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Coach Safely Act

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

Resources:

• Coach Safely Act
• Rules pertaining to Youth Mitigation and Information Courses for Athletics Personnel and Coaches
   

Approved courses:

Emergency Preparedness, Planning, and Rehearsal for Traumatic Injuries:

• The Collapsed Student: No cost
• First Aid, Health, and Safety: Cost associated with this course

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:

• Strength and conditioning: Cost associated with this course.

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

• Coach Safely Foundation: Covering all courses for Coach Safely requirements.

To request review and approval of a course, contact the Arkansas Department of Health Substance Misuse and Injury Prevention Branch:

4815 W. Markham Street, Slot 10
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: 1-501-671-1449
Email

Resources:

• Arkansas Activities Association Sports Medicine Information
• Arkansas Activities Association Sports Medicine Fact Sheet for Parents and StudentsArkansas Activities Association Sports Medicine Fact Sheet for Parents and Students

Office	Address	Phone	Fax
Substance Misuse and Injury Prevention	4815 W. Markham St. - Slot 10 Little Rock, AR 72205	501-671-1449	501-682-0427