As statistics point to a rise in avoidable deaths among high
school athletes, because of heat exhaustion, concussion, even
cardiac arrest, more schools are looking at adding athletic
trainers to their rosters. The trainers are taught to look for
possible problems in young players before the serious symptoms
show up. And schools like Fairfax provide special training for
their athletic trainers and coaches, so they are ready for
anything. So there's an emergency action plan that coaches have
for every facility that they're at, where they practice and as
well as where they compete. Athletic trainers are also the
medical experts away from home. The Fairfax county model costs
several million dollars a year - but many school districts
across the country are looking at it as a way to protect their
young athletes.