https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/administering-emergency-prescription-drugs-legal-implications-policy-considerations

Medical emergencies that require immediate life-saving prescription drugs to be administered by a nonlicensed professional create unique problems for camps. Some medical emergencies (like...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/playground-safety

Each year, more than 200,000 children visit hospital emergency rooms because of playground injuries. Approximately fifteen children die each year as a result of playground equipment-related incidents...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/department-labor-issues-final-ruling-revising-white-collar-exemptions

On April 20, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued final rules revising the definitions of who is exempt from the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Fair...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/nightmare-97-whos-running-your-challenge-course

More and more camps are incorporating challenge courses into their activities offered to campers. As a tool for group development, personal development, and some good plain fun, the challenge course...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/cpsc-issues-new-safety-warning-paintball-guns

Based on its investigation of two deaths caused by carbon dioxide (CO2) canisters flying off paintball guns, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is issuing a new warning. Paintball gun...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aeds-camps

Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) are portable units used to electrically stimulate the heart during cardiac arrest. In the camp environment, cardiac arrest usually involves older staff, older...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/authenticating-enforcing-e-signatures-companies-doing-business-over-internet-are-seeking-ways

While the Internet continues to replace traditional forms of commerce communication, the use of contracts to memorialize business agreements remains constant. To fully implement the transition to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/update-camps-fifteen-passenger-vans

For some time now, media has highlighted accidents in fifteen-passenger vans. We’ve talked about it here in CampLine. We’ve offered camps numerous resources upon which to rely in making their...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/using-commercial-background-checking-services

This article is an update of one previously published in CampLine, Winter Issue 2002. Many camps have been challenged by the time, effort, and frustration of doing criminal background checks of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/risk-management-implications-spraying-chemicals-control-mosquitoes

Minimizing the Risk of West Nile Virus West Nile Virus (WNV) continues to spread across the United...