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Enhance safety, education, and convenience in your athletic training room with recommended equipment and software. Get resources to educate athletes, decrease liability, and create an information hub for parents. Additionally, consider essential items like anatomical charts, vacuum splints, whirlpool, and pulse oximeter for comprehensive care. Utilize a dedicated website to communicate important information and engage stakeholders effectively. Improve compliance, prevent injuries, and ensure efficient care with these beneficial purchases.
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Beneficial Purchases for AT Room By Justin Woodward
Goals of Equipment and Software Equipment Software • Improve our safety and reliability of our equipment • Have resources to educate our athletes • Decrease liability • Create a convenient location for information to be found by parents and athletes
Domain/Website • Allows the Sports Medicine Staff to have a website to post information • To athletes, parents, opposing teams • Cost between $5.00-15.00 per month • Can be bought all over the Internet
Domain/Website (cont) • Will allow the Sports Medicine Staff to post information about: • Preventing Injuries • Acute Care at Home • Things to look out for when Injured • Policies and Procedures
Anatomical Charts • Costs 29.95 each probably get 3 or 4 • Good for Educating Athletes • Will Increase Compliance via visual learning
Anatomical Charts (cont.) • By educating Athletes we increase compliance • An educated Athlete= a motivated athlete
Vacuum Splint • 2 Piece Kit: 381.95 • Can be found at Cramer.com • Comes with an Arm Splint and a Leg Splint • Re-usable adjustable splint • Easily transportable
How a Vacuum Splint Works • Splint is filled with small beads • Air is sucked out of the bag • Beads then become rigid and stuck together • Very comfortable type of splint
Whirlpool • Costs : $5950.00 for Large Stationary Whirlpool • Can be found at Collins Sports Medicine • Great for Emergency care for Heat Related Illnesses • Also can be used as modality for acute injuries
Whirlpool (cont.) • Comes with a turbine that circulates the water • Circulating water causes better cooling via convection • Keeps water temperatures consistent • Has a five year warranty in case it breaks
Pulse Oximeter • Costs: $79.95 from Medco Sports Medicine • Allows the Athletic trainer to track the amount of oxygen in an athletes blood • Very useful in asthma patients/athtletes • Completely pain free/blood free Normal Oxygen level= 96-100%