Exertional Heat Illness

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The Exertional Heat Illness webinar, hosted by Cogent Steps, will focus on incidence, preparedness, prevention, treatment and considerations in scheduling events in relation to heat illness. This interactive webinar will also review key objectives, recent incidents, key definitions, management, risk factors, and return to play.

Who should attend:

PTs PTAs, students, AT, AT students

Program Goals:

After attending this webinar, you will be able to:
- Understand the role weather plays in EHI
- Explain why Wet Bulb Globe Temperature thermometers are vital to preparing for events
- Define EHI and the associated sequelae and risk factors
- Reflect on the current cases of EHI and how they may have been prevented
- Review the case study and describe where interventions may have helped
- Understand the various methods of treatment and discuss the Return to Play Guidelines

Description

PTs PTAs, students, AT, AT students

Program Goals:

After attending this webinar, you will be able to:
- Understand the role weather plays in EHI
- Explain why Wet Bulb Globe Temperature thermometers are vital to preparing for events
- Define EHI and the associated sequelae and risk factors
- Reflect on the current cases of EHI and how they may have been prevented
- Review the case study and describe where interventions may have helped
- Understand the various methods of treatment and discuss the Return to Play Guidelines

Contributors

Shelly Weinstein, PT, MS, ATC

Shelly Weinstein has more 35 years of experience in providing care to athletes across the age and competition spectrum. She graduated Temple University with a BS in physical therapy, next earning an MS in Human Movement Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Currently, Shelly is a doctoral candidate in the Leadership and Learning in Organization at the Peabody School of Education of Vanderbilt University. She is a board certified sports clinical specialist as well as being a nationally certified athletic trainer.

Shelly has been an AASPT and American Red Cross-certified Emergency Medical Response instructor since 1997. While on active duty in the United States Navy she served in a volunteer capacity as the Medical Operations Coordinator for the Marine Corps Marathon from 2004 until 2015 when she retired from the navy with a rank of Captain. Upon her retirement, Shelly was hired as the first Marine Corps Marathon medical staff member overseeing care, logistics, and management of twelve events seeing 45,000 runners and 120,000 spectators annually.

Additionally, Shelly has served as an adjunct professor at the East Carolina University Department of Physical Therapy. An accomplished writer, she has been published in peer review journals as well as authored the original chapter in the Home Study Preparation Course for the Emergency Medical Responder Course. While continuing to serve as the Lead Instructor for Cogent Steps, LLC, Shelly is an active mentor and faculty member of the U.S. Navy Sports Physical Therapy Residency at Quantico, Virginia.

She regularly participates as a medical provider at various events including the World Police and Fire Games, high school sports and the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Shelly continues to support patriotism and service to community, consulting on many large sporting events. In 2016 she traveled to Beijing China to provide training in Emergency Medical Response to the medical staff of the Chinese Olympic teams.
Angelique Bannister PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS

Angelique Bannister has nineteen years of experience as a physical therapist, including time served as an active duty Navy Physical Therapist. She has been a Red Cross-certified Emergency Medical Responder since 2010 and a sports certified specialist in physical therapy since 2013. She has spent the last thirteen years as the lead physical therapist at United States Marine Corps Base Quantico, Officer Candidates School (OCS). She currently serves as the Director of the U.S. Navy Sports Physical Therapy Residency Program, a program that has gained accreditation by the American Physical Therapy Association. As a Navy Medicine team provider at OCS, she has served as a heat team lead for countless exertional heat injuries incurred during Marine Officer training; and has assisted in yearly training of incoming providers for management of exertional heat injuries. In addition, she created the Heat Injury Return to Training Protocol for USMC OCS.

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Description

Contributors

Shelly Weinstein, PT, MS, ATC

Angelique Bannister PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS