or registered by their state’s Department of Health. They’re also required to main- tain updated CPR & AED certifi cations. To maintain their certifi cation, they’re required to report Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) to the National Athletic Trainers Association (
www.nata.org) ev- ery 3 years. Abrams has experienced life and death situations and has seen fi rsthand how im- portant it is to take every precaution avail- able. While no piece of equipment or per- sonnel can guarantee a saved life, the odds of saving a life increase greatly with thor- ough preparation. “The most important thing in dealing with these events is, and I can’t stress enough to event coordinators, they must have qualifi ed medical professionals because you don’t know what to expect and you need to learn to expect the unexpect- ed. I worked at an event where they didn’t have an AED, which is very valuable and can help save an individual’s life. One particu- lar event had participants ranging in age from 10-50 and a man
dropped on the fi eld suf- fering from a heart attack. One of the spectators was an Emergency Room doctor and he and I had to do CPR for more than 15 minutes, but he didn’t sur-
All athletic trainers
are nationally certifi ed by the Board of Certifi cation for Athletic trainers.
vive. If they had an AED chanc- es of survival would’ve been much greater.” One of the hot topics in the world
of injuries is dealing with concussions which can occur in all contact sports from the National Football League (NFL) to youth sporting events. Ath-
letic trainers can do an assessment to determine a level of con- cussion that occurred. Concussions are very serious and often if neglected, post-concussion symptoms without appropriate follow- up and care can lead to death because they don’t know how to evaluate, assess and, if needed, seek medical attention.
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