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Brooke de Lench
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North Carolina Moves To Require Athletic Trainers for Every High School

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 16:05. | comments

Add North Carolina to the growing list of states that is getting serious about high school sports safety.

During the past school year, five North Carolina student-athletes died, including football players Matt Gfeller, Atlas Fraley, and Jaquan Waller (the last from second impact syndrome), and two basketball players.

In the wake of the deaths, the state is taking four important steps to improve the safety of high school sports.

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Brooke de Lench
Brooke de Lench

High School Sports Safety: California Poised To Jump on the Bandwagon

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Fri, 03/27/2009 - 12:48. | comments

A new day, a new state high school sports safety bill.

Or so it seems.

Last week, it was the state of Washington passing bills to improve concussion safety by requiring pre-season concussion education of athletes and parents, and adoption of the strictest return-to-play concussion guidelines in the country. The bill awaits the governor's signature.

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High School Sports Safety Bill Becomes Law in Kentucky

A bill requiring all Kentucky high school coaches to complete a 10-hour sports first-aid and sports-safety training course and pass an exam before the 2009-2010 school year was  signed into law on March 24, 2009 by Kentucky governor Steve Beshear.
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Return To Sports: Psychological Readiness Just Important As Physical

An athlete not only needs to be physically ready before he returns to the playing field, he also needs to be psychologically ready. If he returns too soon, he risks re-injury, injury to a different part of the body, depression, and decreased performance. A new test helps determine psychological readiness.
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Athletic Health Care Teams: Many Component Parts

An athletic health care team (AHCT) allows a comprehensive approach to sports injuries by middle schools, high schools and community-based sports programs by including medical professionals from many disciplines.
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Sports Injury and Prevention Requires Team Approach, Says NATA

To help middle and high schools and private- and community-based youth sports organizations (YSOs) provide appropriate medical care to secondary-school-aged adolescents in sports, the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) recently issued a Summary Statement calling for schools and YSOs to establish, in consulation with administrators, coaches, parents and athletes, athletic health care teams (AHCTs) to approach the issue of athletic injuries in a comprehensive way.
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What to Drink for Sports, What Not to Drink

For most exercising athletes, the ideal fluid for pre-hydration and re-hydration is water.  Water is quickly absorbed, well-tolerated, an excellent thirst quencher, and cost effective.  Sports drinks containing 6-8% carbohydrates and sodium may be beneficial in some situations and for some individuals.  

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More High School Athletic Trainers Needed, NATA Says

The National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) says first-aid training for coaches not substitute for on-site athletic trainers (ATs) in all high schools.
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Preventing Sports Injuries

Sports injury prevention tips from American Academy of Pediatrics
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Brooke de Lench
Brooke de Lench

High School Sports Safety Law Passes Kentucky Legislature But Could Have Done Much More

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Sat, 03/14/2009 - 14:36. | comments

A bill requiring all high school coaches to complete a 10-hour sports safety course and pass an exam before the 2009-2010 school year was passed this week by the Kentucky legislature, but not before important safety provisions were strippped from the bill.

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