SAFETY INFO

Helmets, Prescription Sports Goggles and Eye Safety!

MYO is proud to partner with Superspecs program.  

Superspecs works to reduce the incidence of eye injury in Ohio to zero. They protect kids’ eyes while they’re playing by providing MYO no-cost baseball and softball helmets with face masks. MYO uses these helmets to keep coaches’ equipment bags updated and also provide helmets to players in need. 

MYO requires all athletes to wear a helmet while playing and running the bases.

 Superspecs also offer families prescription sports goggles for any activity. Follow this link to a form to see if your family qualifies. Click here

When kids know they won’t get hurt, they can focus on sharpening their skills on the field.

For more information on Eye Safety:

Click here for preventing eye injury facts:
PREVENTING EYE INJURY FACTS

Click here to see what to do if you havef an eye injury:
superspec_eye_injury_reference.pdf

In the event of an injury at a practice or a game, it needs to be reported to MYO. Each field equipment box should have injury report forms for you to fill out on site. If you cannot find them, you can download the one attached here, fill it out, and then e-mail it in to MYO.

DOWNLOAD:  

• injury report form.docx
  

What is a concussion?

A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury—or TBI—caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or by a hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth. This sudden movement can cause the brain to bounce around or twist in the skull, creating chemical changes in the brain and sometimes stretching and damaging brain cells.

Medical providers may describe a concussion as a “mild” brain injury because concussions are usually not life-threatening. Even so, the effects of a concussion can be serious.

Ohio Department of Health Concussion Information Sheet For Youth Sports Organizations

Ohio's Return To Play Law

As of April 26, 2013, Ohio’s Return-to-Play law (ORC 3313.539 or ORC 3314.03) requires that Ohio youth athletes who are suspected of sustaining a concussion, MUST be removed from practice or play. Ohio laws prohibit a child to return to play (practice or competition) on the same day that he/she is removed on suspicion of having sustained a concussion. He/she may return the following day if cleared in writing by a physician (MD or DO) or other authorized healthcare provider that they did not sustain a concussion.

Downloadable Documents: 

• Return To Play info for Coaches
• Return To Play info for Parents
• Return To Play F.A.Q.
• Return To Play Medical Clearance Form

Concussion Training

Because of the significant health concern posed by the risk of concussions, and because of the Return to Play laws enacted by the State of Ohio, MYO requires all coaches and umpires to complete concussion training. 

MYO Concussion Training Information

Lindsay’s Law: Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Youth Athletes

What is Sudden Cardiac Arrest?

A Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) occurs when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating, cutting off blood flow to the brain and other vital organs.  Sudden cardiac arrest is fatal if not treated immediately, most often by a defibrillator.

Who is Lindsay?

Senate Bill 252 is named for national heart health advocate and former Miss Ohio Lindsay Davis who suffers from a heart condition and has since dedicated her career to raising awareness of this potentially fatal condition.

"Sudden cardiac arrest is the number one killer of student athletes," said Davis. "At any moment I could have died because coaches and teachers had no idea this was even a possibility for someone who looked as healthy as I did at that age."

Lindsay’s Law

Lindsay’s Law, Ohio Revised Code 3313.5310, 3707.58 and 3707.59 went into effect in 2017.

In accordance with this law, the Ohio Department of Health, the Ohio Department of Education, the Ohio High School Athletic Association, the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Cardiology and other stakeholders jointly developed guidelines and other relevant materials to inform and educate students and youth athletes participating in or desiring to participate in an athletic activity, their parents, and their coaches about the nature and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest.

The following resources were developed to implement Lindsay’s Law:

For parents/guardians and youth athletes:

• Required video

• Required SCA Informational Handout

• Required Signature Form

For coaches:

• If you are a coach for an interscholastic sport and are licensed by the Ohio Department of Education, please visit their website for information about their training requirements around Lindsay’s Law.

• If you are a coach in a community program, please use the following resources:

  • Required video

  • Required SCA Informational Handout

ODH Contact Information

Ohio Department of Health
School Nursing Program
246 North High Street, 7th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215

Telephone: 614-466-1930