READY EAP Want to see the research behind READY EAP? Here’s where you can explore the peer-reviewed work that helps shape our resources and keeps everything we do evidence-based and ready to use.
We have several publications in review currently with various academic, peer-reviewed Journals.
🚨Cornerstone Publication🚨
Emergency Action Plan Adoption Across Athletic Training Practice Settings
Our new paper in the Journal of Athletic Training is the foundational study for ReadyEAP, providing a benchmark of Emergency Action Plan adoption at the release of the 2024 NATA Position Statement. This gives us a clear starting point to track progress and improvements over time.
This paper is currently published online first, ahead of print – we will update this website when the formatted version becomes available!
🚨Supporting Publication🚨
Beyond Adoption: Exploring Contextual Factors Shaping Comprehensive Emergency Action Plan Adoption and Implementation in Athletic Training
This study identified key factors associated with more complete EAPs, including greater professional experience, higher educational attainment, and practice setting, underscoring the need for targeted strategies and equitable resource allocation to improve emergency preparedness across all athletic training environments.
📣 Editorial 📣
READY for Action: Advancing Emergency Action Plan Adoption in Athletic Training
In this editorial, we introduce the READY EAP Project (Resources that are Easy, Accessible, and Designed for Your EAP), a quality improvement initiative created to help athletic trainers translate evidence-based emergency action plan (EAP) recommendations into practical, setting-specific resources. The project combines research findings, clinician expertise, and implementation science principles to address barriers to EAP adoption and provide ready-to-use tools that support emergency preparedness across diverse athletic training environments. By bridging the gap between knowledge and practice, READY EAP aims to make comprehensive EAP implementation more achievable and ultimately improve patient safety and outcomes.
🛠️ 🔄 Translating the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Position Statement on Emergency Action Plan Development and Implementation in Sport into Effective Implementation. The below articles are a series of articles from each practice setting.
Secondary School Sport Practice Settings
Non-Power4 Collegiate Athletics Settings
Division I Power 4 Collegiate Athletics Settings
Nonmajor League and Semiprofessional Sports Settings
Nonsideline Professional Practice Settings
🌐 Big picture overview of the Journal of Athletic Training Education and Practice Special Issue for READY EAP 🌐
The Integration Between Research, Education, and Practice: Emergency Action Plans