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District outlines athletic‑trainer coverage, concussion protocols and heat‑safety steps
Summary
Burlington school athletic staff described full‑time trainer coverage, concussion baselining, AED deployment and heat‑illness procedures and said they will continue to expand prevention steps after a high‑profile incident elsewhere prompted review.
Burlington school athletic staff told the School Committee they maintain two full‑time athletic trainers and a set of preventive policies that include baseline concussion testing, emergency action plans and on‑site AEDs.
Sean (athletics staff) and athletic trainers Kelly Melville and Abby Sleeper described a layered approach to sports medicine. “We have 3 AEDs that travel with us and will go to any of the games or practices that we're at,” Kelly Melville said. She explained the district uses baseline concussion testing and a new FDA‑approved phone‑based tool called Sway for baseline testing: “We do baseline testing…we just switched to Sway, which is an FDA approved medical device on their phone.”
The nut graf: Staff emphasized…
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