运动医学

运动医学 概述

The athletic training room is staffed by two full-time New York State Licensed and NATABOC certified athletic trainers. 损伤评估, 治疗, and rehabilitation occur throughout the school day and during athletic practices and games. 保利预科’s certified athletic trainers (ATCs) are available for each practice and home competition.

John Pomponio-Careccia BS /女士, ATC和 Alyssa Alaimo BS /女士, 纬度, ATC are both graduates of LIU-Brooklyn’s Athletic Training program and are now clinical preceptors. Alyssa had worked with John as part of her clinical experience training while in college. The team also consists of a part-time physical therapist, 詹姆斯Cardello, PT, MPT, OCS, who helps with student-athlete rehab.

Students receive comprehensive classroom instruction and hands-on clinical experiences that develops their skills in the follow areas:

• 伤害预防
• Injury and medical illness, diagnosis, and evaluation
• Rehabilitative 治疗
• Emergency medical care
• 调节
• Collaboration with healthcare team members

ATCs impact health care before, during, and after an injury occurs. 保利预科’s ATCs are experts in injury and illness prevention. 聚’s ATCs spend nearly 50% of their time providing preventative health care. ATCs are also prepared to act in case of an emergency, such as sudden 心脏骤停, exertional 中暑, or cervical spine injury. The most rewarding aspect of being a 聚 ATC is helping a student-athlete or an arts performer back to their respective activity after sustaining an injury. 聚 ATCs work collaboratively with other health care professionals to rehabilitate an active patient to work, 生活, 和体育.

Significant areas of the 聚 ATCs include:

• Injury and Illness Prevention: ATCs implement injury prevention programs and help mitigate risk by developing venue specific emergency action plans.
• Examination and Diagnosis of Injuries: ATCs help ensure that patients receive the necessary health screenings, as well as evaluate injuries when they occur.
• Immediate and Emergency Care: ATCs provide emergency care for injury and 疾病 such as concussion, 心脏骤停, 脊柱损伤, 中暑, 糖尿病, allergic reactions, and asthma attacks.
• Therapeutic Intervention: ATCs recondition and rehabilitate injuries, 疾病, and general medical conditions for optimal performance and function.
• Health Care Administration: ATCs are pioneers of change. Through injury data collected by ATCs, the athletic training profession is shaping injury prevention and identifying new ways to keep patients healthy while reducing overall health care costs.

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Athletic Training Team

John began at 聚 in 2006 as the Head 体育教练. In his years at 聚, John has overseen all 聚 athletic teams and student-athletes as the 聚 sports landscape has continued to grow. He is a certified American Red Cross and American Heart Association CPR instructor. He is currently also the Head 体育教练 for soccer club FA Euro. John is a member of the National 体育教练s Association (NATA) and helped 聚 attain NATA Safe 体育 School status.

Alyssa started at 聚 in 2018 working with all 聚 athletic teams. She is a certified American Red Cross and American Heart Association CPR instructor. 加入聚之前, Alyssa has extensive experience working in physical therapy offices and was a student-intern for St. Francis College in Brooklyn.

学生的声音

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