Andover Soccer Camp is not equipped to care for sick children.  The Athletic Trainer, along with the camp directors will decide if a camper can attend camp.  If a camper becomes ill while at the camp, the athletic trainer will contact the parent or emergency contact person to ask that the child be taken home.  Circumstances that would prompt such action include instances where the staff feels the camper needs to see a physician, is contagious or requires prolonged individual attention that may interfere with the supervision of our other campers.  Until the parent arrives at the camp, the child will be made comfortable in an appropriate setting, depending upon the severity of illness.  This may include the Isham Health Center.

The parents will be provided information of symptoms upon arrival.  Should these symptoms indicate an infection of a communicable nature (impetigo, lice, conjunctivitis, etc.) parents will be asked to take the child to a physician.  The Andover Soccer Camp will request a doctor’s note stating the diagnosis and date that the child may return to the camp.

Parents should not bring their child to the camp when there is a chance the he/she is not well.  Common conditions for sending a camper home include:

•      Temperature:  If a camper has a fever, she/he will be sent home.  The temperature should be normal, as well as energy level and appetite, before the child returns to camp.

•      Vomiting and/or Diarrhea:  Complaints of loose stools and observation of vomiting necessitates a return to home.  These conditions may not only spread throughout the camp but it is a disservice to the camper if they can not be in more comfortable environment.  The camper may return when these conditions are under control.

•     Impetigo:  This condition appears as crusty sores which may be located anywhere on the body, but initially on the face.  Campers may return 24 hours after the lesions are dried up.

•     Conjunctivitis:   This is a very contagious eye infection.  There will be eye redness, tearing associated with yellow discharge.  There may be difficulty in opening the infected eye.  The camper should see his/her physician and be free of eye discharge before returning to camp.

•      Strep Throat and Scarlet Fever:  This condition involves a sore throat, swollen neck glands and a fever.  This condition requires a visit to the physician and a doctor’s note before a return to the camp.  Scarlet Fever is a strep throat with a rash in the throat with a sandpaper feeling.  A physician’s note is needed with return date noted.

•      Chicken Pox:  These campers should seek their physician advice for camp participation.  Children may attend the camp after exposure and/or during the incubation period (11-20 days after initial contact).  We need to be notified if exposure is suspected:  the camp will notify parents of other campers.  Children may not attend camp until all sores have healed over.

•      Respiratory Infections:  These are very common and usually caused by viruses.  Parents should keep their children home until they are free of fever.

•      Head Lice: This condition is characterized be a very itchy scalp and nits which resemble dandruff.  These cannot be easily removed from the hair.  Children may return to the center after receiving treatment prescribed by the camper’s doctor. 

If a child is sent home due to illness, the staff will provide a symptom report.  If the camper is ill with a contagious condition, parents should inform the Andover Soccer Camp staff to enable us to inform other parents.  We will post a notice to inform parents of the type of communicable disease. Questions will be referred to the medical staff (Isham Health Center and Athletic Trainers).