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Welcome to the Sports Medicine Homepage

WPI Athletic Training Services:

Staff:

Location:   The southwest corner of the court level of Harrington Auditorium (towards the doors heading out to the ramp to Alumni Field)

Hours of Operation

Pre-Participation Medical Clearance:  (UPDATED 5/29/09)

Before any athlete will be medically cleared to participate in athletics they need the following:

• Must be medically cleared by a board certified physician for every year they participate in athletics. Physicals are not provided by WPI health services.
  
• Our physical form (see below - different ones for Returners and Rookies) 
  This includes the appropriate and mandatory cardiology tests and statements of health. PLEASE BE AWARE - Physical forms from doctor's offices may or may not be appropriate.  Use our form to avoid problems.
  
• All athletes need to fill out our "Insurance and Information Form".
  
• The Athletic Training Staff, WPI Health Services and WPI Athletics Team Physicians have the final decision in the medical clearance of ill or injured athletes.  

Regarding returnees.... (Find Documents Here)

Regarding first year and transfer student-athletes.... (Find Documents Here)

The forms above and in the preceding links are in PDF format, for use with Adobe Acrobat Reader®. This free software is available for download from Adobe's Web site.

Injury and Treatment Reporting

• All injuries need to be evaluated by a staff athletic trainer.
• When coming to the Athletic training room for injury evaluation or treatment, including routine taping the athlete must sign in on the daily log sheet.

Emergency Room Referral

• In the event that you are sent to or transported to the emergency room:

1. Identify yourself as a WPI student
2. Obtain a copy of your exam notes
3. Contact the following persons:

• i. Parent/guardian
• ii. The training room
• iii. Coach

     4. Be sure to follow the directions from the ER regarding care until your follow up appointment.  

WPI Athletic Injury Emergency Policy