HEALTH & SAFETY

Concussion Resources

• Concussion: Parent/Athelete Concussion Awareness Information Pamphlet

•  Concussion: Link to CDC's Recommendations for Managing Return to Activities

•  Concussion: Resources available thru ThinkTaylor.org

•  Concussion: More Resources through WA Youth Soccer

•  Concussion: Full Text of Washington's Zackery Lystedt Law

 

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

• Sudden Cardiac Arrest Info Pamphlet

• Exact Text of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Act, WA 2015

• WA Youth Soccer Resources on Concussion and Sudden Cardiac Arrest

• About Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in Young Athletes: The Nick of Time Foundation

 

HEADS UP:  https://www.cdc.gov/headsup/youthsports/coach.html

 

Injury Prevention

• EYSA Tournament Rest and Recovery Guidelines

• FIFA 11+ Warm-Ups for Injury Prevention

 

Weather

• Lightning Safety Policy: The official policy of WYS and EYSA is based on the NOAA recommendations for safety found here: http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/sports.shtml. If lightning is sighted and/or thunder heard, practices and games should be paused and all players vacated to a safe shelter. No play should be resumed until both thunder and lightning have passed and been gone for at least 30 minutes.

• EYSA Heat and Air Quality Guidelines

 

First Aid

• Content Suggestions for Youth Soccer Team First Aid Kit

• More Content Suggestions for Youth Soccer Team First Aid Kit

• Recommended Spectators' First Aid Kit by US Youth Soccer

 

Other Important Health and Safety Topics

• Insurance Medical Claim Process Info through WA Youth Soccer

• FIFA Nutrition Guide for Soccer

•  Skin Cancer Danger for Referees