Athletic trainers are well prepared to handle the physical realm of injury. New and encouraging education is now being brought to the forefront regarding holistic care of the patient as well. This is essential in treating the whole patient: physical, social, and emotional. However, many athletic trainers are not informed as to how to handle a scenario when a patient is sidelined for what could be many reasons. Typically our patients are sidelined for medical reasons. However, the global pandemic of COVID-19 has forced millions of our patients to become sidelined from their passions. This program will give athletic trainers background into the social, emotional, and physical aspect of being sidelined from sport and provide them with resources to support their patients. Specifically, this program will focus on ways to approach the current landscape of a pandemic and how athletic trainers can care for their patients. Patient’s may not have any outlets or resources to support them during this new reality. We will, in this presentation, give athletic trainers the tools to provide those outlets for their patients.
At the conclusion of this presentation, the learner will be able to:
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