The purpose of this article is an overview of the different parts and requirements needed to have a well-functioning and functional athletic training room. This will include the history of athletic training rooms, what an ATC and NATA are, what they do, as well as the requirements that NATA has placed for a well-functioning athletic training room and more. The different tasks and people employed in the athletic training room will be described and what they are responsible for. We will also explain what the Lawndale training room is and what it looks like. The training room will be compared to athletic training rooms at both high schools and colleges. This document will also cover HIPPA, what it is, athlete privacy, and what factors compromise athlete privacy, as well as how those factors can be reduced. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay Athletic trainers and sports medicine can first be found as early as the ancient Greeks, around the 5th century. They were introduced when the Olympics were starting to take place and some form of caretaker, usually a doctor, was needed for each Olympian/competitor. Then, around the turn of the 19th century, the need for a medical assistant became more recognized. The first athletic trainer was hired at Harvard in October 1881. This was the time when football was starting to become more popular in America and as a college sport. According to Briotix Health, President Roosevelt was planning to ban the playing of college football due to the high number of deaths and serious injuries resulting from participation in the game. For this reason, some universities have begun hiring people with responsibilities that athletic trainers have today, before sports injuries were treated between teammates and coaches. The first sports medicine meeting took place in Germany in 1912, to discuss the creation of the International Sports Medicine Association to provide medical care to athletes, especially in the Olympics. The International Congress of Sports Medicine was created in 1928 to prevent sports-related injuries and in 1950 the first meeting in Kansas City led to the creation of the NATA, 3 associations followed, including the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) in 1954, the The American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) in 1972, and finally the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) in 1991. Finally, in 1992, Sports Medicine was recognized as a subspecialty according to the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Today, NATA is responsible for establishing guidelines and requirements for people who work and are employed in the field of sports medicine. An athletic trainer or (ATC) works with athletes, doctors, and other people in the medical field and their job is to prevent injuries, provide immediate or emergency care, as well as help give a diagnosis, and when an athlete is injured, they help recover, usually from broken/fractured bones and/or other minor or more serious injuries, they will also help other athletes prevent injuries and at other times they will also provide certain diets consisting of all the foods necessary for an athlete's body to stay healthy while practicing their sport. In my sports medicine facility I would also employ an orthopedic surgeon, an orthopedic surgeon would perform surgery on an athlete usually only if other non-surgical methods for recovery did not work or if it was the best option. There would also be a physical therapist who would be tasked with helping an athlete recoverafter a physical injury, he will provide a treatment plan and monitor the progress, he will also help with physical exercises. There are 17 requirements in total that NATA has stated as necessary or required for an athletic training room, the guidelines are as follows, a specific location for evaluations or exams such as a medical evaluation which should be private, 100 square feet. To start an athletic training program, the training room should have a certain space designated for exercises and rehabilitation equipment, there should also be a space for bandaging, examination, modalities and wound care. The room should also include office space, there should be a way to supervise athletes in the athletic training room as well as a secure space separate from the training room where there will be expendable athletic training supplies which should be in a room with a minimum of of 50 square feet. Telephone access/potential is also a requirement, the room must also comply with ADA standards or be easily accessible to individuals with disabilities. The furniture in the room, such as desks, cabinets, dressers, etc., should come from the school surplus/extra from the school. There must be external access and good ventilation and heating systems or a good HVAC system. It should also include easy access for both girls and boys, as well as access to cold, hot and waste water, electrical outlets and available CFI protection. Divided office spaces should be available that have oversight of athletes in the athletic training room. Finally, the school administration should be willing to make efforts to improve the athletic training room as best as possible in the next few years or in future years. These are the 17 requirements indicated by NATA for an athletic health facility. Lawndale's athletic training room is a small space, smaller than a classroom, it has two treatment tables or beds against the right side of the wall, there are shelves on two sides of the walls, and a cardinal is painted on the wall of the 'Athletic training room. Lawdnale's athletic training room differs from those at other high schools and colleges in areas such as space, for example our training room has one room, while other schools have multiple rooms each for different purposes, others employ many healthcare professionals , our athletic training facility only has one athletic trainer, our classroom has little to no workout equipment while other schools have classrooms with only equipment and a place to practice, there are also places for therapy equipment such as the swimming pools. Our athletic training room could be improved by moving it to a larger space which would include private rooms for things like exams/evaluations and offices, there should also be more equipment and recovery space which can all be supervised, I also think the 'water should be more easily accessible, many other things should be added such as more treatment beds and spaces where athletes can be treated more privately. I think that by adding these things the training room can be significantly improved and become more functional. HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, it contains 5 sections, but overall HIPAA are national standards and regulations that protect a patient's medical records and their other information regarding their health. It indicates how, when, and under what circumstances someone's medical records may be used and disclosed. This law should also apply to athletes who should have the right to privacy,.