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A Model Lightning Safety Policy For Athletics., Brian Bennett M.Ed
A Model Lightning Safety Policy For Athletics., Brian Bennett M.Ed
Brian Bennett, M.Ed
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this paper is to present a model policy on lightning safety for athletic trainers.
BACKGROUND: Among college athletic programs in the United States there is a serious lack of written policy on lightning safety. Available evidence shows that most National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I institutions, even though they are located in high lightning activity areas of the country, do not have formal, written lightning safety policies.
CLINICAL ADVANTAGES/ RECOMMENDATIONS: The policy presented herein, which is at the forefront of such policies, is the lightning safety policy written as part of a policies and procedures …