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Marshall K. Steele III, MD, has been caring for high school, college, and young athletes since 1977. In 1983 he started the first comprehensive program in Maryland for athletic trainers working with high school and youth sports. Under the program, each high school in Anne Arundel County was assigned an athletic trainer who visited the school at least twice weekly. Dr. Steele also recruited volunteer team physicians throughout the county for high school football games. Dr. Steele has presented many lectures to coaches and primary care physicians and received several awards, including the Robert Pascal Service Award for special service to high school athletes and the Anne Arundel County Coaches Award. A member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), he has been a member of the ACSM's Committee on Youth Clinics, a state commissioner on the Maryland Physical Fitness Commission, and a national advisory board member for Caremark, Inc. He also was a sports medicine physician at the 1984 Olympic Games. Dr. Steele holds a medical degree from the University of Maryland and is president of the Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center in Annapolis, MD.

Basic Knowledge and Essential Skills- Eight Important Checks- Emergency Care Guidelines- Bleeding Injuries- Splinting- Assisting an Injured Athlete off the Field- PRICE Guidelines- Common Minor InjuriesPart 1: Critical Injuries- Head Injury- Neck Injury- Back Injury- Heat Stroke Part 2: Internal Organ Injuries- Chest Injury- Abdominal Injury Part 3: Facial Injuries- Eye Injury- Nose Injury- Jaw Injury Part 4: Extremity Injuries- Shoulder Injury- Elbow Injury- Forearm Injury- Hand Injury- Hip Injury- Knee Injury- Lower Leg Injury- Ankle Injury- Foot Injury Appendix: Injury Prevention and Care Resources