13th Man Foundation For Youth Sports
13th Man Foundation For Youth Sports
13th Man Foundation For Youth Sports
13th Man Foundation For Youth Sports
13th Man Foundation For Youth Sports
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13th Man Foundation For Youth Sports
The 13th Man Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to youth sports safety. Our goal is to put Nurses, Doctors, and EMTs on the sidelines of youth sporting events so that every kid playing youth sports can be treated immediately by a professional in case of an injury. In addition, we hope to create a series of instructional videos that are meant for parent coaches. These videos will help parent coaches learn correct and instructional ways of running practices and drills. This will help parents teach kids proper technique and safety in order to help prevent future injuries. The nurses, doctors, and EMTs will have the right to pull a kid out of a game if deemed necessary and will advise parents whether the kid needs further medical assistance thereafter.
I came up with the idea for the 13th Man Foundation a couple days after I broke my ankle playing football. I limped off the field unaware of my injury. There was no doctor or trainer at the game so my coach taped up my ankle and I returned to the game. The next day I went to the emergency room to find out that I broke my ankle. By returning to the game, I injured my ankle more and it cost me the whole rest of the season. While on the sideline I noticed that for the majority of away games there was no trainer or medical assistance. I thought that if there was a doctor at my game he or she would have stopped me from going back into the game and I would have been able to come back and play before the season was over. So I asked my dad if we could create a charity that would put medical professionals on the sidelines of youth sporting events and ever since we have been working on the 13th Man Foundation.
Donations are easy to make and will help greatly. On our website go to the donation page and fill out either your PayPal or credit card information. Donations are needed in order to help 13th Man doctors, nurses, and EMTs save kids lives. For example, Sudden Cardiac Arrest is the leading cause of death in young athletes. Only 1 in 10 student athletes who suffer from Sudden Cardiac Arrest live. However, survival rates have been reported at 41-74% if a bystander provides CPR and a defibrillation occurs within 3 to 5 minutes. The money from your donations will go to purchasing defibrillators and giving them to 13th Man representatives at every youth sporting event.
Of course nothing is more important than the safety of these young athletes. So if you’re a parent reading this please contact your league and tell them to register so that 13th man representatives can be on the sideline of your kid’s games.