Services

Consultations

KSI’s most important function is to offer services to all levels of athletics and affiliated personnel (athletic trainers, team physicians, athletic directors, league supervisors, athletes, coaches, parents, principals, etc.) with regard to creating, altering, and or approving the current site-specific emergency action plans for preventing sudden death in sport, especially exertional heat stroke. 

We will go to individual organizations to provide assistance, serve as a consultant as they institute changes and guide them through the process, from policy to implementation, refinement, and then evaluation.

Advocacy 

We work with the governing bodies of sport organizations and state medical boards, among others, to campaign for the creation or improvement of existing policies as they relate to the prevention of sudden death in sport, especially as it relates to exertional heat stroke.

Education 

The Institute offers the most comprehensive database of current information related to the prevention of sudden death in sport, especially as it relates to exertional heat stroke, as well as on-site seminars at the University of Connecticut.

Additionally, we will go to specific settings to present talks and educate groups. We are developing a web-based CEU program for many different organizations and professionals, including athletic trainers, emergency medical technicians, team physicians, and coaches. We will also be developing a program to review and approve curricula used by individual states as part of their required health and safety seminars for coaches.

Research

We will build on our 20 years of research related to sudden death in sports and exertional heat stroke, and will continue using multiple research approaches, including quantitative and qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches to further our goals. Our research will range from basic science to applied, clinical and educational sciences. 

Mass-market Outreach

We will reach out with a blend of traditional and social media to educate the public on the prevention of sudden death in sport, especially as it relates to exertional heat stroke and heat illnesses. We plan to deliver this message through multiple channels including advertising, public service announcements, podcasts, CD ROMs, webinars, conferences as well as pitching stories to reporters and talk shows at the regional and national levels.

Distance Learning Educational Services

Cost: $300 per 90-minute presentation (75 minutes of talk/15 minutes for questions/answers)

• Exertional Heat Stroke

• Exertional Heat Stroke (2.5 hour version- 2 hours of talk- 30 minutes for Q & A)- This is $400.

• Heat Illness (with or with

• out Exertional Heat Stroke)

• Hydration

• Influence of hydration on physiological function and performance during exercise in the heat

• Overview of sudden death in sport

• Top 10 ways to prevent sudden death in sport

• What we can learn from Exertional Heat Stroke and Exertional Sickling legal cases

• Parent/Athlete/coaches Guide to Heat illnesses and hydration

• Maximizing elite athlete performance in the heat

• Hydration, body cooling, heat acclimatization

• Combination presentation on Exertional Sickling and Exertional Hyponatremia

• Each topic would be covered for 45 minutes

On-Site Presentations

Cost: $1,000+expenses*

• On-Site presentations will consist of a single 90-minute talk based on any of the 11 available talks listed above

On-Site Education (Intensive Training for medical staff, coaches, parents, administrative staff, etc.)

Cost: Day 1: $1,500+expenses*; Day 2: $1,000

• Presentations: Presentations are based on the 11 available above and will be 90 minutes in length

• Intensive Training: Hands on training session and will be 75 minutes in length and can be of any of the following:

• How to: Assess Body Temperature (Including rectal temperature)

• How to: Measure/Interpret Environmental Conditions (WBGT, WB Temp, etc)

• How to: Measure Hydration Status & Individual Fluid Needs (Urine Color & Specific Gravity, Sweat Rate, % Dehydration)

• How to: Options for Rapid Cooling (to include cold water immersion and other options)

• Each day will consist of any of two items that are offered (2 separate talks, 1 talk and 1 intensive training session, 2 intensive training sessions)

• Some equipment may need to be purchased by on-site contractor to conduct educational sessions (i.e. Rubbermaid Tub, etc.).

Reviewing Policies (Policies and Procedures Manuals related to heat/hydration and sudden death for schools, universities, teams, leagues)

Cost: On-Site (1-2 days): $2,500+expenses*; Remotely: $1,000

• This service provides: Initial review of heat/hydration guidelines and policies and procedures, provide feedback on guidelines, and second review of guidelines and policies and procedures once changes have been made.

* Expenses are defined as: flight cost, food and lodging costs, taxi to and from site, mileage to and from the airport, airport parking, tolls.

--Depending on the number of people we are servicing, we may need to send 2 KSI representatives and expense cost will reflect that.  In cases of multiple people travelling, KSI personnel will share the room.