secondary school athletic trainers: leaders in public safety

Brian Robinson MS ATC LATGlenbrook South High School

Glenview, IllinoisChair, NATA Secondary School CommitteeNFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee

NFHS Publication Committee

Concussions Heat Illness Sickle Cell

Trait Sudden

Cardiac Arrest MRSA

Athletic Issue Identification

Baseline testing Management

RTP Education

Parents Athletes Coaches

Academic Issue Education

Administration Counselors Teachers

Cognitive Rest Academic

Modifications

Education Audience

Parents, athletes and coaches Objective

Prevention Identification Management

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)

EDUCATION EDUCATION Parents & athletes

Testing PPE

Prevention Identification Precautions

&Treatment

Coaches Prevention Identification of

symptoms Precautions

&Treatment

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)

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) Commotio Cordis (2007)

Future Task Force to be convened in January 2012

Educate Parents &

athletes Prevention Management

Coaches ID potential skin

diseases Prevention Management

Containment School Nurses Physicians Teachers Custodial Staff

Athletic Events Spectator Safety Athlete Safety

PPE History Cardiac

screening Orthopaedic

screening

Athletic trainers becoming the point person for public safety as well as entry into the medical system

Importance of Emergency Action Plan

Brian Robinson MS ATC LAT

brobinson@glenbrook225.org