Indoor Rowing Competitions: Medical Cover Recommendations
Staff for large events (e.g. British IRC, Euro Open and World IRC)
- Two Lead Doctors(experienced in delivering resuscitation in their everyday working life), ideally with some experience in pre-hospital care
- Team of three sport medicine trained Doctors to provide support to the Lead Doctors and to deal with the vast majority of competitors on the day
- Two Teams of Paramedics (2 x Ambulance)
- All medical staff working at the event should be trained in Advanced Life Support (ALS) - the internationally agreed method for resuscitation
Staff for smaller events (up to 400 competitors)
- Lead Doctor (experienced in delivering resuscitation in their everyday working life)
- Team of Paramedics. (with an Ambulance)
- All medical staff working at the event should be trained in Advanced Life Support (ALS) - the internationally agreed method for resuscitation
- Access to and working knowledge of AED (Automatic External Defibrillators) These are held in most gyms/sports centres etc
Equipment
It is preferable that the following equipment is available for any size of event for the provision of basic life support:
- Oxygen
- Suction
- Bag valve mask
- Oropharyngeal (Guddel airways)
- AED (Automatic External Defibrillator)
If the appropriate medical expertise is available the following equipment should be provided:
- Endotracheal tube (various sizes)
- Laryngoscope
- Magill's forceps
- Intravenous cannulation equipment, i.e., venflons
- Emergency drugs, Adrenaline, Atropine, Amiodarone
- Ties for securing ET tubes
- Cannula fixation
- A small number of sterile syringes and sterile flushes
(N.B. Paramedics in the UK will have all of this equipment as standard)
Also the following equipment is required.
- 2 Wheel chairs
- 2 Privacy screens
- Cordoned off area for medical staff to work in
Dr Dan O'Carroll MRCS(Ed) FCEM
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
