Recent content by hops19

I'll share. Again, Certified Athletic Trainer at a high school. We had an SCA event at an alumni baseball game this year. Nursing student and a nurse came out of the stands to perform CPR, one of our coaches is a retired FF/paramedic. The three of them handled CPR duties. Coach told me later...

Of course we have guidelines. First of all, let me say this: We don't grade concussions. That's a thing of the past. A concussion is a concussion. But a concussion itself is not grounds for a CT scan. Certain signs and symptoms would warrant referral to the ER for a CT scan. Those would include...

Nurses seem to be the worst about trying to butt in... We see it fairly often in the Athletic Training world too. I had one last year insist that a kid go to the ER for a CT scan for a concussion. I tried to explain to her (and to the kid's dad) why that wasn't necessary. But she had scared him...

From what I've read, it sounds like there may have been some miscommunication as to the nature of the call. EMS responded to what they thought was suicide, rather than an active shooter. This hits close to home... I work less than 6 miles from the shooting location. Our school went under a brief...

Alright, follow up question for y'all... I'd like to bring in paramedics from a couple local stations so they are familiar with us and vice versa. What are some things that you'd like to learn from our sports medicine team? What's beneficial? This could apply both with EMS onsite and with EMS...

Great testimony as to the necessity of Athletic Trainers, Team Doctors, and EMS for football. "Ricardo Lockette Says (Athletic) Trainers Saved His Life" http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/03/08/seattle-seahawks-ricardo-lockette-neck-injury-trainers-saved-life

The NATA and a few other organizations came out with a consensus statement last summer that said we should start removing equipment on the field, when possible. The logic for that is that chances are the ATs and other sports medicine staff members are more likely to be familiar with the specific...

Thanks Jon. Like I said, it's about providing appropriate and excellent Athletic Healthcare. The AT is the main provider and on the front lines in order to do this, but there are other providers who are important to our Sports Medicine Team. Our team doctors are also very important to us and I...

Thanks everybody for your thoughts. And I'd love to hear more. I agree with the idea that Friday night is not the time to be picking battles with each other and we don't want that. Let's be honest, if I was looking for that battle, I wouldn't have sought out and gained the approval to have EMS...

Sorry, saw your location after I posted. I'm up in Dallas. My understanding is many games have a physician on the sideline. Or maybe we're just fortunate. Our orthopedic surgeon splits his time between us and another high school. Last year he made it to 7 of our games I believe.. I think there...

Yes, we are well covered in many cases. But it's Texas football... We are nuts! Lol Smetimes for home games we have closer to 8 doctors on the field.. Depends on how many residents/fellows show up with our team docs that week. We do carry copies of medical information and emergency contact info...

All, I tried to do a search, but I didn't find much on the message board. And what I did find was more than a few years old... First off, I'm not an EMT. I'm an Athletic Trainer. We have been given permission to contract with our local fire department to provide EMS Standby for Varsity Football...

I don't have the research handy, but there is quite a bit of research done out of the University of Florida on this topic. I heard one of the ATs from there discussing this back in June and she said they conducted a study to test the spinal movement where they actually attached sensors onto the...

What y'all seem to be missing is this statement is not only from the National Athletic Trainers' Association. There were many groups involved including sports medicine doctors, spine surgeons, trauma surgeons, ER doctors, EMS groups, etc. That's why it is called a "Consensus Statement." The NATA...

The couple of times I've gone with an athlete to the hospital, one of the first things they did in the ER was to remove the backboard. At our national convention yesterday, I heard a talk from one of the authors where this was discussed. She believed it was important to use the spine-board, but...