Medications and Athletic Training Part II: Prepared by Dr. Eric Fuchs, LAT, ATC, NRAEMT, SMTC Part II of this blog on medications and athletic training addresses the questions surrounding AT’s who work with youth sports. More specifically, for example are factors such as parental consent necessary to obtain with the handling and administration of medication. This may seem as simple as saying, athletic trainers’ working with minors will administer no medication; however, thi

Dr. Eric Fuchs, LAT, ATC, NRAEMT, SMTC As the revised CAATE 2020 Educational standards are being implemented, athletic trainers are being taught how to administer a wide variety of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications under upon the order of a physician. The medications specifically identified in the new standards include: Oxygen, Insulin, Glucagon, Epinephrine, Albuterol, Naloxone, Glucose Tabs, and Aspirin. (1) Specifically, standard 75 states, “Administer