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Identifying
Health Risks Prior To Participation ...
Cary
Tanamachi, a Dallas-area orthopaedic surgeon who has become the
committee's unofficial chair, says they also hope to give schools
recommendations for providing parents with details about how to detect
if something may be wrong with their children's health.
"There may be some things we can have parents look for, as well
as have a doctor look for," he says. "Sometimes these kids
want to play at all costs. They say, 'To heck with any health or
physical problems'. We want to see if we can change that
mind-set by getting parents to better understand these
conditions. Even though they may be very much involved in the
health of their kids, if they don't know what they're looking for, it
doesn't do much good".
By directing the impact of the UIL's
Medical Advisory Committee beyond field, court, and locker room
boundaries, Texas athletic administrators recognize they probably have a
better chance that ever of averting the tragedies that befell four
Texas football players last year. "You don't know when a
student-athletic will get struck by lightning. And you don't
know when a student-athlete will develop an enlarged heart,"
Breithaupt says. "But you hope that you have the protocols in
place and have done everything possible to prevent the death of that
young person".
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This
is an interesting article. Whilst this committee was formed in a
reactive situation they have tried to respond proactively. These
health conditions are not unique to the United States and the
activities of the UIL Medical Advisory Committee are equally as
appropriate for Australia.
Reference;
Article
"Doctors On Duty" written by Michael Popke and published by Athletic Business, March 2002
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