In Coaching Youth Hockey: From Mites to PeeWees, Coach Patrick Burke presents over 50 hockey drills, skill demonstrations and practice ideas developed specifically for teaching young hockey players how to play the game. Starting with basic skating, passing and footwork skills and progressing to more advanced techniques and age-appropriate games, this plan is ideal for first, second, and third year coaches.
Coach Credentials
Patrick BurkeUSA Hockey and American Sport Education Program-Certified Hockey Coach
Patrick Burke, the principal of Vermont's South Burlington High School, is a USA Hockey- and American Sport Education Program-certified hockey coach and a USA Hockey ACE (Association Coaching Education) Director.
Burke has coached at nearly every level from mites to college and has served as the head varsity coach at three New England high schools: St. Bernard (Conn.); Champlain Valley (Vt.), where he led his team to a state championship; and South Burlington (Vt).
He has coached U-18 all-star teams in Vermont and in the New England Yankee All-Star Festival, and now is coaching on the youth level with the Essex (Vt.) Sting and the Vermont Shamrocks. His focus has always been on player development, hard work and fun. He has been recoginized for coaching excellence by the Positive Youth Sports Alliance and was Vermont's principal of the year in 2006.
As a player, Burke played AAA and junior hockey for the Ramapo (N.Y.) Saints and the New Jersey Rockets, as well as college hockey for Connecticut College. Book this course......
This week, Tyrone Bell explains the importance of mind-muscle connection.
“Today we’re taking a good ol’, scientific look at the concept of mind-muscle connection. Is it of any use when trying to develop lean muscle mass? If you’ve been around the gym for a while, I’m sure you’ve heard of the concept of mind-muscle connection. For those of you who don’t know what it is, here we go.
WHAT IS MIND-MUSCLE CONNECTION?
Movement is controlled by the brain. The first step in a muscle contraction is a signal, sent from your brain to your muscles, with the instructions for them to contract. The actual mind-muscle connection occurs at the neuromuscular junction. This is where the mind basically meets the body. The brain releases a chemical neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, to communicate with the muscles. When this is released, it crosses the synapses, the tiny spaces that separate nerves from muscles. There, it binds to receptors on the surface of the muscle fibers and boom! We have a muscular contraction.
The more you can improve this communication, the more you can strengthen the signal from your brain, across the synapses, to the muscle, the more muscle fibers you will recruit when you perform a lift. This results in a better, more concentrated, more quality muscle contraction.
When we’re lifting with the goal of structural muscular change, I strongly believe we should have one primary target muscle in our scopes when performing an exercise. Even on compound exercises, where multiple muscle groups are in play, we should be trying to ensure that the greatest percentage of load is being placed on the target muscle throughout the range of movement. This is where people who have established strong mind-muscle connections have a great advantage. Being able to keep the signal of muscle contraction mainly in the target muscle means more targeted muscle activation and, in turn, more hypertrophy.
STUDIES ON MIND-MUSCLE CONNECTION
Now, the reason the mind-muscle connection concept has stayed classified as “bro science” is because, up until now, there hasn’t been a long-term study that has measured mind-muscle connection in its relation to its ability to increase hypertrophy. Exercise academics and scientific data as a whole, haven’t really given much love to the concept of mind-muscle connection. Until recently, most academic thinking was on the importance of concentration on external cueing, reasoning that the muscles involved in the lift automatically fire to successfully complete the movement. They assumed that internal cueing holds very little benefit.
In a 2012 study, however, that put mind-muscle connection on the map and led academics to start questioning their viewpoint. This study used EMG readings, measuring the pectoral activation during the bench press exercise. They measured how much more activation and muscle fiber recruitment was present when the subjects were actively concentrating on their pectoral muscles firing and contracting through the entire range of movement (as opposed to just moving the weight from point A to point B).
The results? EMG activation increased by up to 22%. Now, where the study fell short and therefore couldn’t launch the concept of mind-muscle connection into the mainstream, was that the study was not long-term. Long-term hypertrophy effects couldn’t be measured to establish if there were any. In addition, the 22% increase in muscle activation was only present in the lighter weights. Once subjects started getting into 80% of their max lift, regardless of all internal, mind-muscle cueing, there was very little difference.
I personally believe that the strength of a person’s mind-muscle connection varies. An experienced lifter, with years under their belt of purposefully strengthening their mind-muscle connection, is naturally going to have stronger and far more effective targeted muscle contractions than an average gym goer. If experienced lifters like these were used in the study instead of football players, then the results favoring mind-muscle connection – even during the heavier lifts – probably would’ve been quite different.
Now, moving on to a more recent study that has made academics give mind-muscle connection some scientific credibility. A 2018 study worked with participants for eight weeks, using a specific, hypertrophy-based training program. The emphasis of the study was requiring the participants to place full concentration and internal focus on each and every rep that they performed, each and every workout. Another test group of lifters in the same study purely concentrated on moving the weight from point A to point B in each exercise. At the end of the eight weeks, muscle thickness in the biceps and quads was measured via ultrasound. A difference of about 5% growth was present in the biceps of the lifters who put an emphasis on mind-muscle connection. However, the quadriceps growth was pretty much the same across the board.
Even though this study was a scientific win for the concept of mind-muscle connection, I feel the results could’ve really stood out in favor of mind-muscle connection as an undeniable factor if the test subjects had been experienced bodybuilders. Typically, people have better established mind-muscle connection in their upper body than in their lower body. More precise, everyday tasks are done with your upper body while the legs take the “grunt” work. In addition, people don’t tend to put as much training focus and intensity on their legs as consistently as they do with their upper body. In turn, it goes without saying that even regular lifters have a weaker mind-muscle connection in their legs.
With the scientific support and the data for mind-muscle connection growing, you’re probably wondering how you can go about strengthening your own mind-muscle connections in the muscle groups that you want to grow and structurally change.
MIND-MUSCLE HACK #1
One of the most common reasons people fail to establish a mind-muscle connection is because they’re obsessed with pushing more and more weight. Now, I’m not about to stand here and say, ‘Lift light.’ I do believe in lifting as heavy as you can, but only while you still feel the load in the primary targeted muscle. Each and every rep also needs to be good form. Once you lose the connection and start to lose the load from the primary targeted muscle, the lift should be over. Rest and either attempt the lift again with less reps or pick a lighter weight.
MIND-MUSCLE HACK #2
One of the best things you can do to improve your mind-muscle connection is activate your target muscles as part of your warm up. I require all of my online clients to perform pre-workout activation movements designed specifically for each of them. These movements and sequences help turn on and prime their targeted muscles to be ready for the coming workload. These activations are a combination of both isometric contractions and movements that place the targeted muscles in the shortest contracted point under slowly intensifying moves.
MIND-MUSCLE HACK #3
Another thing to incorporate is flexing your targeted muscles throughout your workout session. Flexing forces additional blood flow to your target muscle, helping you further increase your localized pump. Pumped muscles are easier to feel and therefore isolate through movements. Be careful where you actually use these intra-workout flexes though. You don’t want to fatigue yourself at critical stages of your workout. I’ll actually recommend specific points in my clients’ workouts where I know an intra-workout flex will be beneficial and boost their mind-muscle connection without compromising their workout performance.
In conclusion, the mind-muscle connection is a very real factor when it comes to hypertrophy and structural physique-altering training. This has been known and practiced for decades in the bodybuilding community. Now, scientific data and exercise academics are recognizing the value of mind-muscle connection and the long-term hypertrophy response.
If you’re not doing so already, and your goal is physique improvements, you need to make sure you’re making the mind-muscle connection a practice on each and every rep of each and every exercise. Also make sure that the program you’re following emphasizes the importance of mind-muscle connection so you can maximize results faster.” Learn more about BPI Sports @http://bit.ly/BPISportsFS65
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If you’ve ever struggled with disease, heartache, or any serious problem in life, you know how dark and cold the world can feel.
As if you’re all alone? We’ve all been there at one time or another, right?
And that’s why our choice for this 12th Day of Christmas is so important. So you know that you’re NOT alone.
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Through Jesus’ words, you can know God’s great love for you, giving you the strength to weather all of life’s storms and tragedies. And rise above them to have your prayers answered, live in freedom and in the light, and be filled with His joy, not only in this life, but also for eternity.
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The Truth About Cancer’s mission is to inform, educate, and eradicate the pandemic of cancer in our modern world. Every single day, tens of thousands of people just like you are curing cancer (and/or preventing it) from destroying their bodies.
It’s time to take matters into your own hands and educate yourself on real cancer prevention and treatments. It could save your life or the life of someone you love.
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Ty and Charlene Bollinger are devoted Christians, health freedom advocates, health researchers, documentary film producers, and best-selling authors.
After losing several family members to conventional cancer treatments, they set out to learn the truth about cancer and the cancer industry, working together tirelessly to help others to learn the truth that sets them free to live healthy, happy lives.
Ty and; Charlene's heartbreak and grief coupled with their firm belief that chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery were NOT the most effective treatments available for cancer patients, led them on a path of discovery.
On their journey, they interviewed cutting-edge scientists, leading alternative doctors, and groundbreaking researchers to learn about hidden alternative cancer treatments. What they uncovered helped to create The Truth About Cancer and its three awe-inspiring docu-series: ”The Quest for The Cures”, “The Quest for the Cures Continues”, and “The Truth About Cancer: A Global Quest.”
Their message is clear: CANCER IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE. THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE.
** (Disclaimer: This video content [below] is intended for educational and informational purposes only) ** On December 11, 2018 around 6:47 PM, Cape Coral Police responded to a call for service at the 500 block of Cape Coral Pkwy E in reference to a report of an individual requesting an ambulance. The individual called into 9-1-1 but did not provide much more detail. The 9-1-1 caller was later identified as Jessica C. Blick (W/F, DOB: 08/01/1981, 3518 SE 17th Ave). Blick was eventually determined to be at 340 Cape Coral Parkway E (Family Dollar) walking on the sidewalk with a large piece of concrete in one of her hands and the other holding a cellular telephone. The first officer on scene made contact with Blick trying to talk to her to determine if she was the one who had called 9-1-1. As the officer spoke to Blick she continued to move around and did not answer the officer. Concerned for Blick’s welfare the officer continued to try to communicate and directed her numerous times to drop the “rock”. Blick continued to disregard the officer and was able to see another officer approaching her from behind. Blick then drew back the piece of concrete like she was going to throw it at the first officer while saying that she was going to kill him. The first officer ducked away as the second officer moved up and Blick ran into the roadway of Cape Coral Pkwy E.
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The first officer drew his TASER and discharged both cartridges in an attempt to gain control but the probes missed Blick. She went back onto the sidewalk and drew back the piece of concrete again but this time actually threw it at the second officer. The piece of concrete struck the second officer in the shoulder. That officer ran toward Blick and was able to force her to the ground and into some nearby bushes. Blick continued to resist officers from taking her into custody by pulling and twisting away from both officers. Eventually, officers were able to subdue Blick and secure her in handcuffs. After Blick was secured in handcuffs, she rolled over and kicked the original officer in the thigh and groin. Blick continued to kick at the officer to which the other officer utilized his O.C. spray to gain her compliance to stop acting in an aggressive manner. After the O.C. spray was deployed, Blick's aggression stopped almost immediately. Blick was transported to a local hospital by request of officers. Blick was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault on a LEO, Battery on a LEO, and Resisting Arrest with Violence. She was later transferred to Lee County Jail.
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“THE PERSON WITHOUT THE SPIRIT DOES NOT ACCEPT THE THINGS THAT COME FROM THE SPIRIT OF GOD BUT CONSIDERS THEM FOOLISHNESS, AND CANNOT UNDERSTAND THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE DISCERNED ONLY THROUGH THE SPIRIT” (1 CORINTHIANS 2:14, NIV).
When we live our lives according to our five senses, we’re prone to make many unnecessary mistakes. However, we reach new levels of understanding and gain new insights when we let the Holy Spirit guide us.
Join us for live worship and an inspiring message from Brian Houston in our morning service from the Hills Campus, Sydney, Australia.
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Hindsight: http://hil.so/three
O Come Let Us Adore
Be Still: http://hil.so/timy
Good Grace
The Lord’s Prayer
Don't Panic
Gloria Copeland
Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed.
Proverbs 16:3, The Amplified Bible
Right now you may be on the edge of a major decision...about to make a change in your job or your church or your personal life. You know you need divine guidance. And you're hoping desperately to hear from the Lord.
If that's your situation, don't panic. Being led by the Lord isn't some complicated process that only the spiritual "pros" can master.
I found that out years ago when I was a new believer. I wanted to live in a way that was pleasing to God, but I didn't know how to make decisions that were in line with His will.
Then one day as I was studying The Amplified Bible, I came across Proverbs 16:3. Immediately, I latched on to this verse and began to use it in my life—and I can tell you now from experience, it works!
It will work for you too if you'll do what it says. Roll your works over on God, commit your ways to Him, trust them wholly to Him. He'll start adjusting your thoughts to be like His until, at some point, you'll just know the right thing to do. Of course, faith is involved. One of the requirements is trust, and you won't be able to do that without feeding on God's Word. Then as you practice rolling your works upon the Lord and trusting Him, you become more confident in your ability to hear. Start now with whatever problem is bothering you. Pray and trust God with it. In other words, believe you receive when you pray. Stop worrying and begin believing.
Learn to live this way and it doesn't matter whether you've been a Christian 30 minutes or 30 years, your plans shall be established and succeed!
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It doesn't get more straightforward than this. Coach Severns takes what can easily be called THE core skill of the game and has put together 21 videos that will help your players master this entire skill set. On the individual side, he dials in on each body part and its role in executing the shot.
His section on team shooting will have your team setting up, executing, and making more high percentage shots with ease.
His 8 videos on footwork alone make this collection invaluable.
Coach Credentials
Dave SevernsLA Clipper Director of Player Development
Dave Severns is the Director of Player Development with the LA Clippers. Prior to joining the Clippers Coach Severns spent two years on Del Negro's staff with the Chicago Bulls as Assistant Coach for Player Development. Severns spent 13 years in player development with Nike, working with college players at the All-American Camp, All-Asia Camp, Jordan Flight School, Nike Skills Academies, as well as an assistant at the college level spending time coaching under Jerry Tarkanian at Fresno State. Prior to his time at the collegiate level, Severns spent 12 years as a high school coach in California. He has a Bachelor's and a Master's Degree from California State University-Chico. Book This Course....http://bit.ly/CoachTubeBBShoot
Looking for some inspiration for your next workout? Who better to guide you than the women of Team BPI?! We asked each of these inspiring athletes to provide their favorite exercises for a certain body part, so the next time you need to mix it up, they’ve got you covered. Here’s the full body workout by India Paulino, Narmin Assria, Chanel DeLisser, Haidy Cruz and Ainsley Rodriguez. http://bit.ly/BPIBCM
INDIA PAULINO – BICEPS and TRICEPS
Seated Dumbbell Curl: Sit on a bench with your upper back placed firmly on the bench. Slightly arch your lower bac. Start with the dumbbells next to your hips, palms facing forward. With a slight bend in your elbow and your elbows slightly behind your torso, curl the dumbbells one at a time towards your shoulder. Slowly lower back to your starting point.
3×8
Triceps Dips: Sit on the edge of a bench with the heels of your feet together on the floor. Place your hands on the bench next to your hips. Bend your elbows at a 90-degree angle, slowly lowering your body to the floor. To return to the starting position, slowly straighten your arms.
3×10
Overhead Dumbbell Triceps Extensions: Sit on a bench with your feet shoulder-width apart. Hold a dumbbell overhead with your palms facing up. Bend your elbows slowly, lowering the dumbbell until your forearms are parallel with the floor. Pause and extend your arms slowly back to the starting position.
3×10
NARMIN ASSRIA – BACK
Wide-grip Lat Pulldown: Grab the bar with an overhand grip. Your hands should be more than shoulder-width apart. As you prepare to pull the bar down, exhale and slowly pull the bar down to the upper part of your chest. Make sure you squeeze your shoulder blades together and hold the squeeze for a count of two. Inhale and slowly return the bar to the starting position.
4×10
Increase the weight each set to volumize your pump.
Close-grip Seated Cable Row: Grab the bar with a natural grip, palms facing in. Keep your legs slightly bent and your back straight. Pull the weights up slowly by pulling your shoulders back. This is your starting position. Keep your elbows by your side and as you pull the rope, you should be sitting straight up. Keep your shoulders back and pull the handle to your stomach. Squeeze your shoulder blades together and hold for two seconds, then slowly lower the weight back to the starting position.
4×12
Increase your weight every set.
CHANEL DELISSER – ABS
V-ups
3×20
Bicycle Crunches
3×25
Hanging Leg Raises
3×15
HAIDY CRUZ – LEGS and BOOTY
Walking lunges:
20x per leg
15x per leg
12x per leg
Squats:
25x
20x
15x
Jump Squats: 3×15
Hip Thrusts: Use moderate weight. Be sure to squeeze your glutes for three seconds between each rep.
20x
25x
25x
30x
Fire Hydrant: No breaks in between reps!
10x
12x
12x
15x
AINSLEY RODRIGUEZ – SHOULDERS
Dumbbell Arnold Press
3×15
Kettle Bell Press
3×12 (each arm)
Landmine Shoulder Press
3×15 http://bit.ly/BPIBCM
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Welcome to Part 3 of Chris Wark's presentation at TTAC's LIVE Event in 2017. He talks about the two paths that you can take... one being brightly lit, and the other being dimly lit and difficult. Find out which path he decided to take and why. http://bit.ly/ChrisBeatC
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In the 3rd and final part of this series, Chris focuses on fear and the courage it takes to say no the chemotherapy. What is fear? And what is courage? Be sure to watch the full video to find out.
Chris describes cancer as "a divine tap on the shoulder". Because it reminds us to love, to forgive, and to let go of the past. Because bitterness and resentment has the power to poison our bodies.
Chris Wark leads us through a powerful release of resentment and forgiveness... an act that we believe can change everything.
Discover more about why it's so crucial to forgive others and reduce the stress hormones in your body: http://bit.ly/TTACGHN
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Chris Wark is an author, speaker and health coach. Chris was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer in 2003 at 26 years old. He had surgery, but instead of chemotherapy used nutrition and natural therapies to heal himself. Chris has lectured at smoothie bars, health and wellness events, hospitals, churches, culinary schools, Whole Foods Market and more. http://bit.ly/ChrisBeatC
Chris has made many appearances on radio and television including The Ricki Lake Show and The Lisa Oz Show and inspires countless people to take control of their health and reverse disease with a radical transformation of diet and lifestyle.
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About TTAC LIVE 2017
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In October 2017, more than 40 of the world’s most renowned and respected cancer and natural health experts came together in Orlando, FL, for The Truth About Cancer LIVE 2017.
Each speaker revealed their latest therapies and breakthroughs to beat, treat, and prevent cancer. The information they shared changed the lives of countless people and gave everyone hope for a healthier life.
Because the truth is: There are MANY different ways to prevent and heal cancer... and we don’t want you to miss a single one. The knowledge you gain from these presentation excerpts can help eliminate the fear of cancer from your life and replace it with hope.
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Our mission here at The Truth About Cancer is to educate the world on ALL the solutions and choices available to prevent and beat cancer, not just the surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation you hear from the conventional cancer establishment.
Every single day, tens of thousands of people just like you are curing cancer and/or preventing it from destroying their bodies. It’s time to take matters into your own hands and educate yourself on real cancer prevention and treatments. It could save your life or the life of someone you love.
TTAC co-founder Ty Bollinger traveled the country and the globe and sat down with the foremost doctors, researchers, experts, and cancer conquerors to find out their proven methods for preventing and treating cancer.
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You might be standing outside the front door of an employee's home, hands clammy, and also a cold sweat on your brow, a metallic taste inside your mouth. You're feeling so nervous that you might vomit or even faint.
Precisely why do you feel this way?
Imagine as an employer how you might feel if you were going to explain to a family the reason why their loved one, a member of your workforce has died after falling from height.
Precisely why did this have to happen?
You realise that you overlooked, or perhaps didn't get around to the task of planning for rescue and emergencies, which could have saved that employees life.
Planning for rescue and emergencies in regard to work at height is greater than a monetary issue; now it is a legal and moral duty for all business employers. The Working at Height Regulations 2005 and BS8437:2005. 4 (1) & (2) says:
"Every employer shall ensure that all work at height includes planning for emergences and rescue."
My intention is actually to provide food for thought, ideas for the future and possibly some solutions to your immediate issues.
The advantages of a rescue plan
Even in work places of the most safety conscious employer's accidents occur, therefore a rescue plan is a vital part of working at height and really should be managed using a working at height method statement and risk assessment, and should include training and practice. The lack of any type of post-fall rescue plan not merely puts the victim at risk, but also puts rescuers in harms way. Unplanned attempts at rescue often result in secondary and tertiary injuries or deaths.
CRITICAL PHASES OF A RESCUE.
There are 4-phases of a rescue, each phase presents unique safety challenges and has to be considered individually. As with all safety issues, increasing safety in one area can compromise safety in others. Rescue operations are carried out under extreme pressure, whatever training your employees have had or are yet to have, will determine how they react as each phase develops.
PHASE 1- Before the fall
The key issue of fall protection prior to a fall is compliance. If a harness is too uncomfortable, or interferes too much with carrying out the work being done, operatives may not use the equipment or may modify it (illegally) to make it more tolerable. A poorly fitted harness can result in severe injuries following a fall making rescue more difficult.
PHASE 2- Fall Arrest
The whole concept of fall protection is that operatives who fall will be stopped by a shock absorbing tethering system. Unfortunately, the posture of the falling operative is unpredictable.
Depending on the harness attachment point and the position of the operative's body at fall arrest, different harness attachments offer different advantages. An attachment near the shoulders means that any drag from the lanyard will serve to position the operative's body in an upright position so the forces are distributed from head to foot. The head is somewhat protected if the legs and body precede it in the fall, but this offers some disadvantages after the fall arrest is completed.
PHASE 3 - Suspension
Many safety professionals naturally assume that once a fall has been arrested then the fall protection system has successfully completed its job. Unfortunately, this is not the case. An operative suspended in an upright position with the legs dangling in a harness of any type is subject to suspension trauma and orthostatic intolerance.
Fall victims can slow the onset of suspension trauma by pushing down vigorously with the legs, by positioning their body in a slight leg-high position or, by standing up. Harness design and fall injuries may prevent these actions.
PHASE 4 - Post-fall rescue
Rescue must come rapidly to minimise the dangers of suspension trauma. The circumstances together with the lanyard attachment point will determine the possibility of self-rescue.
In situations where self-rescue is not possible, operatives must be supervised at all times. Regardless of whether an operative can self-rescue or must rely on others, time is of the essence because an operative may lose consciousness in only a few minutes.
For conscious casualties we recommend (where possible) that those suspended keep their legs moving to keep the blood pumping and reduce the risk of venous pooling, whilst deploying a self recovery rescue system.
For unconscious casualties we recommend using a raising or lowering system to facilitate the rescue of an unconscious casualty, ideally the equipment chosen will allow the rescue to be carried out in less than five minutes.
Unless the operative is rescued promptly using established safe procedures, suspension trauma caused by orthostatic intolerance could occur and result in serious or fatal injury as the brain, kidneys and other organs are deprived of oxygen. Most users of fall protection equipment are unaware of the hazard of suspension trauma.
Venous pooling - The need to faint and fall over
Death from suspension trauma is caused by orthostatic intolerance and is the result of venous pooling. This can occur any time a person is required to stand still for prolonged periods and may be worsened by heat and dehydration. Major blood vessels pass through the muscles in the legs. The movement of these muscles assists circulation by squeezing the blood back up towards the heart. If the muscles stop moving, gravity pulls the blood
down into the legs and reduces blood flow to vital organs
First Aid Procedures
Following completion of evidence based review of published medical literature: HSE has clarified guidance on the first aid management of a person falling into suspension in a harness who may develop 'suspension trauma'.
The key recommendations are:
a) No change should be made to the standard first aid guidance for the post recovery of a semi-conscious or unconscious person in a horizontal position, even if the subject of prior harness suspension.
b) No change should be made to the standard first aid guidance of ABC management, even if the subject of prior harness suspension.
c) A casualty who is experiencing pre-syncopal symptoms or who is unconscious whilst suspended in a harness should be rescued as soon as is safely possible.
d) If the rescuer is unable to immediately release a conscious casualty from a suspended position, elevation of
the legs by the casualty or rescuer where safely possible may prolong tolerance of suspension.
e) First responders to persons in harness suspension should be able to recognise the symptoms of pre-synsope.
For further guidance contact your first aid training provider
There are many other things to consider when planning for rescue, these include:
• How will you know someone has fallen?
• What communication systems are in place, how will your employee call for help?
• Who do your other employees call when an incident occurs?
• Incident Information, what information does the emergency services require?
• How safe will the rescuers be, before, during and post incident?
• How will the rescuers get to the casualty?
• Can you rescue in under 5 minutes, is there adequate equipment available?
• What if the casualty has additional injuries?
• Other considerations such as:
Ø Language barriers
Ø Adverse weather
Ø Working alone
Should you create a rescue plan that's very well thought out and sufficiently detailed to cover the majority of, if not all situations, obtain proper training, and practice it frequently. It is extremely improbable that you'll ever need to inform an employee's family of the death of a loved one, or give an account to the HSE that explains why you did not have a plan in place, when it is today a legal necessity to do so.
Steve is a senior trainer with Leading Edge Safety
Leading Edge has developed rescue training courses and rescue safety equipment which are suitable for all industry sectors and workplaces. For more information please visit Rescue Training and Equipment
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