The CFCC Athletic Department is committed to providing a comprehensive sports medicine program while enhancing the quality of health care for student-athletes through prevention, evaluation, management, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries and illnesses associated with intercollegiate competition.
The Sea Devil department utilizes OrthoWilmington (Orthopedic Surgeon), which represents one of the most knowledgeable groups of sports medicine professionals in the area, to provide extensive care to the Cape Fear Community College student-athletes.
Under the supervision of head athletic trainer Scott Glickauf and team orthopedic physician Dr. Al Marr, Sea Devil student-athletes are served by a team of physicians, health care professionals and certified athletic trainers. The Sea Devil sports medicine staff provides care for Sea Devil student-athletes in the areas of injury prevention, rehabilitation, nutrition, and many other wellness issues.
Cape Fear Community College sports medicine delivers traditional athletic training and sports medicine services to the student-athletes at CFCC. The services to be delivered can be broken down into five specific areas:
- Prevention of Athletic Injuries
- Recognition, Evaluation, and Immediate Care of Athletic Injuries
- Rehabilitation and Reconditioning of Athletic Injuries
- Health Care Administration
- Professional Development and Responsibility
The purpose of the Cape Fear Community College sports medicine is four-fold:
- Allow easy access to sports medicine services to each student-athlete.
- Substantially reduce the risk of athletic injury for those student-athletes in our care.
- Enable injured the student-athlete to return to their sport as soon as it is medically safe.
- Encourage a philosophy of sport that stresses health and wellness.
Medical services provided:
- A certified athletic trainer will be on site for every athletic event and a team physician will be either on site, or on call.
- Injury/treatment ice and bags
- First aid supplies
- Emergency supplies include AED, splints, crutches, spineboard, etc.
