Sixteen-year-old Chad Stover died playing a game after suffering a traumatic brain injury. Is the game worth it? It was Halloween night, and the Tipton Cardinals needed a tackle. With the team trailing Sacred Heart 27-18 in the opening round of the Missouri high school playoffs, a stop here–on first down and 10 with less than seven minutes to play–would help keep its fading season alive. As the running back…
SSATC and Gatorade are excited to announce The Gatorade Secondary School Athletic Trainer Award. This award recognizes a certified athletic trainer from each NATA district who has made outstanding contributions in furthering their high school’s athletic care program or the overall profession of secondary school athletic training. Each winner will receive a $1,000 grant toward the program featured in their submission; a Gatorade G Series Performance package – which includes…
The Far West Athletic Training Association (FWATA) Committee on Practice Advancement (COPA) has an exciting year ahead. COPA promotes clinical opportunities in athletic training emerging settings of Military, Performing Arts, Occupational Health, Physician Extenders, Public Safety, New Sports, and Business. Welcoming its new members to the committee this July, COPA members were assigned to workgroups in their specialty field of emerging settings. Workgroups are currently meeting and planning their initiatives…
It’s up to you to protect our association and our credential… By Dr. Jim Berry, ATC, Chair – NATA Committee on Professional Ethics As the Chair of the NATA’s Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE) for the past year, I have grown increasingly concerned about the number and types of cases that are being reported to our committee for investigation and adjudication. Of greater concern is the fact that, in most…
NATA strongly encourages all Athletic Trainers to register for their National Provider Identifier number (NPI) “An NPI number is a professional requirement that adds credibility to the individual and the profession,” said Amy Callender, NATA Government Affairs Director. “NATA encourages all members to obtain their NPI number, which will stay with them for the rest of their career, no matter their job setting or employer.” Applying for an NPI number is quick,…
The National Athletic Trainers’ Association, in collaboration with the Professional Football Athletic Trainers’ Society, will support a national initiative to place athletic trainers (ATs) in underserved high schools in NFL markets during the 2014 football season. The National Football League Foundation and NFL teams will provide $1 million, with the NATA adding another $125,000, to improve the health and welfare of those student athletes. The announcement was made during the…
Nearly 30 million U.S. children and youth participate in organized sports, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, which also reports that high school athletes account for an estimated 2 million injuries, 500,000 doctor visits, and 30,000 hospitalizations each year. All contact sports—including basketball, baseball, hockey, volleyball, even cheerleading—can cause permanent catastrophic brain and spinal injuries, or lead to death. Overuse injuries—those caused by repeated micro-traumas to the tendons,…
The Hawaii Athletic Trainers’ Association hosted their annual Student Athletic Training Workshop on Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17 at Farrington High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. About 40 high school students from 16 different schools on islands of Oahu and Big Island participated. This year’s list of events included CPR training, the annual dodge ball tournament, medical terminology mad libs, Zumba warm up, guest speaker Andrew Takata, ATC who…
On May 14, 2014 HATA President, Louise Inafuku, received a Certificate of Commendation from the Honolulu Fire Department for successfully performing CPR and utilizing an AED on a person experiencing cardiac arrest. Photo: Dr. Joseph Young (HFD Commission Member), Mayor Kirk Caldwell, Louise Inafuku, Gary Miyama, and Fire Chief Manuel P. Neves. Courtesy of the Hawaii Athletic Trainer’s Association
Florence Salesa, MS, ATC Age: 28 Alma Mater: University of Hawaii, Manoa – Undergraduate and Graduate School Tell us a little bit about your background and how you got started in Athletic Training? I was born and raised in American Samoa and as I was growing up had the opportunity to represent our country through athletics. I was involved in soccer, tennis and a member of the paddling/canoeing team. Through…
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