In an ongoing effort to educate parents, coaches and medical personnel on best practices in sports safety, the Sports Institute at UW Medicine produced a short educational film demonstrating new National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA)-recommended techniques for emergent treatment of athletes with a suspected cervical spine injury.
For Emergency Department management of the equipment laden football athlete: Watch from 9:28 to 13:43.
Credits
- The Sports Institute at UW Medicine
- NATA Spine Injury in Sport Group.
- James Ellis, MD, FACEP, Inter-Association Task Force Co-Chair and Sports Medicine Section Member
References
1. Best Practices and Current Care Concepts in Prehospital Care of the Spine-Injured Athlete in American Tackle Football
March 2–3, 2019; Atlanta, GA
- Ron Courson, ATC, PT, NRAEMT, CSCS ;
- James Ellis, MD, FACEP ;
- Stanley A. Herring, MD, FACSM, FAMSSM ;
- Barry P. Boden, MD ;
- Glenn Henry, MA, EMT-P ;
- Darryl Conway, MA, AT, ATC ;
- Lance McNamara, MS, ATC, EMT-I ;
- Timothy L. Neal, MS, AT, ATC, CCISM ;
- Margot Putukian, MD, FACSM, FAMSSM ;
- Allen K. Sills, MD, FACS ;
- Kimberly P. Walpert, MD
- J Athl Train (2020) 55 (6): 545–562.
2. Consensus Recommendations on the Prehospital Care of the Injured Athlete With a Suspected Catastrophic Cervical Spine Injury
- Brianna M. Mills, MA, PhD ;
- Kelsey M. Conrick, MPH ;
- Scott Anderson, ATC ;
- Julian Bailes, MD ;
- Barry P. Boden, MD ;
- Darryl Conway, MA, AT, ATC ;
- James Ellis, MD, FACEP ;
- Francis Feld, DNP, CRNA, LAT, NRP ;
- Murphy Grant, MS, ATC, CES, PES ;
- Brian Hainline, MD ;
- Glenn Henry, MA, EMT-P ;
- Stanley A. Herring, MD, FACSM, FAMSSM ;
- Wellington K. Hsu, MD ;
- Alex Isakov, MD, MPH, FAEMS ;
- Tory R. Lindley, MA, ATC ;
- Lance McNamara, MS, ATC, EMT-I ;
- Jason P. Mihalik, PhD, CAT(C), ATC, FACSM ;
- Timothy L. Neal, MS, AT, ATC, CCISM ;
- Margot Putukian, MD, FACSM, FAMSSM ;
- Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH ;
- Allen K. Sills, MD, FACS ;
- Erik E. Swartz, PhD, ATC, FNATA ;
- Monica S. Vavilala, MD ;
- Ron Courson, ATC, PT, NRAEMT, CSCS
- J Athl Train (2020) 55 (6): 563–572.
