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Rhabdomyolysis from a Patient Perspective – 319
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Carmen Solis caught the perfect storm of plane flight, elevation, dehydration, new protein shake, different environment and a slightly new routine to catch a case of Rhabdo.
Dr. Rehal Bhojani explains the facts as he sees them and gives great insight to us in identifying future cases of Rhabdo.
Urine color charts in every stall (male and female) are a top recommendation. Muddy / orange urine is almost always an indicator of Rhabdo.
Help prevent Rhabdo by easing your athletes back into workouts. Gone is the idea of “we are going to kill them and make men out of them.”
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FMLA and the Athletic Trainer – 318
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Who is going to take care of your athletes when you are out? Are they going to the nurse, going left unchecked or treated?
Can an athletic trainer care for your students that is not a school employee?
Is there a legal problem with a non full-time Athletic Trainer treating patients?
Alex Ager has a partner who is about to leave for an extended time for maternity.
His options are to suck it up and work unrealistic hours and still not provide all of the care needed
OR
Put in a little work researching and start discussions with admin to get some help.
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Paradoxical Vocal Cord Disorder – 317
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Myra Reed first experienced PVCD with an athlete, and has since had more than one athlete, especially distance runners.
Vocal Cord Disorder can easily be mistaken for Exercise Induced Asthma but is not the same. Mayra recommends asking “is your inhaler working for you” to help figure out if it is truly asthma or maybe something else. However some athletes have been diagnosed with both.
Pursed lip breathing: Form your lips as if whistling, breath in through the nose and out through the mouth focusing on slowing the breathing as you do 10 repetitions.
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Justifying Your Value as an Athletic Trainer – 316
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Forrest Pecha was part of a research team that took data from one part time athletic trainer in a high school. They calculated the dollar value patients would have paid if the services provided were billed to an insurance company under the accountable care model.
The article was published in NATA News
Chris Shaddock has accomplished many thing to advance athletic training at his high school. He is a great resource for improving your position in Athletic Training
Dr. Josh Yellen helps us to think bigger about athletic training and to really question the status qua.
In summary:
Clearly define your goal
Gather information to support your objective
Keep gathering info and speaking with different people
Learn what is important at each level of administration
Prepare to fail many times (sometimes for years)
Find ways to educate everyone about what you do (without complaining / whining)
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Junior High Athletic Trainers – How to Make it Happen – 315
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11 – 13 year old athletes need athletic healthcare. New Caney ISD had been blessed with a supportive admin team but it did not come easily. Kristi Hayes was one of the originators of the middles school athletic trainer deal and offers her insight on making it happen.
Catherine Windsor and Leslie Adamik both currently work in the middle school setting and share what they feel to be the ideal working environment for them. They also share thing they would like to change and some of the best parts of the job as a middle school AT.
Our interview with School Board member Fred Roberts shared a lot of the same points as Scott Galloway:
Begin collecting data, begin educating and make yourself available and known to everyone. Parents on your side helps persuade school boards members as well as you educating them on the value of an athletic trainer. Seek to inform rather than convince so that they can make the decision on their own.
Ethnic Diversity in Athletic Training – 314
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Natalie Trotter at the University of Arkansas and Meghan McKay at Baylor College of Medicine are leading the the EDAC for SWATA.
Shawn Ready joins the show to help co-host
We set a working definition of Ethnic Diversity and then get to why we need to look at Ethnic Diversity in Athletic Training.
Ever had to treat someone who spoke a different language?
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Ever had an athlete put gasoline on a cut?
Ever had a parent not accept your diagnosis because you were a female?
Sent an athlete for medical clearance to get a note from Mexico?
We as athletic trainers must understand the population we are working with and from there create plans build relationships, bridge gaps and improve medicine.
Cultural Competence in Sports Medicine
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Administrative Support for Athletic Training – 313
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Fred Roberts is a long time school board member in Pasadena ISD.
His message is simple: “Educate us on what you do. I don't know what you do because you haven't told me” He also says “Don't seek to sway or change my mind but to educate”
If they have no idea who we are or what we do it is our fault for not educating them or inviting them in to our lives.
Jesse Lopez at Dobie helped Fred Roberts get over an injury and opened up a line of communication. Building relationships is as simple as giving away gear or shaking a hand and introducing yourself. take each opportunity to build relationships.
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