momz
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- Nov 1, 2005
more kids are injured at practices than at games. Practices can be rather intense workouts and ALL players are working out, whereas during the games, not all are exerting at the same time. There are more breaks for kids at games than at practices (with the exception of soccer perhaps). But the medics are at the games not only for the kids but also for the crowd.It might be interesting to find out if the ambulances/paramedics are at ALL school competitions, or just some. I wouldn't be surprised to see them staff football games and possibly basketball, but are they at soccer (both boys/girls), baseball, wrestling, softball, volleyball, swimming, track & field, cross country, etc? Are they at the middle school competitions?
My kids play soccer, and while, at least for HS games, there's a certified trainer on site, it's rare to have ambulance/paramedic on site for the games.
Still, I don't think it's feasible to have medics at practices. This is why training the coaches to identify when a child is struggling is imperative.