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SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC TRAINERS: LEADERS IN PUBLIC SAFETY. Brian Robinson MS ATC LAT Glenbrook South High School Glenview, Illinois Chair, NATA Secondary School Committee NFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee NFHS Publication Committee.
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SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC TRAINERS:LEADERS IN PUBLIC SAFETY Brian Robinson MS ATC LAT Glenbrook South High School Glenview, Illinois Chair, NATA Secondary School Committee NFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee NFHS Publication Committee
Athletic Trainer:Point Person for Public Safety in Secondary Schools • Concussions • Heat Illness • Sickle Cell Trait • Sudden Cardiac Arrest • MRSA
Concussions • Athletic Issue • Identification • Baseline testing • Management • RTP • Education • Parents • Athletes • Coaches • Academic Issue • Education • Administration • Counselors • Teachers • Cognitive Rest • Academic Modifications
Heat Illness • Education • Audience • Parents, athletes and coaches • Objective • Prevention • Identification • Management
Heat Illness • Resources • NATA Position Statements: • Fluid Replacement for Athletes (2000) • Exertional Heat Illness (2002) • Inter-Association Task Force on Exertional Heat Illness (2003) • Preseason Heat-Acclimatization Guidelines for Secondary School Athletics (2009) • NFHS Position Statement • Position Statement and Recommendations for Hydration to Minimize the Risk for Dehydration and Heat Illness (2008)
Sickle Cell Trait EDUCATION EDUCATION • Parents & athletes • Testing • PPE • Prevention • Identification • Precautions &Treatment • Coaches • Prevention • Identification of symptoms • Precautions &Treatment
Sickle Cell TraitResources • NATA Consensus Statement: Sickle Cell Trait and the Athlete • NCAA: Sickle Cell Trait; A Fact Sheet for Coaches (2010) • NCAA: Sickle Cell Trait; A Fact Sheet for Student-Athletes (2010)
Sudden Cardiac Death • Importance of Emergency Action Plan • Written by athletic trainer • Resources • Inter-Association Recommendation on Emergency Preparedness & Management of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in High School & Collegiate Athletic Programs (2007) • NATA: Emergency Planning in Athletics (2002) • NATA Official Statements • Automated External Defibrillators (2003) • CommotioCordis (2007) • Future • Task Force to be convened in January 2012
MRSAMethicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus • Educate • Parents & athletes • Prevention • Management • Coaches • ID potential skin diseases • Prevention • Management • Containment • School Nurses • Physicians • Teachers • Custodial Staff
Additional Issues • Athletic Events • Spectator Safety • Athlete Safety • PPE • History • Cardiac screening • Orthopaedic screening
Conclusion • Athletic trainers becoming the point person for public safety as well as entry into the medical system • Importance of Emergency Action Plan
THANK YOU Brian Robinson MS ATC LAT brobinson@glenbrook225.org