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Non-athletically Related Emergencies

NON-ATHLETICALLY RELATED EMERGENCY

A medical emergency is a situation requiring immediate action to prevent loss of life. The emergency procedures are for those medical emergencies that need to be seen by a doctor as soon as possible and occur beyond the normal office hours.

1. Attempt to contact your coach, the athletic trainer for your sport, or the Sports Medicine Office at 732-445-6258.

2. When unable to contact the above mentioned staff immediately, you can also call the Hurtado Health Center at 732-932-7402. Hours of Operation can be found here.

3. In an extreme emergency or life-threatening situation, call campus police at 932-7211 or 911 to get to the local hospital emergency room (Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital ER: 732 828-3000) and have campus police contact the Team Physician.

4. Follow-up with your team athletic trainer and/or the Team Physician for additional evaluation and treatment.

5. After evaluation of the problem and approval by the Team Physician, in conjunction with the athletic trainer, the student-athlete will be allowed to return to competition

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