Providence Day Sports Medicine exists to ensure our student-athletes receive quality medical care while participating in athletics and physical education classes. In 2020 we were awarded the National Safe Sports School 1st Team Award, an award that champions safety and recognizes secondary schools that provide safe environments for student athletes. Our goal as Athletic Trainers is to provide accurate and timely injury prevention, evaluation, treatment, rehabilitation, return to play protocol, and education to our athletes and Providence Day community.

Our Athletic Training Room is comparable to most college facilities. As health care professionals, our three licensed and nationally certified athletic trainers work with team physician, Dr. Shadley Schiffern, ensuring all student-athletes receive quality medical care. Our staff is available during the school day and are present at all home practices and sporting events. We also coordinate medical coverage with our opponents at off campus events.

Head Athletic Trainer
Carlie Murray, MS, LAT, ATC
carlie.murray@providenceday.org | 704-887-7089

Assistant Athletic Trainer
Jacqui Frithsen, LAT, ATC
jacqui.frithsen@providenceday.org | 704-887-7060

Assistant Athletic Trainer
David Montes, MS, LAT, ATC
david.montes@providenceday.org

MAGNUS HEALTH

Magnus Health is a secure, online software for student-health records. Magnus Health is used by all Providence Day School staff, coaches, and parents for cohesive management of a student-athlete’s health.

Please upload all required forms, including all pages of the Pre-Participation Physical after completion by a physician, to your Magnus Health portal (link below). Unless you are a new student, we will no longer be accepting paper forms. If you have any questions regarding uploading, please contact the Athletic Training Staff.

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STUDENT-ATHLETE REQUIRED FORMS: 

Before students can try out or participate on any of the Charger athletics teams and workouts, all required forms must be completed or updated in Magnus Health. Forms can be accessed below and uploaded to your Magnus Health portal through Charger Commons (login required), click here.

Required Athletic Forms

• 25-26 PD Release Form
• 25-26 Sudden Cardiac Information Form
• 25-26 Parent Student Concussion Info Form
• 25-26 NCISAA Pre-Participation Physical
• 25-26 NCISAA Consent to Participate Release Form

At Providence Day, we view all concussions as potentially serious and take a very serious approach ensuring that the student-athlete’s well-being is the first priority.

Baseline Testing
Our sports medicine staff collects pre-concussion data on student-athletes (7th-12th grade) by using a Sport Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT), and performing the King-Devick baseline test. These are just two tools that can be used in assessing a student-athlete once a concussion is suspected.

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Gfeller-Waller Concussion Awareness Act
In compliance with the Gfeller-Waller Concussion Awareness Act, any student-athlete suspected of having a concussion is removed from play and must follow a strict return to play protocol. If a student-athlete reports any symptoms of a concussion, or if a parent notices signs or symptoms of a concussion, a student-athlete should be immediately removed from play and reported to our athletic training staff.

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Parent & student-athlete education:
Parents and student-athletes should visit the “Heads Up” page from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and take the FREE online course titled “Concussion in Sport“.

Coaching Requirements
All Providence Day coaches are CPR/AED certified through the American Red Cross Association.

Other  sports forms:

• NFHS Wrestling w/ Skin Lesion Medical Release Form

• Prescribed Appliance in an Athletic Contest Form

MORE RESOURCES (NATA):
National Athletic Training Assoc. website information