Hey guys! Sorry I've been gone for a bit again. The holidays are so crazy! Anyways.. I found a great article on a fellow female athletic trainer, Danille Techner. She's the athletic trainer and sports medicine teacher at San Benito High School. Like many of us, she is the only athletic trainer at her school. She deals with every single sport and every single athlete every single day. She has to be everywhere at once. Many of us can relate to Techner with the multiple sports, hundreds of athletes, and several responsibilities. She also talks about how staying calm is key when it comes to injury, especially serious ones like a broken leg. I can definitely relate to this. My first month being an athletic trainer all alone without any help, I had a football player break his leg right in front of me and I can still hear the break to this day, like she can. I had to stay calm so I could calm down the athlete and get everyone where they needed to be. My friend even told me that I acted like those people in the CPR vidoes when they say to make sure you designate roles well by pointing and using the person's name to tell them what to do. Apparently I pointed at my friend and said "carrie! Call 9-1-1" and pointed to my coach and said "you! Tell the parents to stay back!" I had no clue I had done that. I guess it's instinct now! I'm sure every single one of you had had an instance where you had to stay calm for the sake of the athlete and everyone around you. If you've experienced something like this, leave a comment! Let me and everyone else know how you kept calm in a stressful situation. And below is Danielle's story!
http://m.sanbenitocountytoday.com/sports/profiles-techner-does-it-all-as-athletic-trainer/article_526f1df4-a45a-11e5-b59a-9fb26801b001.html?mode=jqm
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