Emergency Care in Athletic Training

Description

Prepare athletic trainers to provide emergency treatment for acute sports-related injuries and illnesses in children, adolescents, and adults—on and off the field. Noted practitioners and educators address all aspects of the evaluation and management of the full-range of medical problems that may be encountered. From emergency evaluation and airway management through the major categories of injury, this timely text meets a critical need in the classroom and in practice.

Key Features

• Presents real-life scenarios at the beginning of each chapter , opportunities for students to assess actual problems and consider appropriate intervention. (Scenario resolutions are offered at the end of the chapter.)
• Uses photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and tables to make concepts and procedures easy to understand.
• Offers full chapter coverage of how to recognize and treat the signs and symptoms of injuries to the head and cervical spine, and the musculoskeletal, abdominal, and thoracic systems.
• Discusses how environmental factors such as adverse weather conditions and altitude can affect athletes.
• Addresses the implications and potential complications associated with existing medical conditions, including asthma, diabetes, cardiac disease, sickle cell anemia, seizure disorders, migraines, mononucleosis, and anaphylaxis.
• Identifies and describes the methods necessary to immobilize and transport patients from specific locations as well as areas of limited access.
• Reviews return-to-play criteria.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Emergency Action Plan
Keith Gorse, MEd, ATC

Chapter 2 Emergency Care of the Critically Injured Athlete
Francis Feld, MS, MEd, CRNA, NREMT-P

Chapter 3 Airway Management
Francis Feld, MS, MEd, CRNA, NREMT-P

Chapter 4 Sudden Cardiac Death
Vincent Mosesso, MD

Chapter 5 Head Injuries
Kevin Guskiewicz, PhD, ATC
Johna Register-Mihalik, MA, ATC

Chapter 6 Cervical Spine Injuries
Robert O. Blanc, MS, ATC, EMT-P

Chapter 7 Medical Conditions in Athletics
David Stone, MD

Chapter 8 Environmental Conditions
Keith Gorse, MEd, ATC

Chapter 9 Orthopedic Injuries
Francis Feld, MS, MEd, CRNA, NREMT-P

Chapter 10 Abdominal Injuries
David Stone, MD
Scott Wissink, MD

Chapter 11 Thoracic Injuries
Robert O. Blanc, MS, ATC, EMT-P

Chapter 12 Special Conditions in Sports
Matthew Radelet, MS, ATC, CSCS

Chapter 13 Critical Incident Stress Management
Stephen Russo, PhD

By Keith M. Gorse, MEd, ATC, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA., Robert Blanc, MS, ATC, EMT-P, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA., Francis Feld, MS, MEd, CRNA, ATC, NREMT-P, UPMC-Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Matthew Radelet, MS, ATC, CSCS, Formerly of The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.