An examination of AED implementation and related risk management practices in high school athletic departments

Daniel P. Connaughton, J.O. Spengler, James J. Zhang and Michael S. Carroll

Sport Management Review, 2011, vol. 14, issue 3, 258-268

Abstract: ► We examined AED implementation in high school athletic departments in one US state. ► We examined risk management practices and perceived constraints to AED implementation. ► Few athletic departments had implemented an AED program. ► Major constraints were costs, and lack of industry standard and liability information. ► Some departments were not complying with industry standards or immunity provisions.This study examined AED implementation, related risk management practices, and perceived constraints to AED implementation in high school athletic departments in one southern state in the United States. High school administrators (N = 269) participated in this study. Descriptive statistics, chi-square analyses, tests of point-biserial correlation coefficients, and t-tests revealed that a majority of the respondents were athletic directors (75.5%), at public schools (75.0%), CPR certified (65.9%), had worked in their current position for 10 years or less (72.2%), and had no or limited knowledge of their state's AED immunity laws (79%). Significantly (p

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.smr.2011.04.003

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