Sports Emergency Care

Robb S. Rehberg, PhD, ATC, CSCS, NREMT is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Athletic Training Clinical Education at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. He is also a partner of The Rehberg Konin Group and serves as co-founder and Executive Director of Sport Safety International. Dr. Rehberg previously served as the Director and Chief of Emergency Services at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. Prior to teaching at William Paterson, Dr. Rehberg spent 13 years as the head athletic trainer at Westwood Regional High School in Westwood, New Jersey. Dr. Rehberg earned his PhD in Health Science from Touro University International in 2003, a master of sport science degree from the United States Sports Academy in 1999, and a bachelor of science in Athletic Training from West Chester University in 1991. Dr. Rehberg has spent his career working in both the athletic training and emergency services fields and has published and spoken frequently at state and national meetings on sports emergency care. Dr. Rehberg served as a member of the medical staff for athletics (track and field) at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been active on both state and national levels, having served on the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) Inter-Association Task Force for the Appropriate Care of the Spine-Injured Athlete, the Task Force on Appropriate Medical Coverage for the Secondary School-Aged Athlete, and the NATA Hall of Fame Subcommittee. Dr. Rehberg is a past-president of the Athletic Trainers' Society of New Jersey. He has also served as the Chair of the National Safety Council Emergency Care Advisory Committee since 1992 and was 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 member of the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Athletic Trainers' Society of New Jersey Hall of Fame, and is the recipient of the Ordo Honoris medal from the Kappa Delta Rho National Fraternity. Dr. Rehberg and his wife, Dr. Joelle Rehberg, are the authors of Cram Session in General Medical Conditions: A Handbook for Students & Clinicians, a textbook available from SLACK Incorporated.