Events we cover

School sports combine exertion and contact, and in the Central Valley they often add heat. Coaches and athletic trainers carry a great deal of responsibility on game day. Having clinicians at the field gives them medical support and lets them stay with their teams.

We work alongside your athletic trainer and your existing emergency action plan, so roles are clear before the first whistle. California law separately requires schools with interscholastic athletics to keep an AED available at on-campus athletic events, and standby does not replace that requirement.¹⁰

Schools and districts may have their own requirements for outside staff on campus. Please tell us about them early in planning.

• Football, soccer, wrestling, track and other sports
• Single games, meets and multi-day tournaments
• Coordination with athletic trainers, coaches and administrators

These events can run for long hours or several days, spread across open ground and draw everyone from small children to older adults. People may arrive with existing medical conditions, spend hours in the sun and be some distance from the nearest vehicle access.

A fixed first aid station gives visitors an obvious place to go, while clinicians moving through the grounds can reach people who cannot get there. At a rodeo, we also consider staff positions close to the arena and the routes needed to bring a patient out of it.

• Single-day or multi-day coverage
• First aid station location and signs
• Planning for heat illness, falls, sudden illness and arena injuries

Participants at these events are pushing themselves, sometimes in warm conditions and sometimes far from a paved road. Exertional heat illness is a particular concern. Its recognized treatment depends on rapid cooling, which is difficult to arrange unless it has been planned in advance.²

We plan coverage around the course and the finish line, where tired participants gather. That includes how clinicians will learn about a problem on the course, how they will reach it and where an ambulance could meet them.

• Finish-line and on-course coverage
• Heat illness planning, including cooling supplies
• Access routes agreed with your course team

A dense crowd makes it harder both to notice someone in trouble and to reach them. Low light, loud sound, alcohol and warm weather can add to the difficulty.

We plan clinician positions, sight lines and exit routes with your production and security teams, and agree how people will communicate during the show. A clearly located first aid station also gives event staff somewhere to bring people who need attention.

• First aid stations and positions near the crowd
• A shared communications plan with event staff
• Planning for alcohol, heat and crowd density

Parades, company days, civic celebrations and similar gatherings often need a modest team rather than a large one. Their risks are usually more ordinary: heat, minor injuries, and people becoming unwell with an existing condition.

Our aim is to recommend what your event reasonably calls for. If you have not organized medical coverage before, we can walk you through the questions that matter and explain the options in plain terms.

• Coverage scaled to expected attendance and activities
• Care for heat illness, minor injuries and medical calls
• Straightforward planning for first-time organizers