NATA Position Assignment

Prevention screening Lightning activity Stay indoors as much as possible during li Know where the shelters are If in vehicles, keep doors and windows shut Stay inside a safe building for at least 30 minutes

Sickle cell Training – know signs and symptoms Diagnostic testing to see if sickle cell is presents Screening is self reported so make sure everyone has those forms in Head down Avoid spearing during competition No head-down contacts Football helmets cannot stop an axial load, just fractures Contact with shoulders and chest not head Play with head up/Proper technique Teach athletes the importance of proper technique Heads Up Training videos Asthma Physical examiniation before activity Ensure proper warm-up, extra warm-up to decrease symptoms and use of medication Athlete should know the triggers of symptoms Healthcare profession should know the medications Brain Injury AT is responsible for concussion education for both athletes and athletic staff Reporting concussion/not playing while symptomatic AT needs to make sure that equipment is up to standards Cervical Spine Coaches and athletes educated on the mechanism of injury Spine-boarding recertification yearly Proper equipment removal
Recognition
Sickle Muscle cramps, pain, swelling, weakness/tenderness, fatigue, inability to catch breath, collapse Diagnostic blood testing Lightning Weather/storm watches Humidity monitoring Head-down contact Know what players are performing head-down contacts Officials need to enforce Asthma Staff should know the s+s Confusions, sweating, drowsiness, wheezing, hypotension, braccardia Field test should be done, Spirometer testing at rest and during exercise Increase of 12% of FEV1 after an administration of a spirometer test Brain Injury SCAT 2 Cervical Spine Protocol – Unconsciousness, altered level of consciousness, bilateral neural complications, significant middle spine pain, obvious deformity

Treatment Sickle Immediate withdrawal from activity High flow o2 at 15L per minute non-rebreather mask Monitor vitals, activate EAP Should be treated as a Medical Emergency Alert the athletes Primary Gradual Increase back to play Lightning May appear to be dead but most likely affected by cardiac arrest Perform CPR + defibulation Activate EAP Heads-down Spine-boarding with minimal movement to spine/c-spine Spine-boarding optimal lift to keep minimal movement is a 6 person lift and slide Asthma Acute – short acting, if after three uses it doesn’t work ( EAP Corticosteroids Oxygen Lung fnction should be monitored Remove athlete from triggers Decrease activity…gradual increase Brain Injury Take home instructions Gradual progression when asymptomatic back to play Cervical Neutral position, don’t apply traction ( immobilizer Expose airway, rescue breathing Remove face-mask, keep helmet due to shoulder pads unless spine is not in neutral