The Ward County Emergency Management department is offering a free sports medicine clinic to assist in educating athletic and recreation sports programs to become better prepared for emergencies. Certified Athletic Trainer Robyn Gust will lead the clinic, which also will include presentations from additional Ward County Emergency agencies such as Minot Dispatch, Minot Fire Department, Minot Police Department, Trinity First Response Ground, Ward County Sheriff’s Department and others on their roles and challenges they face when a person calls 911 for assistance.

Topics for the clinic include:

– emergency planning.

– concussion discussion.

– I called 911, now what?

– unconscious athlete care.

– preparing for the heat.

The clinic is for coaches, school administrators, recreation sports programs or anyone who is involved in working with organized sports. It will be held at the Ward County Administration Building Aug. 1 from 9 a.m.-noon.

Seating is limited. For more information, contact Gust at robyngust2023@gmail.com or the Ward County Emergency Management office at 857-6562.