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SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC TRAINERS: LEADERS IN PUBLIC SAFETY

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

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  1. 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

  2. Athletic Trainer:Point Person for Public Safety in Secondary Schools • Concussions • Heat Illness • Sickle Cell Trait • Sudden Cardiac Arrest • MRSA

  3. Concussions

  4. Concussions • Athletic Issue • Identification • Baseline testing • Management • RTP • Education • Parents • Athletes • Coaches • Academic Issue • Education • Administration • Counselors • Teachers • Cognitive Rest • Academic Modifications

  5. Heat Illness • Education • Audience • Parents, athletes and coaches • Objective • Prevention • Identification • Management

  6. 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)

  7. Sickle Cell Trait EDUCATION EDUCATION • Parents & athletes • Testing • PPE • Prevention • Identification • Precautions &Treatment • Coaches • Prevention • Identification of symptoms • Precautions &Treatment

  8. 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)

  9. 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

  10. MRSAMethicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus • Educate • Parents & athletes • Prevention • Management • Coaches • ID potential skin diseases • Prevention • Management • Containment • School Nurses • Physicians • Teachers • Custodial Staff

  11. Additional Issues • Athletic Events • Spectator Safety • Athlete Safety • PPE • History • Cardiac screening • Orthopaedic screening

  12. Conclusion • Athletic trainers becoming the point person for public safety as well as entry into the medical system • Importance of Emergency Action Plan

  13. THANK YOU Brian Robinson MS ATC LAT brobinson@glenbrook225.org

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