There are two main requirements
for dealing with an accident during club activities:
being prepared to take immediate action, and
keeping a record afterwards.
Club emergency procedures should
help all club coaches and helpers cope with any injuries as calmly and
quickly
as possible, and prevent further accidents at the scene at the time.
Every incident should be recorded as soon as
possible afterwards, while people are still clear what happened. There are two reasons for recording and
keeping this information: it may be used
to identify problems and preventing similar accidents happening again;
it
provides documented evidence of what happened if this is required.
Having an Incident/Accident Report form or
book makes sure that essential information is recorded.
The form should be completed by the main
person who dealt with the incident.
Completed forms should be kept by the club organiser or an
identified
club member.
The template form below summarises good
practice when dealing with an incident/accident during club
activities.