Senior athletic training major Riley Koenig began an evening of clinicals at Seguin High School just like any other night. However, as the football game progressed, he noticed one player acting particularly strange. As part of his Texas Lutheran University training, Koenig was used to making important decisions on the treatment of athletes. The decision Koenig made that night, and the persistence he showed, saved the young man’s life. It wasn’t until the next day that he and the other training staff discovered the student had a subdural hematoma—a traumatic brain injury causing life-threatening bleeding and pressure on the brain.
Athletic Training Professors Tim Kent and Brian Coulombe sat down with him to talk about the details of that night and how his TLU education gave him the hands-on skills and confidence to recognize that the SHS student seek immediate medical attention.
Both Kent and Coloumbe also discuss how a career in athletic training can also prepare students for a career in fields outside of sports, including the military and hospitals.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
http://www.tlu.edu/news/athletic-training-major-saves-a-life/