The good thing about Athletic Training is, when I'm 'bored' and not busy, its a good thing. Generally for most of the weekend, I had a few bloody noses, scratches on the face, and busted lips to treat. The only "serious" injury I had to deal with, was the dislocated shoulder one of the wrestlers suffered.
The most challenging thing about being an Athletic Trainer working at a wrestling tournament, is the fact you only have 90 seconds of injury time per match. We, as athletic trainers, are expected to evaluate, diagnosis and see if the athlete may return to competition in just a mere 90 seconds. Generally, asking the athlete how the injury occured takes 90 seconds.
I love working events, especially when the competition levels of the athletes are so high. Seeing these athletes work as hard as they possibly can for 5-6 minutes definitely makes wrestling a sport like no other.
Now off to 5 nights this week of basketball!
Until next time........
That is high pressure to only have 90 seconds to make the decision of whether the athlete can continue to participate. Do other sports have a time limit like that? I played soccer and basketball and I don't ever remember there being a time limit but those are also team sports where you usually sub the player out to make the evaluation.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty cool! Didn't know there was a limit on the amount of time you have to do that! I suppose it makes sense and eliminates the possibility (to a degree) of a player using the time as an advantage.
ReplyDeleteRachel and Martha-
ReplyDeleteThere is 90 seconds of injury per match and 3 minutes of blood time that each wrestler is granted. The official can also grant an allotted amount of recovery time if they choose to. They use recovery time if they get the wind knocked out of them or for other injuries such as that.
It is definitely a high pressure situation. No other sports have that type of rule, but I'd imagine that they do it so kids don't uses "injuries" to have an extra advantage.