ATTR 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: American Physical Therapy Association, Sports Chiropractic, Emergency Medical Technician
22 Sep 2016
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Athletic trainers are health care professionals who specialize is preventing, recognizing, managing, and rehabilitating injuries. *nata was formed in 1950: e bilik (a physician) who wrote the rst major text on athletic training called the trainer"s bible (1917) 1. work with the physically active and and athletic populations under 2 categories: Physician extenders- provide help to the physicians and work in physician clinics. Industrial/ occupational- ex: overseeing tness and rehabilitation programs. Corporate setting- working business, sales and marketing products to other athletic trainers. 5. injury/illness prevention and wellness protection clinical evaluation and diagnosis. Immediate and emergency care treatment and rehabilitation organizational and professional health and well-being. Evidence-based practice- making clinical decision about a patient based on current evidence in literature of what we know. 5 step at"s make when determining to use a certain type of technique: develop a clinical question, search the literature, evaluate the strength of the evidence, apply the evidence, asses the outcome of the treatment.
