No more guesswork! The simple instructions tell you what signs and symptoms to look for and what action to take, based on the symptoms you observe.

In addition to giving specific tips for handling 18 injuries, Sideline Help contains eight important checks to perform in your evaluation, emergency care guidelines, and information about bleeding injuries, splinting, assisting an injured athlete off the field, common minor injuries, and what to include in your first aid kit.

Sideline Help itself is an essential item for any sports first aid kit. Read it and keep it on hand, so you'll be prepared when injuries occur.

AUDIENCE

Guide for coaches, parents, and physical education teachers

CONTENTS

Preface
Acknowledgments
How to Use This Book
Before the Game
Sideline Help at a Glance
Basic Knowledge and Essential Skills
Eight Important Checks
Checking for Mental Status
Checking for Shock
Checking for Pulse
Checking for Numbness
Checking for Strength
Checking for Localized Tenderness
Checking for Range of Motion
Checking for Grating Bones
Emergency Care Guidelines
Calling 911
Cardiopulmonary Arrest
Treating for Shock
No Food or Water
Bleeding Injuries
Guidelines for Handling Blood
Caring for Major Wounds
Splinting
Assisting an Injured Athlete off the Field
PRICE Guidelines
Common Minor Injuries
Missing or Cracked Teeth
Leg Cramps
Wind Knocked Out
Part 1: Critical Injuries
Head Injury
Neck Injury
Back Injury
Heat Stroke
Part 2: Internal Organ Injuries
Chest Injury
Abdominal Injury
Part 3: Facial Injuries
Eye Injury
Nose Injury
Jaw Injury
Part 4: Extremity Injuries
Shoulder Injury
Elbow Injury
Forearm Injury
Hand Injury
Hip Injury
Knee Injury
Lower Leg Injury
Ankle Injury
Foot Injury
Appendix: Injury Prevention and Care Resources
About Dr. Steele

medical sports injuries. It could be an excellent organizer for the allied medical professional and an invaluable resource for coaches, athletic directors and Little League officials."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marshall K. Steele III, MD, has been caring for high school, college, and young athletes since 1977. In 1983 he started the first comprehensive program in Maryland for athletic trainers working with high school and youth sports. Under the program, each high school in Anne Arundel County was assigned an athletic trainer who visited the school at least twice weekly. Dr. Steele also recruited volunteer team physicians throughout the county for high school football games.

Dr. Steele has presented many lectures to coaches and primary care physicians and received several awards, including the Robert Pascal Service Award for special service to high school athletes and the Anne Arundel County Coaches Award. A member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), he has been a member of the ACSM's Committee on Youth Clinics, a state commissioner on the Maryland Physical Fitness Commission, and a national advisory board member for Caremark, Inc. He also was a sports medicine physician at the 1984 Olympic Games.

Dr. Steele holds a medical degree from the University of Maryland and is president of the Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center in Annapolis, MD.

WORDS OF PRAISE

"This is a very unique book - unlike any other text directed at the public. It is a book that should be a requirement for any coach involved in athletic participation where an athletic trainer or emergency personnel are not available.

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