UofL Health hosts emergency sports medicine training to help save lives on, off the field
COMING UP IN YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ERICA. NOW, IF YOU FIND YOURSELF ON THE SIDELINE OF A SPORTING EVENT, YOU COULD HELP SAVE A LIFE. U OF L HEALTH SPORTS MEDICINE HOSTED A COURSE ON HOW TO MANAGE INJURIES AND EMERGENCIES. IT WAS GEARED TOWARD PHYSICIANS, ATHLETIC TRAINERS, COACHES AND FIRST RESPONDERS. BUT IT CAN ALSO BE USEFUL IN EVERYDAY LIFE SINCE HEART ATTACKS, INJURIES AND HEAT RELATED INJURIES CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE. MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THIS HAPPENS, IT’S NOT DURING A GAME WHERE WE HAVE TEAM DOCTORS THERE WHERE WE HAVE ATHLETIC TRAINERS. IT’S HAPPENING IN PRACTICE AND SO THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR COACHES ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE, THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO. MAKING SURE THAT TEAMMATES KNOW WHAT TO DO. AS YOU SEE, THE COURSE INCLUDED HANDS ON TRAINING AS WELL CPR, DEFIBRILLA
UofL Health hosts emergency sports medicine training to help save lives on, off the field
Updated: 11:16 PM EDT Jul 12, 2025
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Whether you’re cheering on the sidelines or coaching on the field, you could help save a life one day. That was the message behind UofL Health’s Sports Medicine Emergency Sideline Course.The course was geared toward physicians, athletic trainers, coaches, and first responders, but organizers said the course can also be useful for everyday life since heart attacks, injuries, and heat-related injuries can happen anywhere.”Most of the time when this happens, it’s not during a game where we have team doctors there, but we have athletic trainers,” said Katie Pohlgeers, a UofL Primary Care Sports Medicine fellow. “It’s happening in practice, and so the importance is making sure that our coaches are the first line of defense, they know what to do, making sure the teammates know what to do.”The course included hands-on training, CPR defibrillators, and instructions on how to cool people suffering from heat-related injuries.
Whether you’re cheering on the sidelines or coaching on the field, you could help save a life one day.
That was the message behind UofL Health’s Sports Medicine Emergency Sideline Course.
The course was geared toward physicians, athletic trainers, coaches, and first responders, but organizers said the course can also be useful for everyday life since heart attacks, injuries, and heat-related injuries can happen anywhere.
“Most of the time when this happens, it’s not during a game where we have team doctors there, but we have athletic trainers,” said Katie Pohlgeers, a UofL Primary Care Sports Medicine fellow. “It’s happening in practice, and so the importance is making sure that our coaches are the first line of defense, they know what to do, making sure the teammates know what to do.”
The course included hands-on training, CPR defibrillators, and instructions on how to cool people suffering from heat-related injuries.
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