Athletic Training Case Scenarios ─ Domain-based Situations and Solutions

Every case that athletic trainers respond to is unique, but by exposing themselves to a variety of scenarios, they can be prepared for almost any situation. Case studies are the easiest way to find this information, but oftentimes, they come in the form of informal anecdotes or only relate to very specific subjects. Athletic Training Case Scenarios: Domain-Based Situations and Solutions is designed to fill this gap by providing a large number of studies from all five of the domains of athletic training.

Keith M. Gorse, Francis Feld, and Robert O. Blanc have gathered true-to-life scenarios for each of the five domains of athletic training, resulting in expert advice on the best response to many possible scenarios. These scenarios were shared by the certified athletic trainers who originally responded to them coming from their work in industrial settings, high schools, colleges, professional teams, and sports medicine clinics.

Each scenario features the actual case as it was first assessed by the athletic trainer in order to give readers an opportunity to use their own judgment and decide the best course of action before the original athletic trainer’s own response and recommendations are given.

Organized by domain, readers will be able to easily find examples of any case they could imagine. Each domain (prevention, evaluation and diagnosis, emergency care, treatment and rehabilitation, and organizational and professional health) has over a dozen scenarios designed to encourage critical thinking. This format gives readers the closest thing to a crash-course by exposing them to a diverse array of cases and situations.

Athletic training students and clinicians will appreciate the wide range of cases presented inAthletic Training Case Scenarios: Domain-Based Situations and Solutions, providing them with the strong knowledge base they will need to respond to any situation they may experience themselves.

Keith M. Gorse, EdD, LAT, ATC is an assistant professor at the Rangos School of Health Sciences at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA and also serves as the Clinical Coordinator for the Undergraduate Athletic Training Program.
Dr. Gorse received his bachelor of arts degree in Secondary Education and Athletic Training from the University of Pittsburgh (1983), and his master of education degree also from the University of Pittsburgh (1988). He spent 2 years working at Hempfield Area High School in Greensburg, PA and 15 years at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. While working at Duquesne University, Dr. Gorse received his doctoral degree in Education (2010).
Dr. Gorse has been teaching in the Athletic Training Program since 2001. His areas of instruction have included sophomore-level introduction to athletic training, athletic injury evaluation, emergency care, applied science, and administrative issues in health care. In that time, Dr. Gorse has also been Clinical Coordinator for all sophomore-, junior-, and senior-level students. The Athletic Training Program uses over 30 different clinical education sites (on and off campus) and 65 different clinical education preceptors.
Dr. Gorse’s research interests include commotio cordis, youth sports injuries, and emergency care issues. He has published 7 peer-reviewed manuscripts and contributed to over 14 professional presentations in his areas of research expertise. Additionally, Dr. Gorse has co-authored one academic text book in athletic training and is currently co-authoring another athletic training text book that will be published in 2015.
Dr. Gorse is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), the Eastern Athletic Trainers Association, the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers’ Society (PATS), the American Heart Association (AHA), and the American Red Cross. Professionally, Dr. Gorse spent 5 years (2006-2010) serving as a member of the programming committee for the NATA Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium, and 6 years (1998-2004) as the District II Rep for the NATA College/University Committee. He was chair of the NATA Age Specific Task Force for 3 years (2003-2005). He routinely serves as a moderator and/or program reviewer for the NATA Annual Meeting. He currently is a member of the NATA Sponsor Review Committee and acts as the Alleghany County Rep to PATS. Dr. Gorse has been an instructor in CPR, AED, and First Aid for both the AHA and American Red Cross for the past 25 years. He teaches and certifies students, coaches, and teachers both on campus and off campus at local schools and youth sport associations.
Dr. Gorse is a licensed athletic trainer through the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine. He has over 30 years of clinical experience, working at both the high school and college levels. At Hempfield High School, Dr. Gorse served as their first full time athletic trainer. During his time at Carnegie Mellon University, Dr. Gorse was the head athletic trainer for over 17 men’s and women’s varsity sports and also taught in the Physical Education department. Currently, Dr. Gorse does some outside clinical work with Shady Side Academy Middle and High School in Pittsburgh, working with various varsity sports, including the baseball and ice hockey programs. Dr. Gorse has also been a coach/manager for various youth baseball programs in the Shaler and Fox Chapel school districts, also in Pittsburgh, for the past 14 years.

Francis Feld, MS, MEd, CRNA, LAT, ATC, NRP is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist at UPMC Passavant Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA, where he specializes in thoracic anesthesia. Prior to working at Passavant, he spent 16 years at UPMC Mercy Hospital, which is a Level One Trauma and Burn Center where he specialized in cardiac and trauma anesthesia. Mr. Feld is active in the prehospital arena as a paramedic for Ross West View EMS in Pittsburgh and Penn State University EMS in University Park, PA w