Contributing factors for injuries.....
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:33 pm
Over the last 20 years I have found that injuries received from training happen for variety reasons.
1. Student is untrained in technique or equipment
2. Instructor is untrained in technique or equipment
3. Failed to use safety coaches properly or effectively
4. Untrained personnel wearing the protective gear
5. Protective gear being used is not designed for the specific type of training
6. No documented training plan
7. No training platforms that support a progression series of training
8. Doing high level simulations to soon or early
9. No focused learning objective
10. Student breaks out of role
11. Instructor breaks out of role
12. No Site survey conducted prior to the beginning of training
13. Training area not suitable or proper for the type of training that is being conducted
14. Class is pressed for time
15. Student is injured prior to class being started
16. Instructor nursing an old or inflamed injury
17. Broken equipment
18. Allowing things to go to far
19. Failing to control all movement in the class
20. Last but not least........they are not following the protocol for conducting high level simulations
Even though you can never train for real encounters without some accident happening there are many things an instructor can do to limit theses and shoe "Due Care,".
These will be more defined in our FL class in March 2007.
For over 20 years, we have trained in a high level simulated world without serious injury or ANY KIND. I have seem most injuries that can happen, either from being a student in the class or conducting our own, and have investigated reasons for these injuries to occure, and we have developed protocols for preventing them and handling them when and if they do happen. Let's define injuries. We put them in 3 basic categories.
Level 1 injury (Minor);
A minor injury is an injury that can be treated in house, from a basic first aid kit, or basically needing a time out to recover. Minor injuries require no licensed medical physician to be treated. Injuries like slight surface scratches, small surface cuts on hands, nails and fingers. For some people even these minor injuries can be life altering.
Level 2 Injury (Serious);
A serious injury is an injury that CANNOT be treated in house, and requires immediate medical attention from a licensed medical physician. Requires first responders treatment to control the ABC's, and needs medical equipment not found in a basic first aid kit. Injuries like sprains (MOST people do not that simple sprains can be very deceiving and should be check by a licensed medical physician) blackouts or any kind, unable to breathe or even labored breathing, loss or impaired hearing or vision, distress in the heart or loss of normal skin color, wounds that open the skin and penetrate the body, eyes, chest, or groin area.
May require out patient care or hospitalization for recovery. Serious injuries professional treatment.
Level 3 Injury - (Brought into the training area)
A Level 3 injury can be a minor or major injury may be either treated in house, from a basic first aid kit, or basically needing a time out to recover too being transported to a clinic or licensed medical physician for treatment. These are old injuries healed or not healed completely.
This is the worst kind of injury because of the unknowns and can result in court room litigation, from law suits, or poor name recognition from the rumor mill...at times the rumor mill is even harder to recover from then the actual injury for dojo owners or trainers.
Just a few things more to thing about.
Dave
1. Student is untrained in technique or equipment
2. Instructor is untrained in technique or equipment
3. Failed to use safety coaches properly or effectively
4. Untrained personnel wearing the protective gear
5. Protective gear being used is not designed for the specific type of training
6. No documented training plan
7. No training platforms that support a progression series of training
8. Doing high level simulations to soon or early
9. No focused learning objective
10. Student breaks out of role
11. Instructor breaks out of role
12. No Site survey conducted prior to the beginning of training
13. Training area not suitable or proper for the type of training that is being conducted
14. Class is pressed for time
15. Student is injured prior to class being started
16. Instructor nursing an old or inflamed injury
17. Broken equipment
18. Allowing things to go to far
19. Failing to control all movement in the class
20. Last but not least........they are not following the protocol for conducting high level simulations
Even though you can never train for real encounters without some accident happening there are many things an instructor can do to limit theses and shoe "Due Care,".
These will be more defined in our FL class in March 2007.
For over 20 years, we have trained in a high level simulated world without serious injury or ANY KIND. I have seem most injuries that can happen, either from being a student in the class or conducting our own, and have investigated reasons for these injuries to occure, and we have developed protocols for preventing them and handling them when and if they do happen. Let's define injuries. We put them in 3 basic categories.
Level 1 injury (Minor);
A minor injury is an injury that can be treated in house, from a basic first aid kit, or basically needing a time out to recover. Minor injuries require no licensed medical physician to be treated. Injuries like slight surface scratches, small surface cuts on hands, nails and fingers. For some people even these minor injuries can be life altering.
Level 2 Injury (Serious);
A serious injury is an injury that CANNOT be treated in house, and requires immediate medical attention from a licensed medical physician. Requires first responders treatment to control the ABC's, and needs medical equipment not found in a basic first aid kit. Injuries like sprains (MOST people do not that simple sprains can be very deceiving and should be check by a licensed medical physician) blackouts or any kind, unable to breathe or even labored breathing, loss or impaired hearing or vision, distress in the heart or loss of normal skin color, wounds that open the skin and penetrate the body, eyes, chest, or groin area.
May require out patient care or hospitalization for recovery. Serious injuries professional treatment.
Level 3 Injury - (Brought into the training area)
A Level 3 injury can be a minor or major injury may be either treated in house, from a basic first aid kit, or basically needing a time out to recover too being transported to a clinic or licensed medical physician for treatment. These are old injuries healed or not healed completely.
This is the worst kind of injury because of the unknowns and can result in court room litigation, from law suits, or poor name recognition from the rumor mill...at times the rumor mill is even harder to recover from then the actual injury for dojo owners or trainers.
Just a few things more to thing about.
Dave