PD Update - Fall 2016

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As your students prepare to earn the ATC® credential, you can help ease the transition by advising them to maintain continuous certification in emergency cardiac care (ECC). There should be no lapse in ECC certification from being a CAATE accredited athletic training student through the entire time of earning and holding the ATC® credential.

The BOC conducts audits of Certified Athletic Trainers (ATs) to verify compliance with certification requirements – a critical part of assuring public safety. Our audits sometimes reveal lapses in maintaining an ECC credential due to mistaken beliefs about the requirement. Other times, ATs report ECC certification at a lower level than the minimum BOC requirement (see sidebar).

Following are common but unacceptable
reasons given for a lapse in ECC
certification:
•;I’m not currently practicing as an AT
•;I’m not working in the field
•;I’m in school
•;I didn’t know what level of CPR I need
•;I didn’t keep all my cards, whether
expired or current
ECC documents must be kept for 2 years
after expiration. The only acceptable
documents are original certification cards,
original certificates of completion, or
photocopies (front and back) of certification
cards or certificates of completion. The
instructor and card holder must sign cards
or certificates of completion if a QR code is
not provided. Letters provided by instructors
are not acceptable.

TRAnsITIOn TO AThLETIC TRAInER:

Continuous ECC Certification

Begins with Candidacy ECC certification must include all of
the following:
•;Adult CPR
•;Pediatric CPR
•;Second rescuer CPR
• AED
•;Airway obstruction
•;Barrier devices (e.g., pocket mask,
bag valve mask)