KMHA: Policy # HL - A3.4
Title: House League Trainers
Policy Statement:
Responsibilities:
- Implement an Emergency Action Plan for your team
- Ensure safety is the first priority at all times, both on and off the ice.
- Complete a Hockey Trainers Certificate Program (HTCP).
- Implement an effective risk management program which strives to prevent injuries and accidents before they happen.
- Promote and reflect the values of fair play.
- Conduct regular inspections of player’s equipment to ensure proper fit, protective quality and maintenance and liaise with players and parents in regard to detected shortcomings.
- Promote proper conditioning and warm-up techniques.
- Maintain accurate medical history files on all players and ensure that these are available at all games and practices.
- A doctor’s note will be required so that a player can resume play after any injury that has required the attention of a medical professional.
If you have HTCP Level 2 certification with Standard CPR and First Aid or above, you may;
- Maintain a First Aid Kit in accordance with HTCP guidelines and ensure that it is at all games and practices.
- Manage minor injuries, refer players to the appropriate medical professionals if necessary, and recognize life threatening and significant injuries in accordance with your HTCP guidelines.
Coaches Walking on the Ice.
At no time are coaches allowed to walk across the ice at the beginning or the end of a game to access the bench or leave the bench area to access the dressing room areas. The only exception is the TRAINER and this is to attend an injured player on the ice or remove the injured player safely from the bench to escort the injured player to the dressing room.
A suspension will be issued to the offending coach or coaches.