NATA Names Mollie Pillman as Executive Director
NATA announced that Mollie Pillman, MS, MBA, CAE, will begin her role as executive director Sept. 2. Pillman was selected following a highly competitive national search led by executive search firm Vetted Solutions.
Students: Are You Getting Out What You Are Putting In?
ACL Injury Handout
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most commonly injured ligaments in the knee. An ACL injury can occur in any sport, with 70 percent of ACL injuries being sustained during non-contact sports and 30 percent sustained during contact sports. To help you educate your athletes, parents and administration on ACL injury, NATA has created an ACL injury handout that was published in the March NATA News on p. 62.
NATA Thanks its Many Volunteers
Post-Professional Athletic Training Residency
By Forrest Pecha, MS, ATC, CSCS
on behalf of CAATE
Webster’s definition of residency includes, “A period of advanced training in a medical specialty.” This is important to understand when considering the goals and standards of post-professional athletic training residency programs (PPATR).
AT in Residence: On the Road Again
By Katie Scott, MS, ATC, LATNATA Athletic Trainer in Residence
As we enter into the second month of 2016, I find myself internally reviewing my professional goals for the new year. Most of us have a bucket list, and I was fortunate to have the opportunity to check two items off mine while on the road representing the National Athletic Trainers’ Association.
Staying in Step With Marching Band Athletic Trainers
by Moegi Yamaguchi, AT
Lead Athletic Trainer, 2015 Ohio University Marching 110
Marching band is a relatively new area of practice for athletic trainers. Marching musicians may not fall into a typical category of athlete; however, their effort is very physical, and athletic trainers are well-suited to be care providers for them.
The ATLAS Project Update: Athletic Training Locations And Services
Since the pilot-launch of the ATLAS project at the NATA symposium in St. Louis this year, the KSI team has been extremely busy working alongside the NATA Secondary School Athletic Trainers' Committee (SSATC) to map all of the athletic training services provided at the secondary school level across the nation! “What we did was take all of the data from the Benchmark Study (funded by the NATA) and mapped every school based on their zip code using an online program call Zeemaps by Zee Source” said Rob Huggins, Vice President for Research at KSI.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Handout
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is caused by an electrical disturbance in the heart that disrupts pumping, and every year in the U.S. 2,000 patients under age 25 die because of it, according to the Center for Disease Control. To help you educate your student athletes, coaches, administration and parents on the dangers of SCA, NATA has created a sudden cardiac arrest handout (pdf) that was published in the February NATA News on p. 58.
AT Moms Facebook Group Members Share Work-Life Balance Advice
AT Spotlight: Jon Reidy
NATA Student Leadership Committee Chair Jon Reidy discovered his love of athletic training early on.
“I have a very typical story,” said Reidy, who played several sports growing up. “I went into the athletic training facility [after an injury] my freshman year and never left. I spent countless hours in there. My sophomore year, I decided that’s what I wanted to do.