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...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/ropes-courses-climbing-towers-construction-operation

When incorporating a ropes course or climbing wall into your program, it is important that you use the same due diligence in regards to risk management that you would for other program areas such as...

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

Looking Back The May 2001 issue of The CampLine first addressed the issue of the need for Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in camps. At that time there were a number of unresolved issues. Now...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/hipaa-privacy-rule-compliance-now-required

What are the implications for your camp? HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This law, passed by Congress in 1996, helps to protect individuals’ rights...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/colorado-law-lets-parents-waive-minors-right-sue

Colorado Senate Bill 253 was signed into law by the Governor on May 14. The new legislation expedites the legal process by making it legal for parents to release their minor’s rights to sue for...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/routine-crisis-readiness-check

Risk management is one of those areas where we never really “arrive” and have it all together. We learn new things. We hear of challenges faced by other camps. We experience a tragedy such as 9/11...