Inter-Association Task Force on Exertional Heat Illness
- Consensus
Statement (.pdf)
- Parent/Coach
Version (.pdf)
- Parent/Coach
Version Spanish Version (.pdf)
- Disclaimer
for Consensus Statement
- News Releases:
- Major National Media
Coverage:
- Sports Illustrated (expected
to run week of August 18, 2003)
- Task Force Chair Doug Casa, PhD, ATC, FACSM,
was interviewed for story on heat illness
prevention.
- USA Today (August 8, 2003)
- The lead
editorial includes two viewpoints on high
school, college and professional football
team approaches to heatstroke prevention.
The print version includes a chart with heatstroke
prevention tips (from the NATA and Inter-Association
Task Force consensus statement).
- ESPN "Outside the Lines" (August 7, 2003)
- This segment on the incidence of heat illness
referenced the Inter-Association Task Force
consensus statement.
- NBC "Today" Show (July 29, 2003)
Anchor Matt Lauer interviewed Doug Casa during
a 5-minute live interview. The segment mentions
NATA and its role in spearheading the consensus
guidelines. The story also ran on the msnbc.com
Web site.
- ESPN "Rome is burning" (July 28, 2003)
- Ron Courson, ATC, PT, task force member,
was interviewed on the topic of heat illnesses.
- Newsweek (July 21, 2003)
- The Wall Street Journal (July
15, 2003)
- The
article appeared in the Personal Journal
section of the paper and the health section
of the Web site. It provided recommendations
from the task force and quotes from Doug Casa.
- CBS Radio Network (June 26,
2003)
- Doug Casa was interviewed for a taped 5-minute
segment distributed to CBS affiliates.
- UPI (June 26, 2003)
- 150 Word health brief highlighted news of
the consensus statement findings.
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