Whitecaps London ensures all coaches are First Aid trained and prepared to act quickly in emergencies, following our detailed Emergency Action Plan to protect every player’s safety.
All Whitecaps London coaches, managers, and trainers are required to complete Emergency First Aid training. Each team must maintain an Emergency Action Plan (EAP) and ensure all officials understand how to activate it.
In any emergency, call 911 first. The EAP should be activated when a player has no pulse, is not breathing, is bleeding profusely, has impaired consciousness, sustains an injury to the head, neck, or back, experiences major trauma to a limb, cannot move or feel their limbs, or when the team official believes activation is necessary. When activating the EAP, the team official must take control of the situation, assess the injuries, call 911 or assign someone to do so, and provide clear information about the injury. Another person should be directed to meet paramedics and guide them to the injured player. First aid should be provided to stabilize the player until help arrives.
Once the player is stabilized, the team official should have the player’s medical form ready for paramedics, notify the parents if they are not present, and take detailed notes of the incident, including the player’s name, injuries, hospital name, time, location, and any witnesses or referees involved. The incident must then be recorded with Whitecaps London.
Each player must have a completed Emergency Medical Form on file. These forms must be stored in the team’s EAP binder, and each player’s assigned letter from the index page should be printed in the top right corner of their form. This ensures the information is easily accessible to coaches, trainers, and medical staff in the event of an emergency.
The following facilities are commonly used by Whitecaps London:
North London Athletic Fields – 1225 Adelaide Street North
Stoneybrook Field – 815 Windermere Road
Windermere Fields – 745 Adelaide Street North
Western Mustang Soccer Pitch – 100 Philip Aziz Avenue (behind TD Waterhouse Stadium)
BMO Centre – 295 Rectory Street
Emergency hospital contacts include:
Victoria Hospital, 800 Commissioners Road East, London, ON N6A 5W9 – (519) 685-8500
University Hospital, 339 Windermere Road, London, ON N6A 5A5 – (519) 685-8500
Each Whitecaps London team must maintain a complete first aid kit, which includes: one first aid box and pocket guide, three instant cold packs, two pairs of surgical gloves, three antiseptic towelettes, six moist wet-naps, one wire splint, one heat-reflective survival wrap, ten regular adhesive bandages, five large adhesive bandages, four 3x3 sterile gauze pads, two triangular bandages, one rolled sterile stretch gauze bandage, one roll of 3M medical tape, one elastic support bandage with two holding pins, one pair of tweezers, one pair of bandage scissors, ten safety pins (in two sizes), one eye wash bottle, one adult CPR pocket mask, and one Ziploc bag.
Parents must complete the Emergency Medical Form for their child. The form requires the child’s name, contact phone numbers, health card number, and any dangerous medical conditions such as asthma or allergies. Parents must also provide information on any drug allergies or medical details a doctor should know and must sign to authorize emergency medical treatment.
