Sports Emergency Care

Robb S. Rehberg, PhD, ATC, NREMT, is a Professor and Coordinator of Athletic Training Clinical Education at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. He is also a founding partner of The Rehberg Konin Group, and serves as cofounder, President, and CEO of Sport Safety International. He currently serves as an ATC Medical Spotter for the National Football League during New York Jets home games. He also serves as the subject matter expert for first aid programs for the National Safety Council. Dr. Rehberg previously served as the Director and Chief of Emergency Services at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey, and spent 13 years as the head athletic trainer at Westwood Regional High School in Westwood, New Jersey. A graduate of West Chester University (BS), the US Sports Academy (MSS), and Touro University International (PhD), Dr. Rehberg has authored several refereed papers, 2 textbooks, and more than a dozen peer-reviewed online courses that have trained over 750,000 coaches, parents, and athletes in 52 countries. An award-winning lecturer, Dr. Rehberg frequently speaks at state and national meetings on sports emergency care, spinal injuries in sports, sudden cardiac arrest in athletes, and concussion management. He is also the executive producer of the National Safety Council First Aid, CPR, and Emergency Medical Response training videos. Dr. Rehberg served as a member of the medical staff for athletics (track and field) at the 1996 Olympic Games. He has been active on both state and national levels, having served on the First and Second National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Inter-Association Task Forces for the Appropriate Care of the Spine-Injured Athlete, the Task Force on Appropriate Medical Coverage for the Secondary School-Aged Athlete, and several other committees at the state level. Dr. Rehberg has also served as a technical adviser to the National Safety Council since 1992 and as a member of the American Heart Association Task Force that developed the first-ever international guidelines for first aid in 2000. He was a charter member of the New Jersey Disaster Medical Assistance Team. Dr. Rehberg is a former member of the NATA Foundation Board of Directors, is the District 2 Treasurer of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, is a Trustee of the Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey, and served as president of the Athletic Trainers’ Society of New Jersey from 2007 to 2009. Dr. Rehberg has received numerous awards in recognition of his professional accomplishments. Most notably, he is an inductee in both the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Athletic Trainers’ Society of New Jersey (ATSNJ) Hall of Fame. He is also the recipient of both the NATA and ATSNJ Service Award, and in 2014 received distinction as a Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer. Jeff G. Konin, PhD, ATC, PT, FACSM, FNATA, earned a BS in Physical Education from Eastern Connecticut State University, an MEd in Sports Medicine from the University of Virginia, an MPT in Physical Therapy from the University of Delaware, and a PhD in Physical Therapy from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Konin is recognized as a Fellow by both the American College of Sports Medicine and the National Athletic Trainers’ Association for his career contributions. Dr. Konin has held the positions of Professor and the Chair of the Physical Therapy Department at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island, Director of Athletics at Eastern Connecticut State University, Faculty & Vice Chair of Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine at the University of South Florida (USF), Executive Director of the Sports Medicine and Athletic Related Trauma (SMART) Institute at USF, Director of the Graduate Athletic Training Program at USF, and Health Sciences faculty and Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine at James Madison University. Dr. Konin is also founding partner in The Rehberg Konin Group, a firm providing consulting in the areas of sport safety and education, and founding member of Sport Safety International, specializing in the delivery of sport safety educational resources. Dr. Konin’s published work and invited presentations have focused in the area of sports medicine with a particular interest in injury prevention and sport safety. He has shared his expertise at professional conferences throughout the United States as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Norway, Romania, England, and Austria. His experiences have included serving on the medical staff for the 1996 Olympic Games and as a medical coordinator for the USA Wheelchair Rugby Paralympic Team. Dr. Konin has been awarded by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association with the following recognitions: Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer, Athletic Training Service Award, and Continuing Education Excellence Award. Dr. Konin is also the author of the following textbooks: Documentation for Athletic Training; Special Tests for Orthopedic Examination; Management Strategies in Athletic Training; Sports Medicine Conditions: Return to Play: Recognition, Treatment, Planning; Rehabilitation from the Perspective of the Athletic Trainer/Physical Therapist; Working as a Team Physician; Practical Kinesiology; Reimbursement for Athletic Training; and Clinical Athletic Training.