Coaches and the athletic trainer at Farmington High School got together with Central EMS to train on the new procedure for how to remove football equipment off a player before transporting them to a hospital.
There is a new national procedure, which requires Northwest Arkansas counties to change their protocol to fit with the national protocol and the recommendation of the national athletic trainers association.
The Farmington athletic trainer, Malinda Rector said, “According to the Korey Stringer Institute, they’ve done a study and only 30 percent of high schools in Arkansas have a full time athletic trainer hired by the school. There are more part time positions so we’re just trying to bring awareness to athletic training and the need for athletic trainers in the state of Arkansas.”
The purpose of having a coach or athletic trainer remove the equipment is to save time when the player gets to the hospital, as they are more familiar using the equipment.
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Trainers Practice New Procedures On Removing Football Equipment