High School Athletic Trainer. #AT4ALL. #BLFriars Every Athlete Deserves an Athletic Trainer. Licensed in Texas. Certified by @BOCATC
Jul 10, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Last month for #vNATA21@SScarneoMiller & @RLopez1010 held a discussion on Barriers to #CoolFirstTransportSecond. One barrier that is often discussed is rectal thermometry in a high school athlete… but let us ask the question… who is really the one “shutting this down?” 1/
I’ve often heard ATs at the secondary school level say “I’ll never do it” or “my admin says no way!” We can argue for a long time why a lay person would be making this type of medical decision to begin with, but let’s instead focus on how to reach the point of providing best 2/