Table 2.
Coaches' Awareness of Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Availability During Practices and Competitions
| Variable |
Coaches, No. (%) |
χ2 Value |
P Value |
|
| High School |
Club Sport |
|||
| Aware of EAP for practice venue? | 76.9 | <.001 | ||
| Yes | 417 (83.9) | 148 (54.4) | ||
| No | 80 (16.1) | 124 (45.6) | ||
| Practiced EAP for practice venue in past 12 months?a | 1.2 | .54 | ||
| Yes | 103 (24.7) | 41 (27.7) | ||
| No | 292 (70.0) | 102 (68.9) | ||
| Not sure/cannot remember | 22 (5.3) | 5 (3.4) | ||
| Is AED available at practice venue? | 95.8 | <.001 | ||
| Yes | 437 (87.9) | 160 (58.8) | ||
| No | 45 (9.1) | 56 (20.6) | ||
| Do not know/not sure | 15 (3.0) | 56 (20.6) | ||
| Aware of AED location at practice venue?b | 13.5 | <.001 | ||
| Yes | 426 (97.5) | 144 (90.0) | ||
| No | 11 (2.5) | 16 (10.0) | ||
| Distance of practice-venue AED from location where team practices, minb | 39.7 | <.001 | ||
| 0–1 | 325 (74.4) | 93 (58.1) | ||
| 1–3 | 86 (19.7) | 49 (30.6) | ||
| 3–5 | 20 (4.6) | 4 (2.5) | ||
| >5 | 3 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Do not know/not sure | 3 (0.7) | 14 (8.8) | ||
| How often are you made aware of the EAP at competition venues? | 9.9 | .02 | ||
| None of the time | 261 (52.5) | 171 (62.9) | ||
| Some of the time | 162 (32.6) | 77 (28.3) | ||
| Most of the time | 52 (10.5) | 15 (5.5) | ||
| Almost all of the time | 22 (4.4) | 9 (3.3) | ||
a
Respondents were asked this question only if they answered yes to being aware of the EAP at their practice venue.
b
Respondents were asked this question only if they answered yes to an AED being available at their practice venue.