The internship of Chowan Athletics sports medicine team has given the insight and basic knowledge of why athletic training is important in the sport world. Before starting my internship, I had a one on one meeting with the supervisor Eric Gustafson to go over the rules and responsibilities as an intern. The purpose of the meeting is go over the rules and goals of the internship. Eric had given me advice to finish all the basic and Advanced level competencies due to I will have to complete similar tasks in graduate school. The first week of internship consisted of learning the General Proficiencies as athletic training, daily task duties, and modalities Proficiencies. The first day of internship started off with learning about the filing system
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The daily duties reflected that you are part of the medical field. It is important to face common issues in the field of cleanness and protection of the athlete. The last learning events was learning about new technology of athletic training room. The Chowan Athletic Training Department just got three new Game Ready devices. Game Ready is an active compression and cold therapy technology for injury treatment and post-operative recovery. Game Ready strives to deliver safe and effective rehabilitation by regular application of cold therapy with active compression to improve the recovery process. The product will accelerate the body’s natural repair mechanisms The athletic training teams in choosing to supply Chowan with a Game Ready because helps players recover faster by Reduces pain and swelling without the side effects of medications. The Game Ready will reduce pain and swelling, reduce muscle spasms, enhance lymphatic function, and encourage the oxygenated blood flow. I learned how to set up the mechine by filling the up to the line of ice and water before hooking up the machine to the …show more content…
I learned it is important to interact with the coach everyday with issues and information of their athletes. The athletic trainers report an injury and rehab attendance to the coaches of their sports teams. I had to watch interaction of the athletic trainer and coach about the health of their athlete and setting up doctor appointment. The goal of meeting was to help the athlete return to play in fast, but safe way. During the practice prepare time, I had learned to preform an Ultrasound on the athlete. The ultrasound was preformed on the Achilles tendon. While performing the ultrasound, it is important to keep contact with the gel on skin and move in circular movement. If you fail the two important factors, then you can cause burns to the athlete and damage to the machine. When setting up the machine, you will use at least 5 mins maximum. It is important to recognize the area of treatment due to you need to make the decision of deep or shallow. The 1 Hz is used for deep skin as 3.3Hz is used for shallow skin. On Saturday, I learned the daily operation of Game day produce and assisted Athletic Trainer during game. The purpose of the athletic trainer is to assist school personnel in maintaining a safe environment for athletes and help prevent acts of negligence. Athletic trainer needs to assess the risk
The daily duties reflected that you are part of the medical field. It is important to face common issues in the field of cleanness and protection of the athlete. The last learning events was learning about new technology of athletic training room. The Chowan Athletic Training Department just got three new Game Ready devices. Game Ready is an active compression and cold therapy technology for injury treatment and post-operative recovery. Game Ready strives to deliver safe and effective rehabilitation by regular application of cold therapy with active compression to improve the recovery process. The product will accelerate the body’s natural repair mechanisms The athletic training teams in choosing to supply Chowan with a Game Ready because helps players recover faster by Reduces pain and swelling without the side effects of medications. The Game Ready will reduce pain and swelling, reduce muscle spasms, enhance lymphatic function, and encourage the oxygenated blood flow. I learned how to set up the mechine by filling the up to the line of ice and water before hooking up the machine to the …show more content…
I learned it is important to interact with the coach everyday with issues and information of their athletes. The athletic trainers report an injury and rehab attendance to the coaches of their sports teams. I had to watch interaction of the athletic trainer and coach about the health of their athlete and setting up doctor appointment. The goal of meeting was to help the athlete return to play in fast, but safe way. During the practice prepare time, I had learned to preform an Ultrasound on the athlete. The ultrasound was preformed on the Achilles tendon. While performing the ultrasound, it is important to keep contact with the gel on skin and move in circular movement. If you fail the two important factors, then you can cause burns to the athlete and damage to the machine. When setting up the machine, you will use at least 5 mins maximum. It is important to recognize the area of treatment due to you need to make the decision of deep or shallow. The 1 Hz is used for deep skin as 3.3Hz is used for shallow skin. On Saturday, I learned the daily operation of Game day produce and assisted Athletic Trainer during game. The purpose of the athletic trainer is to assist school personnel in maintaining a safe environment for athletes and help prevent acts of negligence. Athletic trainer needs to assess the risk