History of Sports Medicine
What is the NATA?
high school students taking classes in sports medicine
What are athletic training student aides (ATSA)?
Athlete, Coach, Athletic Trainer (AT), & Physician
What are the primary players on the sports medicine team?
In order to work in VA as an athletic trainer, one must have what to credentials behind their name?
What is ATC (athleic trainer certified) & LAT (licensed athletic trainer)?
Supplies that cannot be reused
What are expendable supplies (Ex:bandaids, gauze, tape, noseplugs, etc?
The term "sports physician" was first used when
What is 1913?
What are policies?
Responsibilities include: knowing first aid/CPR/how to use an AED & should refer all injuries to the AT or doctor as soon as they occur
Who is the coach?
Most athletic trainers have a bachelors degree in this field of study
What is kinesiology?
This section of the medical note contains measurable information gathered during the evaluation
What is Objective (O)?
The father of sports medicine
Who is Herodicus?
Failure to use ordinary or reasonable care
What is negligence?
The first instance of this professional working occurred during WWI and they were called restorative aides at that time
What are physical therapists?
How many continuing education credits (CEUs) are athletic trainers required to complete each year
What is 50?
Key component for an athletic trainer to have a successful sports medicine program/team
What is communication?
Sports Medicine was approved as a sub-specialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties
What is 1989?
National certifying body for athletic trainers
What is the Board of Certification (BOC)?
This allied health profession originated at Duke in the mid 1960s
What is a physician's assistant (PA)?
Responsible for setting the guidelines for educational standards & accrediting programs for athletic training across the nation
What is the Commission on Accrediation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE)?
Crutches, ace wraps, and exercise bands are examples of this
What are non-fixed equipment?
The study & application of scientific & medical knowledge to aspects of exercise & athletics
What is sports medicine?
The legal responsibility for causing harm to another
What is liability?
The multidisciplinary approach to sports medicine & caring for athletes
What is the Athlete's Circle of Care?
Name 3 schools in VA that have CAATE approved athletic training programs as of 2025
What are: Bridgewater, George Mason, JMU, Liberty, ODU, Radford, Shenandoah, U of Lynchburg, UVA
Length of time injury reports/medical records are kept on file in the training room at Caroline?
What is 5 - 7 years after an athlete graduates/stops playing?