Sports Medicine Toolkit

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The Sports Medicine Toolkit consists of a series of modules, videos and case presentations. They are curated and peer-reviewed in order to offer a “plug and play” sports medicine curriculum for emergency medicine residency programs. Topics have been selected by expert review of previously published sports medicine curriculum models. Content is focused on but not limited to MSK disorders, emergency management, patient education, ultrasound interpretation, physical examination and procedural skills. The topics contained within the toolkit include: 

Back PainFoot and AnklePediatric Fractures
Child with LimpHand and WristShoulder and Elbow
Equipment RemovalKneeSpecial Topics
Event CoverageMinor TBISpine Trauma 
Exercise CollapseMSK UltrasoundSwollen Joint

Each module is self-contained and offers pre-reading supplements, educational content (slideshow, media, case studies etc.), instructor guides and summary handouts for distribution after teaching sessions. 

Implementation Options

TOPIC PRE-READINGMATERIALSINSTRUCTOR’S GUIDE
Back Pain PowerPoint DownloadCase Download Case 2 Download Case 3 Download 
Child with LimpA Systematic Approach to the Evaluation of a Limping Child The Limping Child Herman et al.
The Limping Child Barkin et al. PEM Playbook: Please, Just STOP LIMPING! 
PowerPoint DownloadHandout DownloadCase DownloadPre/Post Quiz DownloadInstructors Guide Download
Equipment Removal  Video Summary DownloadVideo Link – Football PadsVideo Link – Hockey SkatesVideo Link – Lacrosse Video Link – HelmetVideo Link – Ski Boot 
Event CoverageProvision of Emergency Medical Care For Crowds PowerPoint Download Handout DownloadInstructors Guide Download
Exercise CollapseInternational criteria for electrocardiographic interpretation in athletes: consensus statement LITFL athlete EKGs National Athletic Trainers Association Consensus Statement: Sickle Cell Trait and the Athlete  Exercise-associated collapse: and evidence-based review and primer for clinicians PowerPoint DownloadHandout DownloadCase DownloadPre/Post Quiz DownloadInstructors Guide Download
Foot and Ankle PowerPoint Download – FootHandout Download – FootPowerPoint Download – AnkleHandout Download – Ankle Instructors Guide Download – FootInstructors Guide Download – Ankle
Hand and Wrist PowerPoint DownloadInstructors Guide Download
Knee PowerPoint DownloadHandout Download Instructors Guide Download
Minor TBI Haydel M. Management of mild traumatic brain injury in the emergency department. Emerg Med Pract. 2012 Sep;14(9):1-24. Epub 2012 Jul 20. PMID: 23101569.Management of mild traumatic brain injury in the emergency departmentManagement Of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury In The Emergency DepartmentPowerPoint DownloadHandout DownloadInstructors Guide Download
MSK UltrasoundPre-Reading Download – 1Pre-Reading Download – 2Pre-Reading Download – 3Pre-Reading Download – 4Pre-Reading Download – 5Pre-Reading Download – 6Pre-Reading Download – 7PowerPoint Download Video Link Instructors Guide Download
Pediatric Fractures  PowerPoint DownloadHandout Download Case DownloadPre/Post Quiz Download Instructors Guide Download
Shoulder and Elbow PowerPoint Download – ElbowPowerPoint Download – ShoulderHandout DownloadInstructors Guide Download
Special TopicsFemale Athlete Issues for the Team Physician – 2017 update. CJSM 17(5):163-171. May 2018.Health-Related Concerns of the Female Athlete: A Lifespan Approach. AFP 79(6):489-495. March 2009.Bone Densitometry in Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics 138(4):e1-e7. September 2016.Recognition and Management of Vitamin D Deficiency. AFP 80(8):841-846. October 2009.http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/inclusion/pregnant-parenting-student-athletesPowerPoint Download Case DownloadInstructors Guide Download
Spine TraumaDenis, Francis; Spinal Instability as Defined by the Three-column Spine Concept in Acute
Spinal Trauma, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research: October 1984 – Volume 189Bowles DR, Canseco JA, Alexander TD, Schroeder GD, Hecht AC, Vaccaro AR. The
Prevalence and Management of Stingers in College and Professional Collision
Athletes. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2020;13(6):651-662. doi:10.1007/s12178-020-
09665-5.Kim D, Viswanathan VK, Menger RP. C1 Fractures. [Updated 2020 May 27]. In:
StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020 Jan-. Available
from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK534091/#Walsh GS, Cusimano MD. Vertebral artery injury associated with a Jefferson fracture.
Can J Neurol Sci. 1995 Nov;22(4):308-11. doi: 10.1017/s0317167100039548. PMID:
8599777.

Kontautas E et al. Management of acute traumatic atlas fractures. J Spinal Disord
Tech 2005;18:402-5.

Moore, D., 2021. Odontoid Fracture – Spine – Orthobullets. [online] Orthobullets.com.
Available at: <https://www.orthobullets.com/spine/2016/odontoid-fracture>
[Accessed 16 January 2021].

Agrawal, R., 2021. Jefferson Fracture | Radiology Reference Article |
Radiopaedia.Org. [online] Radiopaedia.org. Available at:
<https://radiopaedia.org/articles/jefferson-fracture?lang=us> [Accessed 16 January
2021].

Yao, L. Et al2013. Imaging Evaluation Of The Cervical Spine. [online] Available at:
<https://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/rad/cspine/index.html> [Accessed 16
January 2021].
Stable Spinal Fractures DownloadStingers/Burners DownloadUnstable Spinal Fractures Download 
Swollen Joint PowerPoint DownloadHandout DownloadInstructors Guide Download