This sports-specific guide provides risk management strategies for over 15 different sports as well as forms, waivers, and medical releases. Fried addresses legal principles and terminology, transportation, insurance, first aid, issues of liability, etc. for a variety of people associated with sports. Athletes, administrators, facility and events managers, coaches, medical personnel (team physicians, athletic trainers, EMTs), spectators, parents, and students can benefit from the knowledge found in Safe at First. This book is written in an easy-to-understand style with sound legal advice expressed in non-technical terms. Fried guides the reader from the earliest stages of event planning to the completion of the event with special attention given to the concerns that accompany event management. Safe at First also includes a sexual abuse risk management manual for youth sports/activities organizations. This extensive guide appeals to the concerns of those involved with youth sports programs.

The ability to provide basic care for an injured or ill child is essential information that every parent or guardian should have. In most cases, situations that require first aid are not life threatening and can be managed with simple, comprehensive procedures.

Explains car passenger safety rules, including using seatbelts, not distracting the driver, and exiting safely.

Explains school safety rules, including what to do during a fire drill and what to do if someone gets hurt.

Explains school bus safety rules, with information on getting on and off the bus and helping the driver by letting him drive safely, without distraction.

Educates readers about safety, including the value of fear as a warning of danger, the need to beware of people whose behavior creates discomfort, and the importance of learning how to stay safe.

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