Why Coaches Should Not Administer Athlete Healthcare

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Administrators of high school and youth sports are responsible for the safety and welfare of all participants in their charge. They also carry some degree of liability for participants when serious injuries or illnesses occur. These cases appear frequently in the media, yet the rate and type of meaningful changes to eliminate them is astonishingly and unacceptably slow.

The Connecticut Legislature will consider a bill this year that would require coaches to be educated on how to prevent, recognize and manage heat prostration — including heat stroke, which is a medical emergency.

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