Safety & Injury Prevention
The Act and the Rule articulate that any association that sponsors or conducts sports training or high-risk youth athletic activities for children aged fourteen (14) and younger shall require all coaches and athletics personnel to complete specific training. The association shall maintain a record of individual course completion for as long as that individual serves as athletic personnel or coach for the association. The courses are to be approved by the Arkansas Department of Health, on these subjects:
- Emergency Preparedness, planning, and rehearsal for traumatic injuries
- Concussions and head trauma
- Heat and extreme weather-related injury familiarization
- Physical conditioning and training equipment usage
- Heart defects and abnormalities leading to sudden cardiac death
What is Coach Safely Act?: Follow this link to read the information on Act 642 Senate Bill 421.
Arkansas Department of Health: Coach Safely Act
All volunteer coaches and officials will need to complete this online training. This course at most takes and hour and a half to complete. Once completed, certificate needs to be provided to PRTSC staff ([email protected]).
Approved courses:
Emergency Preparedness, Planning, and Rehearsal for Traumatic Injuries:
Concussions and Head Trauma:
- Concussions in Sports: No cost
- HEADS UP to Youth Sports (Online Training): No cost
- Bell Ringer: A Concussion Awareness Course for Arkansas Coaches:
- CID: HWB16027
*Note: The courses listed on the Arkansas Ideas portal are available to licensed and non-licensed K-12 educators. - Click here for the course catalog.
- The Xs and Os of Sports-Related Concussion: Fact Versus Fiction:
- CID: HWG16013
*Note: The courses listed on the Arkansas Ideas portal are available to licensed and non-licensed K-12 educators. - Click here for the course catalog.
Heat and Extreme Weather-Related Injury Familiarization:
- Heat Illness Prevention: No cost
- Exertional Heat Illness Awareness Training:
- CID: HWG14021
*Note: The courses listed on the Arkansas Ideas portal are available to licensed and non-licensed K-12 educators. - Click here for the course catalog.
- 108 Degrees: Critical Response
- CID: HWB14022
*Note: The courses listed on the Arkansas Ideas portal are available to licensed and non-licensed K-12 educators. - Click here for the course catalog.
- The Latest in Heat Illness, Recognition, and Treatment:
- CID: HWG16014
*Note: The courses listed on the Arkansas Ideas portal are available to licensed and non-licensed K-12 educators. - Click here for the course catalog.
Physical Conditioning and Training Equipment Usage:
Heart Defects and Abnormalities Leading to Sudden Cardiac Death:
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest: No cost
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest: When Seconds Count
- CID: HWB19050
*Note: The courses listed on the Arkansas Ideas portal are available to licensed and non-licensed K-12 educators. - Click here for the course catalog.
Coach Safely