Southington Valley Midget Football - SVMFL: Safety
League provide volunteer medics to assist with the evaluation and treatment of minor injures during games and pratices. Interested parents will be provided with basic training course. For more informarion contact your head coach or team mom
Medical Forms
Parents are asked to return medical forms as soon as possible as no contact may be permitted during practices and equipment will not be issued until these forms are in the leagues posscession.
Preventing dog bites
We would like to request that you leave your dogs at home, and we do not have the right to force you to leave your dog home and we do not plan to force you. Dogs make great pets. Many people who have dogs think of them as part of the family. But dogs can also bite, and dog bites can cause serious injury and even death. During 1995-96 in the US, at least 25 persons died as the results of dog attacks. Twenty of these deaths were among children. In 1994, roughly 4.7 million persons in the U.S. were bitten by dogs. Of these, roughly 800,000 persons sought medical care for the bite. Over half of those getting medical care were children.
The past couple years we have incidents at the football field. Just last year we had a nine year boy get bitten by a dog on his upper lip. He had petted this dog at past games and had no problem. But he most had surprised the dog.
Studies suggest that many bites are preventable through simple strategies.
Dog Safety Tips for parents. You can reduce the chances of children being bitten or injured by a dog if we teach them some basic safety tips:
Never approach an unfamiliar dog.
Never run from a dog and scream.
Stay still when an unfamiliar dog comes up to you (be still like a tree).
If knocked over by a dog, roll into a ball and lie still
Do not look a dog in the eye
Do not disturb a dog that is sleeping, eating, or caring for puppies.
Do Not pet a dog without letting it see and sniff you first. Also ask the owner of the dog if is okay to pet it.
Never play with a dog unless supervised by an adlut.
Reminders to dog owners
Seek medical care for any serious dog bite and report all dog attacks.
Get the advise of a veterinarian about the right breed of dog if you are thinking about getting a family dog.
Be sure all pets are proberly immunized.
Seek a Veterinarian's advise quickly if your dog becomes aggressive.
Reminder of some code of ordinances the Town of Southington has in place.
Sec 14-33 (c) Domestic animals shall be leashed or bridled at all times when within a park.
Sec 14-33 (d) The owner or person in controll of a domestic animal within a park shall immediately remove thereform any feces deposited by such animal.
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