Providing
hands-on emergency care skill workshops for athletic trainers
Preparing Your Team for Every Crisis
ABOUT
Athletic Training Emergency Preparedness Institute
The Athletic Training Emergency Preparedness Institute (ATEPi) proudly provides in person, hands-on emergency modules for athletic trainers. In 2011 the NATA released new updated competencies for all certified athletic trainers. Competencies which athletic trainers are expected to adhere to.
Since the release of these competencies athletic training education programs have included this new content in their curriculum. Which means most new graduates are coming out with these new skill set. But what about practicing athletic trainers who graduated prior to 2011? How do they learn and practice these skills? That’s where ATEPi comes in!
Our philosophy
While there are unlimited resources to athletic trainers and staffs available online for gaining education in the area emergency care, ATEPi has a different approach and philosophy! While it is our hope these lifesaving skills are never necessary for your athletes, it is our philosophy that these are skills which require a high level of understanding and competency should they be needed. And while it is possible to obtain a knowledge of these skills in a "virtual" setting, the proper hands-on application of these critical skills really cannot be perfected in a virtual world! This is why we feel strongly about our workshops being delivered in a face to fact format...at YOUR venue...with YOUR staff!" While the knowledge of these skills may be able to be obtained in a “virtual setting”, the development and proper hands-on application skills cannot be perfected in a virtual world. This is why ATEPi workshops are administered in person…at your venue…with you and your staff!
ATEPi workshops provide a didactic session presenting the latest standards and procedures followed by a scenario based on the field, on the court hands on “lab” session to learn new skills and develop a basic level of competency.
It’s also our philosophy these lifesaving skills are “low occurrence” yet “high proficiency” type skills. Which requires constant review and practice of these skills utilized in potentially critical catastrophic emergencies. Our philosophy and approach is to
prepare your team for every crisis!
Who
Are We…
Athletic Training Emergency Preparedness founder and CEO Keith Owsley brings over 35 years as a certified athletic trainer and 19 years as a professional firefighter/paramedic to the workshops provided by ATEPi.
During his 35 plus years as a certified athletic trainer Keith has experience from a wide array of clinical settings. From the secondary school level, clinical setting, semi-professional football and collegiate level as well as higher education.
In addition to his clinical practice, Keith has experience as an athletic training educator including knowledge of the latest best practices for responding to emergency situations in athletics. Further, he has presented locally, regionally and nationally on various topics within athletic training and emergency care in athletics.
Beyond Keith’s experience as a certified athletic trainer, he also has 19 year’s experience as a firefighter/paramedic. During his firefighter/paramedic career he also worked for over 8 years as an EMS instructor teaching EMT and Paramedic classes.
Keith’s combined experience as a certified athletic trainer and a firefighter/paramedic provides him a wealth of knowledge and experience to share in the area of emergency care and managing crisis situations for athletic trainers. He shares these experiences in preparing athletic trainer colleagues in preparing for life threatening situations should they occur.
CHOOSE YOUR TRAINING MODULEs
Each education module offered by ATEPi includes a classroom session delivering the latest standards and best practices for each of the areas. The classroom session is followed by an on the field or on the court scenario based hands on learning lab where attendees learn to gain a basic comprehension and application skills in each of the areas. Check out the various workshop content we offer.
Airway Management
This module covers the latest standards and best practices for management of airway crisis by athletic trainers. These skills are crucial in the first minutes of a respiratory crisis prior to EMS arrival. This module includes training in:
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Basic airway management
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Advanced airway management including
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Nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal airways
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Bag-valve-mask use
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Supraglottic airways including Combitube, King and iGel airways.
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Hand held portable suction
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Pulse oximetry
1/2
day
one module
(3 hours)
1 full
day
two modules
(6 hours)
1 1/2 full
days
three modules
(9 hours)
2 full
days
four modules
(12 hours)
Approved BOC Provider
Athletic Training Emergency Preparedness Institute is approved by the Board of Certification as a BOC provider. All attendees who attend our workshops will receive "Category A" CEU's as outlined by the BOC.
