Skull Sessions

Pete McCabe (Safety Coordinator at Excelsior Orthopedics) joins Skull Sessions Host Mike Cendoma to discuss what athletic trainers can expect when starting their careers. Follow SMC on instagram: @sportsmedicineconcepts The SMC Academy is your one stop shop for online, CEU-Driven continuing education. Check it out here: learn.sportsmedicineconcepts.com

Dave Leven (SMC's Training Center Coordinator & EMT) joins Mike on this episode of Skull Sessions Podcast to discuss the relationship between EMS and Athletic Trainers. Follow SMC on Instagram: @sportsmedicineconcepts Check out the SMC Academy: https://learn.sportsmedicineconcepts.com Visit us on the web: https://www.sportsmedicineconcepts.com

Mike Cendoma, Owner of Sports Medicine Concepts & Host of Skull Sessions, discusses the differences between practice and simulation. Please note that today's podcast contains video clips that may not make sense in the audio version of the podcast. Today's episode is brought to you by the SMC Academy: Learn More Here: https://learn.sportsmedicineconcepts.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportsmedicineconcepts/ Visit SMC on the web at: https://www.sportsmedicineconcepts.com/

Mandy, Ben, and Dave mix things up on this episode of Skull Sessions. Dave shares what a day in the life is like for EMS, how he learned to manage stress, and what kitchen appliance we would be! www.sportsmedicineconcepts.com

Hannah Phelps from the USOPC joins Mike Cendoma on this AT Month edition of the Skull Sessions Podcast.

Special Guest Ronnie Barnes joins Mike Cendoma on Skull Sessions to discuss his life, career, and athletic training.

Steve Sanborn joins Mike Cendoma on Skull Sessions to discuss the WAVi System. References: https://www.brainhealthscan.com/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7242851/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6351777/pdf/awy317.pdf

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Kellie Peiper joins Mike Cendoma on Skull Sessions to discuss Stressors and Identity shifts. Video clips from Skull Sessions available at: https://www.youtube.com/user/SportsMedConcepts References & Information: Link to Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale: https://cssrs.columbia.edu/# Link to National Alliance on Mental Illness: https://www.nami.org/Support-Education/Publications-Reports/Guides/Navigating-a-Mental-Health-Crisis/Navigating-A-Mental-Health-Crisis Link to National Athletic Trainers' Association Mental Health EAP Guidelines: https://www.nata.org/sites/default/files/mental_health_eap_guidelines.pdf

Mary Leposa joins Mike Cendoma on Skull Sessions to discuss mental health crisis assessment. Video clips from Skull Sessions available at: https://www.youtube.com/user/SportsMedConcepts References & Information: Link to Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale: https://cssrs.columbia.edu/# Link to National Alliance on Mental Illness: https://www.nami.org/Support-Education/Publications-Reports/Guides/Navigating-a-Mental-Health-Crisis/Navigating-A-Mental-Health-Crisis Link to National Athletic Trainers' Association Mental Health EAP Guidelines: https://www.nata.org/sites/default/files/mental_health_eap_guidelines.pdf

Special Guest Pepper Burruss joins Mike Cendoma on Skull Sessions to talk about his career in Athletic Training.

Bill Graessle joins Mike Cendoma on Skull Sessions to discuss the Polar Life Pod and other Polar products. Polar Life Products: https://www.polarproducts.com/polarshop/pc/home.asp SMC's Sideline Review on the Polar Life Pod: https://youtu.be/FSg6n5hpfos Look for SMC's Skull Sessions Podcast on your favorite podcast app! Follow us: Instagram: @sportsmedicineconcepts Twitter: @SpMedConcepts Facebook: Sports Medicine Concepts

Anna Spanton, John Spanton, and Doug Kleiner join Mike Cendoma on the Skull Sessions Podcast to discuss the Power-Driven Spineboard by Spanton Dynamics. Spanton Dynamics: Research Studies: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pweqxerua1kw70r/AABHPG32YLxrt1s9hMs9vtYca?dl=0&preview=Spanton+Research+Studies+with+tabs.pdf Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWLWq6_rZgM37foNyvjupRw Contact: www.spantondynamics.com info@spantondynamics.com Anna Spanton 808.280.7455 John Spanton 310.779.5177 Sports Medicine Concepts: Visit us online at: https://sportsmedicineconcepts.com/ Follow us on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpMedConcepts Instagram: sportsmedicineconcepts

Kathleen Bachynski, Assistant Professor of Public Health at Muhlenberg College, joins Mike Cendoma to discuss Pseudoscience in Sports Marketing on the Skull Sessions Podcast. Today’s episode is brought to you by In2MinutesOrLess! Elite Sports Emergency Care Training Learn More: https://www.sportsmedicineconcepts.com/ References: Misleading Mouth-Guard Advertisement Settlement: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2012/08/settlement-ftc-prohibits-marketer-brain-pad-inc-claiming-its Press release regarding Pop Warner (youth football league) choosing brain armor as its "official brain supplement." It is notable that some of the people on the medical advisory board of Pop Warner and of Brain Armor are the same people (specifically Julian Bailes). This illustrates the concern of conflicts of interest and how there might not be much oversight of products that are targeting child athletes and their parents. https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/pop-warner-little-scholars-chooses-brain-armor-as-official-supplement-provider-2017-08-24 Medical advisory board of Pop Warner: https://www.popwarner.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1476204 Senior Medical Advisor to Brain Armor: https://brain-armor.com/senior-medical-advisor/

Dr. Erik Swartz, from the University of Massachusetts - Lowell and the Helmet-less Tackling Training Program, joins Mike Cendoma to discuss reducing head trauma through behavior modification on the Skull Sessions Podcast. Today’s episode is brought to you by In2MinutesOrLess! Elite Sports Emergency Care Training Learn More: http://teamemsoft.com/new-landing-page/ References: Could helmet-less tackling training reduce football head injuries? https://theconversation.com/could-helmetless-tackling-training-reduce-football-head-injuries-122035 Sports-Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science, Changing the Culture (2014). See page 243. The National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research https://nccsir.unc.edu/ STAR Study:https://helmet.beam.vt.edu/index.html NFL Study: https://operations.nfl.com/updates/football-ops/nfl-and-nflpa-release-2019-helmet-laboratory-testing-performance-results/

Stephan Duma, Director of the Institute for Critical Technologies and Applied Sciences at the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab, joins Mike Cendoma to discuss Virginia Tech standards and football head protection on the Skull Sessions Podcast. Today’s Episode is brought to you by TeamEMSoft Emergency Action Planning Software Learn More: http://teamemsoft.com/new-landing-page/ References: Skull Sessions Ep. 1 w/ Thad Ide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECfZNoso-bg&t=2054s NFL Study: https://operations.nfl.com/updates/football-ops/nfl-and-nflpa-release-2019-helmet-laboratory-testing-performance-results/ STAR Study:https://helmet.beam.vt.edu/index.html

Michael Oliver, NOCSAE Executive Director & General Counsel, joins Mike Cendoma to discuss NOCSAE standards and football head protection on the Skull Sessions Podcast. Today’s episode is brought to you by In2MinutesOrLess! Elite Sports Emergency Care Training Learn More: https://sportsmedicineconcepts.com/on-site-training/ References: NOCSAE Website: https://www.nocsae.org/ Skull Sessions Ep. 1 w/ Thad Ide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECfZNoso-bg&t=2054s NFL Study: https://operations.nfl.com/updates/football-ops/nfl-and-nflpa-release-2019-helmet-laboratory-testing-performance-results/ STAR Study:https://helmet.beam.vt.edu/index.html

Thad Ide joins Mike Cendoma to discuss the current state of football head protection on the very first episode of the Skull Sessions Podcast. Check out the video version of our podcast on YouTube! **All references are listed in the description of the YouTube version of this podcast.