HM 72 — "NM ATHLETIC TRAINER DAY"

HOUSE MEMORIAL 72 53RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION , 2018 INTRODUCED BY Bill McCamley 6 8 10 A MEMORIAL DECLARING FEBRUARY 5, 2018 "NEW MEXICO ATHLETIC TRAINER DAY" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

145 WHEREAS, athletic trainers have a long history of providing quality health care services for athletes and those engaged in regular physical activity;

and e t 17 WHEREAS, athletic trainers are able to recommend specific w l n d 18 tasks and activities based on the knowledge and skills they = = 19 a l acquired through their nationally regulated educational i a e r 20 processes;

and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, athletic trainers are educated and skilled in the d r e 22 prevention, recognition, evaluation and aggressive treatment of c e s k 23 athletic injuries;

and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, athletic trainers provide rehabilitative u [ services, education and health care guidance for their clients;

.210143.1 and WHEREAS, the national athletic trainers' association represents and supports forty-four thousand members of the athletic training profession, including more than one hundred fifty athletic trainers in New Mexico;

and WHEREAS, athletic trainers are employed in a variety of settings, including professional sports organizations, colleges and universities, high schools, clinics and HM 72 hospitals, performing arts centers, corporate and industrial Page 1 settings and all branches of the United States military;

and WHEREAS, the national athletic trainers' association e e 17 sponsors national training month every March;

and e e n d 18 WHEREAS, it is the desire of the house of representatives = = l ] 19 to promote improved health care for athletes and all of those a l r i 20 who engage in physical activity, including those participating t e a t in the annual legislative basketball game;

m m 21 e d r e 22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF c e r c 23 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that February 5, e a n b 24 2018 be declared "New Mexico Athletic Trainer Day" in the house u [ of representatives;

and .210143.1 - 2 - BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the New Mexico athletic trainers' association and the national athletic trainers' association.

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