Acute and Emergency Care in Sports Medicine

Accurately assessing on- or off-field injuries and illnesses quickly is a vital skill for athletic trainers and other health care professionals who need to begin proper treatment as soon as possible. Acute and Emergency Care in Sports Medicine, Second Edition, helps future health care professionals use critical thinking and evidence-based decision-making to triage injuries based on severity, make immediate life- or limb-saving decisions, and provide immediate emergency care while working on the sidelines.The book's comprehensive coverage draws from position statements and consensus statements from the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) and other professional organizations. It adheres to and incorporates guidelines from the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). More than 300 full-color photos and illustrations detail anatomy, various conditions, spine boarding, equipment removal, and more.Nine new videos demonstrate dislocation reductions using proper patient positioning and correct HCP hand placement to achieve best results. Additional resources--such as a table of common medical abbreviations; a sample AMA form; and links to the SCAT-6 form, VOMs tool, and several mental health resources--can be easily accessed with QR codes throughout the book.The second edition includes three new chapters to present a broader scope of knowledge and reflect the evolving standards of the medical field. Chapter 16 focuses on mental health emergencies, an increasingly crucial subject necessary for every athletic trainer to understand. Chapter 5, Bleeding and Vascular Disorders, and chapter 6, Shock and Immunologic Emergencies, feature a wide range of disorders, treatment options, and expanded content to achieve a comprehensive picture of how to treat these disorders.In addition, the book expands its verbiage and content to make it appropriate not just for athletic trainers but for other health care professionals as well. The text has been revised and reorganized to enhance the accessibility for students. Throughout the text, learning aids provide actionable and essential information: Clinical Tip boxes offer tips from the authors, who have over 80 years of combined experience as certified athletic trainers.Red Flag sidebars indicate ways to rapidly identify potential life-threatening conditions.Clinical Skills boxes feature step-by-step guides on how to complete a specific skill.Decision-making algorithms and decision trees allow the student to understand the steps in the decision-making process, making difficult situations easier to overcome.Instructors are supplied with case studies featuring practical scenarios that facilitate critical thinking and decision-making skills.When an athlete is injured, time is of the essence. Acute and Emergency Care in Sports Medicine, Second Edition, is an invaluable resource for training and preparing the initial responders to recognize critical situations and treat the acutely injured

Katie Walsh Flanagan, EdD, LAT, ATC, is an adjunct professor at Moravian University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She was a professor and director of the sports medicine and athletic training program at East Carolina University, where she worked for more than 30 years, and is an athletic trainer certified by the Board of Certification (BOC). Walsh Flanagan previously worked as a lecturer and assistant athletic trainer at California State University at Fresno, and as the head athletic trainer for the Chicago Power, a men's professional soccer team. She has also assisted as an athletic trainer for various sports in international competitions, including the 1987 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.In 2012, Walsh Flanagan was elected to the North Carolina Athletic Trainers' Association (NCATA) Hall of Fame. NCATA named her the College/University Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2000 and 2006. She received the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in 2010 and the NATA Service Award in 2006. In 2017, she was named a NATA board member as the director of district three. In 2025, Walsh Flanagan was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame. She was the lead author for Medical Conditions in the Physically Active, Fourth Edition, and was author of a medical terminology textbook for health care professionals.Patrick Sexton, EdD, LAT, ATC, is a professor emeritus (athletic training and sports medicine) of Minnesota State University (MSU) in Mankato, Minnesota. He previously served as the head athletic trainer and the director of athletic training education at MSU and at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse. He has served as a member of the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Athletic Training and as the vice-chair of the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education. He served as athletic training director of the Board of Certification (BOC) and president of the BOC board of directors.Sexton has been a frequent speaker at state, district, and national meetings and has authored or coauthored journal articles in Athletic Training Education Journal, Journal of Athletic Training, and Athletic Therapy Today. Sexton has received the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award and the Sayers "Bud" Miller Distinguished Educator Award from the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA). In 2012 he was inducted into the Minnesota Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame, and in 2016 he was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame.