Tennis-Keohane Tennis Courts (Outdoor)
Emergency Personnel
Contests: AT on duty (if available), athletic training aide, event manager, or coach if needed.
Practice: Coach, AT available by phone during normal regular season practice hours (x2388). If practice is conducted when a certified athletic trainer is not-present, the COACH is the designated first responder.
Emergency Communication
Emergency telephone is attached to the Distribution Center next to the courts. Placecall the Campus Police emergency number x5555 or the athletictraining room x2388.
Emergency Equipment
Team medical kit on site. Splints, crutches, extremity immobilizers availablefrom athletic training room when the athletic training staff is on duty. Spineboards and other emergency equipment will be aboard the ambulance. Theresponse time from call is 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.
- Initiate care of injured or ill student-athlete or other victim.
- Emergency equipment retrieval by designated person.
- Activate EMS. Call Campus Police at x5555. State the number of injured persons, condition, treatment being given, specific directions to the scene.
- Event Manager or designated person directs EMS to scene.
Venue Directions:
Emergency access to the tennis courts is via Rt. 135. Turn into the parking lot at the west end of the Towne Field House (Sports Center), bear right through the Distribution Center parking lot. The tennis courts will be straight ahead.
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