Athletic Trainer Support & Services

UT Health East Texas provides Jacksonville ISD with two full-time athletic trainers who assist the head athletic trainer with the following:

· Planning and implementing a comprehensive athletic injury and illness prevention program.

· Conducting an initial assessment of an athlete's injury or illness and formulating an impression of the injury or illness in order to provide emergency or continued care and referral to a physician for definitive diagnosis and treatment, if appropriate.

· Administering first aid and emergency care for acute athletic injuries and illnesses.

· Coordinating, planning, and implementing a comprehensive rehabilitation program for athletic injuries.

· Providing health care information to and counseling athletes.

Athletic Training is a form of health care that includes the practice of preventing, recognizing, assessing, managing, treating, disposing of, and reconditioning athletic injuries under the direction of a physician licensed in this state or another qualified, licensed health professional who is authorized to refer for health care services within the scope of the person’s license.

UT Health East Texas is committed to treating the whole person through the many services offered and is proud to partner with Jacksonville ISD to bring state-of-the-art healthcare services to its students and families.