Mercy Hospital will host a training session for athletic trainers to learn how to best treat sport-related injuries for high school football players in St. Louis, according to KSPR.
Here are four things to know:
1. Trainers will learn ways to deal with helmet and spinal cord injuries.
2. Additionally, trainers will learn how to treat heat-related illnesses.
3. Trainers will meet to review and discuss changes in protocol.
4. Mercy employees will role play the student athletes to prepare the trainers for sports-related injuries.
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