Starting from Scratch – 222

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Greg opened up a new facility.  It seems like a dream come true to be able to involved in every aspect of the new facility, but sometimes dreams don't come true.  Or they do only after a lot of hard work.  He shares tips and tricks, thoughts and concerns for opening a new facility.
Discussion topics:

How involved were you in the planning process?
What dollar values were you given?
What starting dimensions versus final dimensions were you given?
How much startup capital was given?
Ordering everything new seems like a dream, discuss your experience.
Discuss building a student program from scratch
Top tips for opening a new facility:

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Twitter: @PHSSportsMed

No Budget, No Supplies, No problem -221

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Emma started with basically an empty room and was given $700 for her first budget, but that was only after whittling down her proposed items about a dozen times.  She is really learning to make do with the bare minimum and connect with other resources to furnish and grow her ATR.

Show Notes #221

Contact  Emma Morozowsky
Twitter: @PHSSportsMed

Robert McFarlin – LS2

Listener Spotlight #2 features repeat guest and big fan of the Sports Medicine Broadcast Robert McFarlin.

Enjoy

Listener Spotlights will all have the same format.  10 – 30 minutes for you to share your story using the following questions as a guide:

Years in the profession:
How did you learn about athletic training:
What is your Athletic Trainer story
Tell us about the worst injury you have dealt with:
Tell us your most memorable moment as an AT:
What life lesson have you learned:
Give one piece of advice to Athletic Trainers:
Which three people would you like to thank and why:

Robbie is also owner of Frio Hydration one of major supporters of the show.

Legal Concerns in the Secondary Setting – 220

Assistant student athletic trainer Katie volunteers her ankles to new student trainers. During down times in the training room trainers hone their skills by practicing on each other. Photo by Justin Buchanan
Should students be allowed to tape?  evaluate and ankle with the ATC standing over them?  are we teaching them to act outside of what they are trained to do?  Dr. Yellen is sometimes thought of as an “elitist” in Athletic Training because he says they should basically be first aid and water helpers.  Josh Woodall is current president of SWATA and follows similar guidelines as a full time practicing secondary Athletic Trainer.
Contact:
Twitter: @PHSSportsMed

Critical Incident Stress Management – 219

At my district we are moving forward with implementing tools and policy to better serve the medical providers in the event of a critical incident at work.  Athletic trainers do not normally deal with the death of an athlete, parent or coach.  Even less often is when they perform life saving measures and still lose the person.  We are not Emergency Department employees that see this daily and we also have a relationship built with those people.  Please look into improving a really rotten situation before it happens.
Contact Perry Denehy
Twitter: @PHSSportsMed

Essential Oils in the ATR – 218

Essential Oils are a mythical sort of thing for some of us.  I have heard they cure or heal all sorts of things, I have been told that if you swipe this oil on you after you have been around people that it will prevent you from getting sick.  I have also watched those same people get sick several times.  Here we will speak with respectable athletic trainers about the use of Essential Oils in the Athletic Training room, some best practices, some contraindications and things to avoid.
Contact
@KMessina15 

Twitter: @PHSSportsMed

Creating a Life Saving Army – 217

We have created an army of lifesavers in Pasadena.  Over 700 kids this year have been trained in CPR and life saving skills.  in the last 3 years we have trained over 2100 students.  After next year we will have trained essentially each student at Pasadena High School in Life Saving skills.

It is a lot of work, but looking at the impact this can have it is worth every second of work.

There are a lot of people involved in this process and I am so thankful for their support.

Pasadena ISD
Pasadena High School
Pasadena Health Center
Memorial Hermann
Bayshore Hospital
Airrosti
City of Pasadena
American Heart Association
East Texas Medical Center EMS
Pasadena Volunteer Fire Department

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Video of the Event

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Marathon Medicine – 216

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Description: Dr. Ray Castle and John Cianca are the medical coordinators for the Houston and Lousiana Marathon.  Here we explore what it takes to put on an event like this, but also what medical concerns there are.
How can Athletic Trainers be better prepared for distance running injuries?
What are the best practices in preparing athletes for races?
Preparing the course?
Heat illness?
Cold illness?
Resources:
Contact
Twitter: @PHSSportsMed

Running Mechanics – 215

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Ryan Green has extensive expertise in running.  His lively hood is focused on helping people run better.
as managing partner of Varsity Running
Discussion topics:
Most common running injuries.
How to fix them
Which shoe type is better?
Which apps help us identify mechanical errors?
Contact: @rundocryan
Twitter: @PHSSportsMed

Running Through Cancer with RunDocRyan – LS1

Ryan Green
Father, Husband Runner, Cancer Survivor.  Ryan Green is an amazing resource for almost all things running related. He shares his story about battling cancer and how that relates to being an Athletic Trainer.
Resources:
Twitter: @PHSSportsMed