Due to increasing numbers of lawsuits, educators need protection against financial liability to persons claiming injury on school property or in school-related activities. This legal memorandum describes needed protections, discusses the National Association of Secondary School Principals' (NASSP) role in developing liability insurance, and…

Under examination at this hearing was the best mechanism for a system of compensation for vaccine injuries. Also considered was the applicability of environmental legislation to vaccines, and whether approval by the Federal Government means that a vaccine is, in effect, as safe as it could be. Statements were presented by representatives of the…

These National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) newsletters contain information on injuries sustained by girls who participate in high school basketball. Types of injuries are listed with a breakdown of injuries during games and practice, and of the parts of the body affected. A fact sheet is included outlining the qualifications and…

This book was designed to provide the professional with a straightforward and complete resource for those factors that must be considered in the provision of safe units of instruction in the commonly taught sports and activities. Twenty-one chapters provide essential information, checklists, and outlines, as well as ways to ensure student safety.…

The three major causes of injury and mortality among children in the state of Virginia are, in order of frequency, automobile-related accidents, poison ingestion, and suicide. With respect to injuries sustained in automobile accidents, adults traveling with children by car must accept responsibility for the safety of child passengers. Acute…

This paper presents an overview of the functions of connective tissue and the mechanisms of joint injury and contracture formation in relation to therapeutic exercise. The components of connective tissue operation are explained, including fibroblasts, macrophages, plasma cells, and collagen. An examination of the histology of connective tissue as…

The Teenage Health Teaching Modules (THTM) program is a health education curriculum for adolescents. Each THTM module frames an adolescent health task emphasizing development of self-assessment, communication, decision making, health advocacy, and self-management. This module deals with the epidemiology or nationwide patterns of injuries, and the…

Examines legal liability of physical educators for student injuries. (PB)

Presented before the Section on Athletic Medicine, American College Health Association, Forty-sixth Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 1, 1968.

Results of a national survey of major and minor injuries and deaths in secondary and college sports are reported. The survey covered the following topics: (1) responsibility for health services; (2) participation in athletics; (3) injuries and deaths in athletics; (4) injuries by available health care; and (5) injury rates in athletics. Results of…

The principles of kinesiology (the study of the mechanics of human motion) are applied to the energy, action, and reaction used in physical activities in this booklet designed for physical education teachers. In the first chapter, force is defined, and the production, application, and absorption of force are described and illustrated. Effects of…

A tort is defined as a civil wrong, independent of breach of contract, that results in injury to another person who is entitled to collect damages. The array of cases handed down in 1977 indicates that the tort domain of education law remains heavily litigated. This chapter shows that student injury cases continue to dominate, although…

In three languages, Spanish, French and English, these materials provide facts, background information and guides for preventing accidental harm to children. The materials, organized in three identical packets consisting of four pamphlets, offer information for mass media specialists, guidelines for administrators and decision makers, a technical…

The purpose of these Federal safety guidelines is to reduce the severity and frequency of injury associated with public playground equipment under conditions of normal use and reasonably foreseeable misuse. Safety guidelines regarding: (1) assembly, installation, maintenance instructions and identification; (2) materials of manufacture and…