Organizations committed to the prevention of catastrophic injuries and death in young athletes.

Attend our Youth Sports Safety Summit:

Tuesday, December 6, 2011
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C.

For more information please email Judy Pulice, or phone 972.532.8803, at the National Athletic Trainers' Association.

AGENDA

Advance release of the new Position Statement on Preventing Sudden Death in Sports
Sudden Cardiac Arrest (Victoria L. Vetter, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Laura Friend, Project ADAM Texas at Cook Children’s Medical Center)
Exertional Sickling (E. Randy Eichner, MD, former team internist, University of Oklahoma football, and Yvette Coursey, Sickle Cell Foundation of Palm Beach County & Treasure Coast, Inc.)
Exercise-Induced Asthma (Amy Valasek, MD, Johns Hopkins Pediatric Emergency Department)
Exertional Heat Stroke (Douglas J. Casa, PhD, ATC, University of Connecticut and Korey Stringer Institute and Rhonda Fincher, Kendrick Fincher Hydration Foundation)
Brain Injury/Concussion (Kevin M. Guskiewicz, PhD, ATC, University of North Carolina and Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center) and Lisa Gfeller (Matthew Gfeller Foundation)
Emergency Action Plans (Jon Almquist, ATC, Fairfax County Public Schools Athletic Training Program)

A limited number of hotel rooms are being held at the Grand Hyatt at 1000 H Street, N.W. in Washington, D.C. Hotel reservations must be made by contacting the hotel reservation department directly at 202-582-1234 or 800-233-1234. Mention NATA to receive the discounted rate of $199. Please reserve early – the cutoff date for room reservations is November 4.