ATH TRNG 661 Survey of Sports Medicine

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ATH TRNG 661Survey of Sports Medicine

• Chapter 1 The Sports Medicine Team

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What is Sports Medicine
A lot of different professions including

• Physical Therapists
• Sports Nutritionists
• Sports Psychologists
• Dentists
• Podiatrists
• Optometrists
• Others

• Athletic Trainers
• Physicians
• Family practice
• Orthopedics
• Sports Scientists
• Exercise physiology
• Biomechanics
• Motor control

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Why Sports Medicine?
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The Sports Medicine Team

• Team Approach to athletic healthcare
• Each profession does a specific part of the care
• Provides comprehensive care
• Focused on the athlete
• Requires excellent communication between parts
  and good oversight

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An Athletic Trainer

• Trains athletes (like a personal trainer)
• WRONG
• Coaches a boxer
• WRONG
• Provides daily athletic healthcare
• CORRECT!

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Primary Players on the team

• Athletic Trainer
• Day to day care
• Comprehensive care
• Prevention
• Recognition, evaluation immediate care
• Rehabilitation Reconditioning
• Healthcare administration
• Largest contact time of any team member

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Official Definition

• The Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) works with
  physicians and other medical personnel,
  employers, patients, parents, guardians, and
  athletic personnel in the development and
  coordination of efficient and responsive health
  care delivery systems. Athletic trainers are
  integral members of the health care team in
  secondary schools, colleges and universities,
  professional sports programs, sports medicine
  clinics, corporate /industrial, and other health
  care settings. The athletic trainers
  professional preparation is based on the
  development of specified educational competencies
  and clinical proficiencies.

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Official Definition

• The Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) works with
  physicians and other medical personnel,
  employers, patients, parents, guardians, and
  athletic personnel in the development and
  coordination of efficient and responsive health
  care delivery systems. Athletic trainers are
  integral members of the health care team in
  secondary schools, colleges and universities,
  professional sports programs, sports medicine
  clinics, corporate /industrial, and other health
  care settings. The athletic trainers
  professional preparation is based on the
  development of specified educational competencies
  and clinical proficiencies.

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Official Definition

• The Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) works with
  physicians and other medical personnel,
  employers, patients, parents, guardians, and
  athletic personnel in the development and
  coordination of efficient and responsive health
  care delivery systems. Athletic trainers are
  integral members of the health care team in
  secondary schools, colleges and universities,
  professional sports programs, sports medicine
  clinics, corporate /industrial, and other health
  care settings. The athletic trainers
  professional preparation is based on the
  development of specified educational competencies
  and clinical proficiencies.

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Official Definition

• The Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) works with
  physicians and other medical personnel,
  employers, patients, parents, guardians, and
  athletic personnel in the development and
  coordination of efficient and responsive health
  care delivery systems. Athletic trainers are
  integral members of the health care team in
  secondary schools, colleges and universities,
  professional sports programs, sports medicine
  clinics, corporate /industrial, and other health
  care settings. The athletic trainers
  professional preparation is based on the
  development of specified educational competencies
  and clinical proficiencies.

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The Athletic Trainer

• Call me ATC
• Certified Athletic Trainer
• Provides care throughout the entire process
• Works in a variety of settings
• Colleges
• High schools
• Professional sports
• Clinics
• other

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What do ATCs need to know

• Human Anatomy Physiology
• Exercise Physiology
• Kinesiology / Biomechanics
• Nutrition
• Psychology
• Public Health
• Injury/Illness Prevention
• Injury/Illness Evaluation
• Emergency Medical Care
• Therapeutic Modalities
• Rehabilitation
• Health Care Administration

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Primary Players on the team

• Team Physician
• Ultimate responsibility for all decisions
• Responsibilities
• Diagnose
• Qualifies / Disqualifies
• Oversees all care
• When do we get the physicians involved?
• Delegates to other team members
• Has Limited contact time with athletes

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The Coach

• NOT a healthcare provider
• Healthcare Responsibilities
• Prevention
• Safe practices policies
• Safe equipment
• Safe environment
• First-Aid if no professional care is available
• Follow advice of professionals

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Other Specialists - Doctors

• Orthopedist
• Neurologist
• Internist
• Family Medicine Physician
• Ophthalmologist
• Pediatrician
• Dentist
• Podiatrist

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Other Health Care Professions

• Physicians Assistants
• Strength Conditioning Coach
• Sports Psychologist
• Physical Therapists
• Exercise Physiologists
• Nutritionists
• Equipment Personnel

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Take Home Message

• There is no one single entity called sports
  medicine
• Sports Medicine is delivered by a team
• Each team member has a specific role
• Team members should not practice outside of their
  role (see chapter 3)