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Management of athletes often requires attention to not only musculoskeletal injuries but also to medical conditions. Those who oversee athletic competitions should be able to understand the basic management of conditions ranging from asthma to sudden cardiac arrest, and also be able to assess patients with concussions, metabolic derangements, frostbite, and heat illness.
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Makhni, M.C., Makhni, E.C., Swart, E.F., Day, C.S. (2017). Frostbite. In: Makhni, M., Makhni, E., Swart, E., Day, C. (eds) Orthopedic Emergencies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31524-9_118
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