Get Ready for Renewal Season
October is right around the corner, and with it comes the NATA membership renewal season. This year’s campaign theme, “Beyond With NATA,” highlights how membership empowers you to achieve your goals, advance your career, build connections with peers and stay current through exclusive member resources.
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!
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.
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.
Going Beyond the Stage: Learn More about the ATs in our February Cover Story
Scott Sailor Columns on USA Today and Huffington Post
Over the past six months, two high profile opportunities became available to NATA President Scott Sailor. He was given the chance to become a regular contributor to both USA Today High School Sports and the Huffington Post. Since last August, he has been writing for these sites and has produced a good library of columns on a range of different topics. Since you might not have seen all of these articles, we have compiled all of them here:
USA Today High School Sports:
Opportunities Continue to Grow for ATs in the Military
Musckuloskeletal (MSK) injuries are the single largest impediment to operational readiness in the military setting. Over 600,000 services members sustain a MSK each year, resulting in over 2.2 million medical encounters. 1-3 Along with the impact on readiness, MSK are the largest contributor to time loss and account for over $550 million in direct care patient costs per year.
Relative Value Unit for the Athletic Trainer
Sean Burfeind, MS, ATC, OTC and JJ Wetherington, MS, ATC, OTC, members of the NATA Committee on Practice Advancement Physician Practice Workgroup, have put together an informative document about Relative Value Units (RVUs) for athletic trainers working in the physician practice setting.
This resource defines RVUs, explains how they are used in physician practices and discusses how they are relevant to ATs. Download the PDF to read the full document.
December Legislative Update
Here is the December update from our Government Affairs department
Federal Legislation and Regulation
- H.R. 921: The Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act, has 103 co-sponsors, and the Senate version, S. 689, has seven co-sponsors.
- H.R. 829: The SAFE PLAY Act, has 43 co-sponsors, and the Senate version, S. 436, has one co-sponsor.
- H.Res. 112: The Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights, has 34 co-sponsors, and S. Res. 83 has one co-sponsor.