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Sideline Experiences: What to Bring and How to Perform. Team Physician Consensus Statements

By Mary Ireland 48 Videos FEATURING Mary Ireland

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February 8, 2018

Mary Lloyd Ireland, M.D.
www.MaryLloydIreland.com
Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine
University of Kentucky ...
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Lexington, Kentucky

Sideline Preparedness
Team Physician

Team Physician Consensus Statements:  A Decade of Work

• Selected Issues for the Adolescent Athlete
• Selected Issues in Injury and Illness Prevention
• Psychological Issues Related to Injury in Athletes
• Concussion (Mild Traumatic Brain Injury)
• Female Athlete Issues
• Sideline Preparedness
• Team Physician Consensus Statement
• Conditioning of Athletes for Sports
http://www.sportsmed.org/tabs/resources/consensus.aspx

Team Physician  Consensus Statement
Objective: To provide physicians, school administrators, team owners, the general public and individuals responsible for … medical care… with guidelines for choosing a qualified team physician and an outline of the duties expected of a team physician.

Goal: To ensure that athletes and teams are provided the very best medical care

www.sportsmed.org/Media/Consensus.htm

Definition: The identification of and planning for medical services to promote the safety of the athlete, to limit injury, and to provide medical care at the site of practice or competition.

Med Sci Sport Exerc 2001;33(5):846-849.

Medical Coverage of Games and Events: What’s in the bag and on the Sidelines?”

David E. Olsen, M.D.
Presented at TPC, 2009, Orlando, Florida 
American College of Sports Medicine Expert Panel: Sideline Preparedness for the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement, 2004.
Daniels J, Kary J, Lane J: Optimizing the Sideline Medical Bag. Phys Sportsmed Vol. 333, No. 12, 12/2005
Sideline Preparedness for the Team Physician: Consensus Statement. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2001;33(5):846-849.

Team Physician Equipment

“Sideline and  Event Management”  in  Current Sports Medicine Reports 1(3);June, 2002.

As Team Physicians on the Sidelines, we must:
Be prepared
Practice emergency procedures with ATCs and ambulance personnel
Educate players and coaches on field etiquette with injured player
Decide on reduction techniques for Return to play
Be the athlete’s Protector/Advocate
Don’t worry or lose sleep over your decisions on the sideline

We should share our experiences, the more, the better
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