2013 PATS ANNUAL MEETING!!

PATS Annual Meeting is coming to the Woodlands!

Did you know that there are over 600 members in the Northeast PA region?
We need a strong showing at this years PATS annual meeting. 

Download Registration materials here - Link

May 30th June 1, 2013

- Woodlands Inn; Wilkes-Barre, PA

Save-the-Date: 2013 PAT-PAC HOCKEY NIGHT!!

Casting & Bracing CEUs & Hockey Night!

Saturday, March 30th 2013

 - and -

3:30 - 5:30pm Casting & Bracing CEU Event 
@ Geisinger Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine 

 7pm WSB Penguins vs. Norfolk Admirals

 

 Download this Form

Registration Deadline is Feb 23rd 2013

Two Smartphone apps appear helpful for Athletic Trainers!

Many thanks to PATS Monroe County Delegate Matt Shelton of Stroudsburg HS!!

He recently shared some smartphone apps that could make an Athletic Trainer's life a little easier!Check em out, and tell me what you think! Coachsmart has some great tools for preventing heat illness, and the SCAT2 can be helpful as well. Wait on purchasing the app titled "Athletic Trainer".

NOT READY YET -- There is a PAID app called "Athletic Trainer" that's not quite there yet. It allows for easy SOAP notes, however it requires internet access, not a luxury on many practice fields, a way to enter offline and sync back at the office might make this a no brainer.  The current version does not rotate in landscape mode making it harder to read and difficulty to enter info.  It is free for upto five patients if you want to give it a try! 

I wouldn't be surprised if many of our recognized injury tracking distributors, like ATS have apps currently in development too, so keep looking

Do you use other smartphone apps for work?
Email me your review and I'll post them!! 

Thanks,

Scott Dietrich
drd.esu.at@gmail.com

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 1) CoachSmart

 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/coachsmart/id523269171?mt=8&ls=1
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2) SCAT2

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scat2-sport-concussion-assessment/id452857229?mt=8

PATS Northeast Region Summer 2012 Update!

Greetings Licensed Athletic Trainers' of NEPA!

I hope you've had a great summer, with two-a-days just around the corner, I thought you might find some of the following links helpful! PATS has some exciting news that will be announced in the next few weeks so please stay tuned to facebook and www.gopats.org to learn more!  
 

Have you liked us on facebook yet?

 

http://www.facebook.com/gopatsAT

PLEASE share with others so we can reach 350 likes!!

1) TIPS on Developing Standard Operating Procedures
http://www.gopats.org/members/forms/StandardProtocolsEATA2005.pdf

2) Athletic Training Standards of Practice (PA)
http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/049/chapter18/subchapHtoc.html

***Reminder***
PA licensure issued under this subchapter expires on December 31 of every even-numbered year (2012) unless renewed for the next biennium.

3) Heat Illness Video on CBS News
 http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505270_162-57483256/parents-of-dead-high-school-football-stars-suing/?tag=mncol;lst;1

Have your coaches completed the training, since July 1st?

3) Athletic Trainer's Role in Managing Concussions
 Check out this video by the NATA about athletic trainers and concussions.
 http://vimeo.com/44114345

As always if you have news, questions or would just like to say hi please email me or your county delegate! Let us know the many great things you are working on!

I hope you have a safe and enjoyable 2012 fall sports season!


Scott Dietrich, EdD, ATC, LAT
PATS Northeastern Regional Representative



PATS is looking for sites to host an ATHLETIC TRAINER APPRECIATION NIGHT in each region -- Now is your chance to get involved, if your school or booster club is interested please recommend a location.

2012 PATS Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposium Recap!

2012 PATS Annual Meeting Recap -- Lancaster, PA

PATS Leads the way on Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA)

The 32nd Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers' Society (PATS) Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium was held at the Marriott Lancaster – Downtown and Convention Center from June 7-9, 2012. Pennsylvania is the first state to enact a law addressing Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the student athlete population. PATS lead the discussion during the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Forum in which PATS invited House Bill 1610 sponsor Pennsylvania Representative Mike Vereb, James Weber, Michael Meyer, MS, ATC, LAT, of California University of Pennsylvania, Larry Cooper, MS, ATC, LAT of Penn Trafford High School and PATS Secondary School Committee Chair and Darren Sudman of the Simon’s Fund to discuss the latest issues.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/6/prweb9644482.htm

PLEASE Remind your coaches that the new PA law requires concussion training.

Department of Health Approved Regional Concussion Courses

The Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania along with the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers’ Society will be presenting FREE Approved Departments of Health and Education Regional Concussion Courses in all 12 PIAA Districts. The courses meet the Safety in Youth Sports Act requirements for concussion education for coaches and are being offered as an alternative to the approved online programs offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Federation of State High School Associations and the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers’ Society. All attendees will be provided a course completion certificate to verify your participation in this event.https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5aWxOueZJ_qMHBhZ0liODhUWVU

PATS Licensure Extravaganza a huge success!

With the chairperson of the State Board of Medicine, Dr. James Freeman and the Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele (she signs our license documents) on hand to give some memorable awards, PATS celebrated an accomplishment that was 30 years in the making! Taking care of business might have been an appropriate theme, but many contributions were acknowledged and complimentary hors devours and open bar as a DJ spun the tunes! Earning Licensure for our membership is a great accomplishment for our profession and has already gone a long way for increasing respect among other health care professionals and our presence has never been greater in Harrisburg where we are lucky to be well represented.

PATS Welcomes New President!

At the close of Saturday's business meeting our organization welcomed its 20th president.  Dr. Yvette Ingram of Lock Haven continues a great tradition of leading our organization to new heights. Many thanks to Greg Janik of Kings and Tom West of California of PA for their many great contributions serving in this role.

Enjoy your summer, then NATA Conference or whatever road your plans take you down.  **Remember the new CEU reporting period will end shortly after NEXT YEARS ANNUAL MEETING SO PLAN TO ATTEND the 2013 Meeting at the Woodlands in Wilkes-Barre, PA


Regards,


Scott Dietrich, EdD, ATC, LAT, CSCS
ESU Athletic Training Education
PATS Northeastern Repesentitive

ATTN PATS Members -- Volunteer's Needed!!
Sunday, June 3rd

 Lafayette College (Easton, PA)

 Contact: MATT BAYLY
(610) 330-5766

baylym@lafayette.edu

PLEASE consider volunteering for part or all of the day. It’s a great atmosphere, and a tremendous cause. Show-up time is 8am, followed by field set-up, then morning session 9-12. Lunch & guest speaker (Penn State’s Bill O’Brien) are 12-1, then afternoon session from 1-3. After field cleanup of about 30 minutes, we join the 250+ coaches for an on-site cook-out put on Outback.

Please respond yes, no, or maybe- so I can get an idea of how many ATs , nurses, & MDs we’ll have available.

Lastly- Please pass this on to anyone who may also be interested in helping out.

The eighth annual Lauren´s First and Goal Football Camp will be held on Sunday, June 3 at Lafayette College´s Metzgar Athletics Complex in Easton, Pa. Lauren´s First and Goal is a non-profit organization, a labor of love started in 2004 by John and Marianne Loose in honor of their daughter, Lauren, a 13-year-old pediatric brain tumor survivor. Since its inception, LFG has raised more than $800,000 toward its mission to provide financial support for brain tumor research and cancer services, to offer financial and emotional support to families living with pediatric cancer, and to increase awareness of the disease.

CAMP OVERVIEW: Lauren´s First and Goal Football Camp is a one-day non-contact camp for any student who will be entering 9th through 12th grades in Sept. of 2010. Players will be divided into small groups by position and age for offensive and defensive skill instruction. Student-athletes should wear sneakers to the facility to be used on the turf, and bring football shoes for the grass.

During Lauren´s First and Goal Football Camp, participants will have the unique opportunity to make contact with Division I, II & III college coaches who are volunteering their time and expertise to work the camp. The camp will also feature a guest speaker. Last year, more than 275 college coaches volunteered at the LFG camp. The camper to coach ratio will be approximately 8 to 1.

http://www.laurensfirstandgoal.org/

Top 5 ways you can make a difference!

Greetings Everyone!

Several people have asked me how they can be more involved in PATS! In the spirit of David Letterman I put a basic list together!

Practicing AT to the highest level of professionalism, is the greatest way to represent our profession.  These are 5 other ways that you can really make a difference!

#5 - RUN in the Scholarship Race -Link

#4 - HOST a "give back night" -Link -or-  Find a Corporate Sponsor -Link

#3 - DONATE to a Scholarship, PATS-PAC -Link

#2 - PLAY Golf at the PATS Symposium! -Link

#1 - Serve on a Committee -Link

Our mission is to Promote, Advocate, Transact Business, & Serve!