when certified athletic trainer is not present, then the coach is the designated first responder. 

Emergency Communication

Contests:  Spotters, event management personnel with radios are posted on the course to contact the certified athletic trainer / athletic training aide if any athletes are injured.

Practice:  There are no emergency phones located at the golf course.  Cell phones will have to be used. 

Emergency Equipment

Team medical kit on site.  Splints, crutches, extremity immobilizers (on site for contests) available from athletic training Room when athletic training staff is on duty.  Spine boards and other emergency equipment will be aboard the ambulance-response time from call approximately 4 minutes.

Role of First Responder

It is assumed that the most qualified person on site will assume care of the injured athlete until EMS arrives.  This person will also designate and direct others in the first response team.

  1. Initiate care of injured or ill student-athlete or other victim.
  2. Emergency equipment retrieval by designated person.
  3. Activate EMS. Call Campus police at 781-283-5555State the number of injured persons, condition, treatment being given, specific directions to the scene.
  4. Event Manager or designated person directs EMS to scene.

Venue Directions:

Entrances to Nehoiden Golf Course are:

  1. Off Rt. 16, just west of the College entrance, turn south onto Service Drive to enter via the College motor pool area. 
  2. Off Dover Road.  From Rt. 16 just East of the College entrance, turn South onto Dover Rd.  Proceed up Dover Road (adjacent to the fairway on your right) to the Nehoiden Golf Club entrance.

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Department of Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics (PERA)
Last Modified: January 21, 2007