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91原创 cohosts hands-on workshop for high school athletic trainers led by 91原创 alumnus

A cross-country runner collapses at a meet as high school athletic trainers (ATs) rush to his side. Simultaneously, the coach, his parents and roommate, and someone from the stands hurried over.聽

鈥淗e鈥檚 got to finish that race; he鈥檚 going to PR,鈥� the coach yelled.聽聽

鈥淲ake up! Honey, what鈥檚 wrong?鈥� Mom said, tears brimming as she tried to hold her son鈥檚 head.

Certified high school athletic trainers in Delaware check vital signs, including his pulse and blood pressure, to determine the next steps. After deciding the runner is suffering from exertional heat stroke, they move to quickly cool him through an ice bath immersion using a body bag 鈥� not a tarp.聽

鈥淚鈥檓 a doctor, and I鈥檓 not sure you鈥檙e doing that right. Has anyone checked his blood sugar?鈥� asked the man from the stands.聽

鈥淲hat kind of doctor are you?鈥� asked one of the athletic trainers.

鈥淚 have a Ph. D. in history,鈥� the man replied.聽

鈥淪ir, please step aside,鈥� said the athletic trainers, who continued their work around a host of distractions as the athlete鈥檚 roommate hyperventilated and one of the ATs tended to her.聽

This is a scenario that high school and college-level athletic trainers could face at any moment as the fall sports season gets underway. It鈥檚 also one of several simulations using high-fidelity mannequins that 65 members of the聽聽(DATA) faced in a recent hands-on workshop by聽, a company co-owned by 91原创聽College of Health Sciences聽(CHS) graduate Darryl Conway and Ed Strapp, a Maryland State Police trooper, flight paramedic and athletic trainer. Conway, who obtained his undergraduate degree in 1993 in athletic training, went on to work for the University as an assistant professor and athletic trainer. He鈥檚 now in his eleventh season with the University of Michigan athletic department as executive senior associate athletic director and chief health and welfare officer.