PRESIDENT
Jason Roe
Roedeo@aol.com      

PRESIDENT-ELECT
Frank Sakelarios fsakelarios@carson.k12.nv.us

SECRETARY
Ann Dovenmuehler      anndovenmuehler@gmail.com

TREASURER
Jeff Crozier
jeff.crozier@IGT.com

About US

Athletic Trainers are multiskilled health care professionals who are college educated to provide services for those who are athletically active. At this time, Athletic Trainers have a minimum of a bachelors degree from a four-year accredited institution; however, more than forty percent of nationally certified Athletic Trainers in Nevada have masters or doctoral degrees.

The education of Athletic Trainers is steeped heavily in the basic and applied sciences, such as chemistry, physics, biology, physiology, anatomy, psychology, and sociology. There also is a strong clinical internship requirement for all Athletic Training students, mandating experience under a nationally Certified Athletic Trainer. Nevada currently only has one accredited Athletic Training Education Program.

Athletic Trainers are educated to function within a scope of practice which includes 12 competency areas developed through a Role Delineation Study promulgated by the National Athletic Trainers' Association - Board of Certification (NATA-BOC) (Role Delineation Study, 1999).

· Risk Management and Injury Prevention
· Pathology of Injuries and Illnesses
· Assessment and Evaluation
· Acute Care of Injury and Illness
· Pharmacology
· Therapeutic Modalities · Therapeutic Exercise
· General Medical Conditions and Disabilities
· Nutritional Aspects of Injury and Illness
· Psychosocial Intervention and Referral
· Health Care Administration
· Professional Development and Responsibilities

These competency areas fall under the following domains: domains include the prevention of injuries and illness, the recognition, evaluation, and immediate care of injuries (first aid and emergency care), and referral of illnesses, rehabilitation and reconditioning of injuries, health care administration, and professional development and responsibility. Athletic Trainers provide services to athletes and athletic individuals of all levels of physical and mental ability.

The national professional organization for Athletic Trainers, the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA), was established in 1950, and now has over 25,000 members. The NATA is divided into ten distinct districts. Nevada is a member of NATA District-VIII, along with California and Hawaii. The three states in District VII are members of the Far West Athletic Trainers' Association. The American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Athletic Trainers' Association, and the American Medical Association cooperate to establish, maintain, and promote appropriate standards of quality for educational programs in Athletic Training.