Certified Athletic Trainers Promote Educational Events

SALISBURY, MD---Immediately following a sports- or work-related injury, certified athletic trainers (ATCs) are among those who provide the most thorough assessment of what needs to happen next to reduce the injury’s long-term effects.

ATCs are medical professionals who specialize in the prevention, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries and illnesses that occur to athletes and the physically active. The National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) represents over 30,000 members of the athletic training profession through education and research.

In March, NATA members celebrate the third annual National Athletic Training Month. This year’s theme is “Injury Assessment: The First Step in Treatment and Recovery” and Salisbury University’s ATCs and athletic training students are participating by producing two educational videos which will be broadcast in March on public access Channel 26.

SU will also honor the profession and alumni of the Athletic Training Education Program at a halftime ceremony Sunday, March 9, during the men’s lacrosse contest against Ohio Wesleyan University.

Before, during and after the game, SU athletic trainers will team up with the American Red Cross to promote public awareness of the benefits of first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation education.

For more information about the athletic training profession, visit NATA’s Web site at www.nata.org or call SU’s James Scifers, ATC, at 410-543-6348.