Medical Personnel Needed

Dates and Hours: April 5-9, 2006 
Weds 1st game 8pm - last game starts at 1am
Thurs 1st game 7am - last game starts at 1am
Fri 1st game 7am - last game starts at 1am
Sat 1st game 7am - last game starts at 10:45pm
Sun 1st game 7am - last game starts at 2:15pm

During the course of the event, there will be 84 hours of inline hockey games played (2 games are played simultaneously each hour since it is a 2-rink facility).

NCRHA is a not-for-profit organization that provides college roller hockey opportunities for athletes. We are the only organization of our kind and this is the sole National Championship of its kind. Athletes play hard and tough at this event for the opportunity to be crowned champion of 4 divisions. Any and all kinds of injuries have occurred throughout the past events.

Injuries can occur at any time and have occurred in the past in the first game of the event up to and including the final game. In years past common injuries include:

• sprained ankles
• pulled groins
• injured/twisted knees
• facial lacerations (cages are worn)
• concussions
• general exhaustion
• general collisions between players
• dehydration
  

The same total amount of games have been played for the past 3 years. We have averaged about 15 injuries requiring immediate medical attention PER each

year and generally not life threatening, though we have had a few serious injuries. Unfortunately, you just never know. We have a great staff of officials who

manage games well and are proactive in injury prevention. We do however need medical staff present, as injuries DO occur.

We offer $15 an hour and would like to have one medical person present during as much of the event is possible. While we would hope for the highest level of medically trained personnel, we will accept a level of First Responder. A few teams do carry medical staff or a 'trainer' with them.

We can and do have some medical supplies but would request personnel to bring their own or let us know what would be needed. We do not own a backboard.

We go through lots of Band-Aids, butterflies, and ice packs (real ice provided by concession). We do not provide support wraps.

This is a wonderful opportunity to watch some of the best hockey in the country and though injuries cannot be predicted, we don't anticipate an EMT to be

that busy.  You would be doing a great favor to the NCRHA.  Please feel free to forward this information on to anyone who might interested in helping with this event.

For more information about the event, please visit www.NCRHA.org.