OHIO STATE ASTHMA EXPERT PRESENTS AT NATIONAL CONVENTION
Dr. John Mastronarde, of the division of pulmonary, allergy, critical care and sleep medicine at the Ohio State University Medical Center and director of its asthma center, is participating in a program engaging professions within the college football community to discuss the main reasons for sudden collapse during summer conditioning sessions, the recognition of student-athletes in crisis, outline condition specific recovery strategies and understand emergency response protocols.
(Media-Newswire.com) - Dr. John Mastronarde, of the division of pulmonary, allergy, critical care and sleep medicine at the Ohio State University Medical Center and director of its asthma center, is participating in a program engaging professions within the college football community to discuss the main reasons for sudden collapse during summer conditioning sessions, the recognition of student-athletes in crisis, outline condition specific recovery strategies and understand emergency response protocols. Sponsored by the American Football Coaches Association, the National Collegiate Athletic Association Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports and the National Athletic Trainers Association, the convention will include a presentation by Mastronarde that reviews implications of off-season conditioning as it relates to exercise-induced asthma. Mastronarde holds numerous national posts including president of the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors and chair of the training committee of the American Thoracic Society.
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