Embedded Files
The Injury Surveillance Component (ISC) of EMR is primarily driven by the the data collected through injury documentation. The only information that must be entered into the system manually is the number of exposures and injuries.
To access the ISC, click on the “Injury Surveillance” button in the top left corner of the AT Dashboard.
Once in the Injury Surveillance form, you will see fields for all available sports, along with fields for Practice Exposures, Game Exposures, Practice Injuries, and Game Injuries.
Surveillance is completed on a weekly basis, with the week running from Sunday through Saturday.
To complete your weekly surveillance, use the calendar button to select the appropriate week you want to record.
Check the boxes next to the sports that are in-season. You will notice that once checked, the exposure and injury fields will become active.
Enter the total number of exposures for each sport, separated by practices and games. Then enter the total number of injuries that occurred during both practices and games for each sport.
Click on the “Submit” button to save your entries.
Surveillance data is not locked once submitted, so you can easily return to change information for any week.
Exposure and Injury Definitions
Exposure and Injury Definitions
An exposure is defined as an athlete participating in 1 practice or competition that exposes the individual to the chance of athletic injury. It is possible to have multiple exposures for one athlete on the same day.
Injury is defined as any injury that 1) results from participation in interscholastic practices or competitions and 2) requires medical attention by a certified athletic trainer or physician and 3) results in restricted participation or performance for 1 or more days beyond the day of injury.
Example – 15 baseball athletes participate in one practice, and one injury occurs – this would result in 15 practice exposures and one practice injury for baseball.
Injuries recorded in the EMR Injury Demographic will be automatically imported into the ISC. These injury counts can be seen in the left side of the practice and game injury columns. This provides a check and balance system for both documentation and injury surveillance for the athletic trainer. Manual injury counts and automatically generated injury counts should match up.
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