ACSM's Health/Fitness Facility Standards and Guidelines

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ACSM
3rd Edition
2007
US Price: $59
216 pages
9780736051538

About the ACSM | Table of Contents

Revised and updated to reflect the most current information from the American College of Sports Medicine, ACSM’s Health/Fitness Facility Standards and Guidelines, Third Edition, outlines the proper standards and guidelines to follow for designing and operating health and fitness facilities. The book provides facility managers with the tools necessary for evaluating the quality of their facilities, staff, and programs, and it shows them what they must do to maintain the standard of care that they offer their members and users. Facility managers will also get tips on what services, equipment, or programming they should provide to enhance the overall experience at their facility, thereby increasing and retaining membership.

By incorporating the views of industry trade organizations and fitness associations, this new third edition represents an up-to-date industry consensus on accepted standards (the minimal performance expectations each facility must meet) and guidelines (recommendations for each facility achieving higher than minimal expectations) for staffing, programming, safety, design, and equipment. The following are updates and enhancements to this new edition:

• A thorough presentation of standards and guidelines addressing all aspects of facility management, such as risk management and emergency planning, pre-activity screening, orientation, education, supervision, staff qualifications, facility design and construction, facility equipment, signage, and operational practices
• Explanations about why compliance to the standards is beneficial to health and fitness facilities
• Recommendations concerning the development of technological advances, such as automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
• Related federal laws, including the OSHA blood-borne pathogen rule, employment laws, and the Federal Privacy Act, so that facility managers can protect their members as well as their businesses
• ACSM position statements and information from the most recent ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (2006)
• A substantial increase in the supplemental materials and forms featured in the appendixes, providing even more specific detailed information for various types of facilities

ACSM’s Health/Fitness Facility Standards and Guidelines, Third Edition, is far more applicable than previous editions. By organizing the content into chapters that feature reviews and discussions of specific focal points as well as many practical applications, the material is easy to apply in real-world situations. Each chapter is focused on a specific issue and addresses both the standards and guidelines that pertain to that issue.

As a result, facility managers in every setting can gain a clear understanding of how to put the recommendations into practice, whether in a community or workplace facility, school, hotel, or spa. By measuring their facilities against the recommendations, managers can enhance the services they deliver to facility members.

About the ACSM

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) is the largest, most respected sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world. What started with a group of only 11 physicians, physiologists, and educators in 1954 has evolved into a diversified professional association that comprises more than 20,000 international, national, and regional chapter members in 80 countries and represents more than 50 occupations.

Table of Contents

• Editors and Editorial Board
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Notice and Disclaimer
  • Chapter 1. Blueprint for Excellence
  • Chapter 2. Pre-Activity Screening
    • Standards for Pre-Activity Screening
    • Guidelines for Pre-Activity Screening
  • Chapter 3. Orientation, Education, and Supervision
    • Standards for Orientation, Education, and Supervision
    • Guidelines for Orientation, Education, and Supervision
  • Chapter 4. Risk Management and Emergency Policies
    • Standards for Risk Management and Emergency Policies
    • Guidelines for Risk Management and Emergency Policies
  • Chapter 5. Professional Staff and Independent Contractors
    • Standards for Health/Fitness Facility Professional Staff and Independent Contractors
    • Guidelines for Health/Fitness Facility Professional Staff and Independent Contractors
  • Chapter 6. Health/Fitness Facility Design and Construction
    • Standards for Health/Fitness Facility Design and Construction
    • Guidelines for Health/Fitness Facility Design and Construction
  • Chapter 7. Health/Fitness Facility Equipment
    • Standards for Health/Fitness Facility Equipment
    • Guidelines for Health/Fitness Facility Equipment
  • Chapter 8. Health/Fitness Facility Operating Practices
    • Standards for Health/Fitness Facility Operating Practices
    • Guidelines for Health/Fitness Facility Operating Practices
  • Chapter 9. Signage in Health/Fitness Facilities
    • Standards for Signage in Health/Fitness Facilities
    • Guidelines for Signage in Health/Fitness Facilities
• Appendix A. Supplements
• Appendix B. Forms
• Appendix C. Accessible Sports Facilities: A Summary of Accessibility Guidelines for Recreational Facilities
• Appendix D. Accessible Swimming Pools and Spas: A Summary of Accessibility Guidelines for Swimming Pools and Spas
• Appendix E. Trade and Professional Associations Involved in the Health/Fitness Facility Industry
• Appendix G. AHA/ACSM Joint Position Statement: Recommendations for Cardiovascular Screening, Staffing, and Emergency Policies at Health/Fitness Facilities
• Appendix H. ACSM/AHA Joint Position Statement: Automated External Defibrillators in Health/Fitness Facilities
  Appendix I. Bibliography
• Index

Audiences

An applied reference for health and fitness facility professionals, hospitals and other institutions, and attorneys.