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Prevention and Care

Terms in this set (24)

Athletic trainers specialize in
preventing, recognizing, managing, and rehabilitating injuries
Athletic Trainer Collaborate with
Physicians, administrators, coaches, parents
Function as integral part of the health care team
Clinics, Secondary schools, college/university, professional sports program
National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA)
establishes standards for professionalism, education, research, and practice settings for athletic trainers.
Founded in 1950
Responsible for certification
NATA- Performance Domains
1. Injury/Illness prevention and wellness promotion
2. Examination, assessment, diagnosis
3. Immediate and emergency care
4. Therapeutic Intervention
5. Healthcare Administration and Professional Responsibility
Sports medicine
broad field of health care related to physical activity and sport
Collaborative efforts of a variety of specialist
Primary care Physician
Team Physician
Athletic Trainer
Coach
Additional Professional
Team Physician
Ultimate responsibility for all decisions
Roles and Responsibilities of Athletic Trainer
Prevention of injuries, providing acute initial first aid and injury management, evaluation of injuries, designing and supervising a timely and effective program for rehabilitation, Athletic trainer deals with the patient and injury.
Forms of state regulation
Licensure
Certification
Registration
Exemption
Licensure
most restricitve of forms of regulation
Certification
State certification indicates that a person possess the basic knowledge and skills required in the profession and has passed a certification exam
registration
Means before an individual can practice athletic training, her/she must register with the state
Exemption
means that a state recognizes that athletic trainers perform functions similar to those of other licensed profession yet allows them to pratice athletic training despite that fact that they do not comply with the pratice acts of other regulated professions
Liability
legal responsibility for one's acts (and failure to act); includes responsibility for financial restitution of harms resulting from negligent acts
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