John Tabacco, a team physician for the Washington Redskins and George Washington University, is among those who have undergone a major professional transition over the past month.
. In hot spots from Washington state to Indiana to Michigan, athletic trainers have signed up to help shorthanded hospitals through an app that normally helps them find work on fields or in gyms. And in Florida, Tabacco’s mentor, renowned orthopedic surgeon James Andrews, hasfor athletes at his clinic to comply with the state’s ban on nonessential medical procedures.
Tabacco’s operation has been a practice in flexibility since a long weekend in the middle of March, when he and his staff conducted hours of conference calls to revise protocols on how to respond to patients who might have contracted the virus.
“We’re hearing great stories of athletic trainers who are making a huge difference where the pandemic is the worst,” said NATA President Tory Lindley, who also serves as Northwestern University’s director of athletic training services. “They’re putting in really long days; they’re able to deliver a lot of covid tests; they’re able to communicate throughout the day with other providers.
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