Sports Medicine Team

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Sports Medicine Team
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What is Sports Medicine?

• Many connotations
• Generic term encompassing many different
  specialties
• ACSM definition
• a multidisciplinary approach, which includes
  physiological, biomechanical, psychological and
  pathological phenomena with exercise and sports
• Scientific and medical knowledge to prevent and
  care for injuries related to sports
• Do this through a team approach

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Primary Sports Medicine Team Hierarchy
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Team Physician

• Onsite supervision
• FINAL authority
• Duties
• Compiling medical history
• Diagnosing injury
• Return to play
• Disqualification
• Dispense Meds

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Primary Care Physician

• Takes over control when team physician not there
• May be team physician
• May be better choice for high schools

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Certified Athletic Trainer

• Most intimately involved in athlete health care
• Liaison Officer
• Under direct supervision of physician
• Duties of ATC

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Student Athletic Trainer

• Duties
• Decision Making?

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Coach

• Directly responsible for preventing injury
• How?
• CANNOT MAKE THE RETURN TO PLAY DECISION

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Sport Participant

• How can they prevent injuries?