Do Now
• Explain in your notebook what you feel the
main function of the Athletic Trainer is and
why? Be ready to share.
• Activity: Athletic Training as a Profession
• Matt Kester
Chapter 28
Athletic Training as a Profession
Athletic Training
• Is a profession dedicated to maintaining
and improving the health and well-being of
the physically active population and
preventing athletic-related injuries and
illnesses.
What is the role of an
athletic trainer?
List 5 in order of
importance.
Roles of an athletic trainer
1. Prevention
2. Recognition
3. Evaluation
4. Care/First Aid
5. Rehabilitation
6. Apply protective devices
7. Work with a team of people
8. Health care administration
9. Professional development
Prevention-to not allow injuries
or illnesses to occur
What kind of
injuries can
be
prevented?
***List 3
Can this be prevented?
Recognition
• Using your
knowledge to assess
an injury and
determine what
happened.
*Athletic Trainers are
not allowed to
DIAGNOSE-only
doctors are.
Evaluation
• Using a set of evaluation
tools/skills to determine what kind
of injury occurred.
Care/First Aid
• Providing the necessary
treatment to the injury
Clint Malarchuk
• His jugular vein was sliced by
an opponents skate. The
trainer saved his life!!
• Trainer Jim Pizzutelli pinched
off his vein until doctors put in
over 300 stitches.
• 7 people fainted, 2 had a
heart attack and his
teammates threw-up on the
ice.
Rehabilitation
• Providing strengthening
exercises and sports
specific skills to assist in
the healing of an injury.
Apply protective equipmentdevices used to prevent injuries
Work with a team of people
Who are they?
Central Team
The athlete
Athlete’s parent or guardianmakes the decisions until
child is 18.
Physician
Coach
Athletic Trainer
Peripheral Team
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Primary care physician/pediatrician
Dentist
Podiatrist
Orthopedist
Allergist
Urologist
Gynecologist
Cardiologist
Physical therapist/chiropractor
Neurologist
Registered dietitian
Becoming a certified trainer
• Must go to college- Major or minor in it.
• Most programs you must apply to get in.
• Once in program must pass all classes
otherwise you will be removed.
• Must put in hours in the training room(over 800
documented hrs under a cert.trainer)
• Must be assigned to teams (in-season, out of
season, team sport, individual sport, contact
sport and non-contact sport).
Becoming a certified trainer
continued
• Must pass the NATA (National Athletic Trainers
Association) Board Certification Exam.
175 question test that you have 4 hours to
complete.
1. Stand-alone multiple-choice questions
2. Stand-alone alternative items (drag-and-drop,
text based simulation, multi-select, hot spot, etc.)
3. Focused testlets- A 5-item focused testlet
consists of a scenario followed by 5 key/critical
questions related to that scenario
What the candidates can do:
• The test will give a demonstration
on how to operate the program.
• You can go forward and back
when answering the questions.
• Once you submit for scoring, you
cannot change anything.
Health Administration
-Pertains to all forms of
documentation.
Document everything!!!!
• Know insurance rules
• Know doctor information
• Perform physicals
• Know the LAW
Professional Developmentprofessional programs taken for
educational purposes.
Should belong to the NATA
Must be NATA certified
Must register with your state
Must receive licensure in your state
Must maintain CEU’s 75 in 3 yrs.
Must report your CEU’s ( continuing ed.
Units)
Must be First aid and CPR certified
What kinds of
settings can
athletic trainer’s
work in?
Cinquain Poem
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• Athletic and talented
• Throwing,catching,running
• Champion team this year
• Football
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• 2 adjectives
• 3 action verbs
• 4 word sentence or phrase
• 1 word
You will have a matching quiz
on your terminology worksheet
Please
study