Athletic training is an allied healthcare profession that encompasses the prevention, examination, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of emergent, acute, and chronic injuries and medical conditions.

Athletic Trainers (ATs) are recognized by the American Medical Association (AMA), Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as allied healthcare professionals. ATs work in collaboration with or under the direction of physicians, and in accordance with their education, training, and state statutes, rules, and regulations.

ATs must graduate from an accredited athletic training education program. Their educational and clinical integration experience follows the medical education model and encompasses competencies in evidence-based practice, prevention and health promotion, clinical examination and diagnosis, acute care of injury and illness, therapeutic interventions, psycho-social strategies and referral, healthcare administration, and professional development and responsibility.

A CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER, holds a credential from the National Athletic Trainer’s Association (NATA) Board of Certification (BOC). ATs are licensed or otherwise regulated in 49 states and the District of Columbia. California is the only state that does not require a licensure or some other form of regulation for ATs.

Sudden Cardiac Arrest is the leading cause of death among student-athletes. Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is not a heart attack, it is an abnormality in the heart's electrical system that abruptly stops the heartbeat. It is caused by an undetected congenital (present from birth) or genetic heart condition. 

Staph bacteria is one of the most common causes of skin infections in the United States. Many of these various skin infections are minor and easily remedied without antibiotics, but occasionally serious infections require treatment. Methicillin-Resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA) is a type of staph infection that is resistant to penicillin and similar commonly used antibiotics. If left untreated MRSA can have serious and potentially fatal ramifications. 

Bylaw 503.I. Steroid Prohibition:

As a condition of membership, all schools shall adopt policies prohibiting the use and abuse of androgenic/anabolic steroids. All member schools shall gave participating students and their parent(s)/guardian(s)/caregiver(s) agree that the athlete will not use steroids without the written prescription of a fully licensed physician (as recognized by the AMA) to treat a medical condition.