Emergency response facilities including primary and secondary prevention strategies across 79 professional football clubs in England.
Allied Health Personnel
/ education
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
/ education
Cross-Sectional Studies
Death, Sudden, Cardiac
/ prevention & control
Defibrillators
/ supply & distribution
Emergency Medical Services
/ methods
England
Humans
Mass Screening
/ methods
Primary Prevention
Secondary Prevention
Soccer
Surveys and Questionnaires
automated external defibrillator
emergency response planning
medical action plan
safety in sport
sudden cardiac death
Journal
British journal of sports medicine
ISSN: 1473-0480
Titre abrégé: Br J Sports Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0432520
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2019
Jul 2019
Historique:
accepted:
01
05
2017
pubmed:
16
6
2017
medline:
23
10
2019
entrez:
16
6
2017
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To assess the emergency response planning and prevention strategies for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) across a wide range of professional football clubs in England. A written survey was sent to all professional clubs in the English football league, namely the Premiership, Championship, League 1 and League 2. Outcomes included: (1) number of clubs performing cardiac screening and frequency of screening; (2) emergency planning and documentation; (3) automated external defibrillator (AED) training and availability; and (4) provision of emergency services at sporting venues. 79 clubs (86%) responded to the survey. 100% clubs participated in cardiac screening. All clubs had AEDs available on match days and during training sessions. 100% Premiership clubs provided AED training to designated staff. In contrast, 30% of lower division clubs with AEDs available did not provide formal training. Most clubs (n=66; 83%) reported the existence of an emergency action plan for SCA but formal documentation was variable. All clubs in the Premiership and League 1 provided an ambulance equipped for medical emergencies on match days compared with 75% of clubs in the Championship and 66% in League 2. The majority of football clubs in England have satisfactory prevention strategies and emergency response planning in line with European recommendations. Additional improvements such as increasing awareness of European guidelines for emergency planning, AED training and mentorship with financial support to lower division clubs are necessary to further enhance cardiovascular safety of athletes and spectators and close the gap between the highest and lower divisions.
Identifiants
pubmed: 28615216
pii: bjsports-2016-097440
doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-097440
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
813-817Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.