More than an hour passed between the time University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair started displaying initial heatstroke symptoms and when university officials called 911, sports medicine consultant Dr. Rod Walters said at a news conference Friday.
During a closed session meeting at Towson University, the University System of Maryland’s governing body reviewed the findings from an external investigation into the death in June of the 19-year-old offensive lineman. Walters, head of the sports medicine consulting firm Walters Inc., then presented the findings of his 74-page report to the news media.
University leaders have already said the care they provided McNair, a former McDonogh School standout, was not consistent with best practices.
The athletic training staff did not take McNair’s temperature and did not use a cold-water immersion treatment, a technique researchers say has a high success rate for those suffering heatstroke.
Wallace Loh previously said the school takes “legal and moral responsibility for mistakes the training staff made” on the day McNair was hospitalized.
Walters’ review found that cold-water immersion tanks are generally part of the field setup at Maryland, but they were not there on May 29 because the football practice switched locations at the last minute. It was moved from Maryland Stadium to the practice fields.
“Although change of venue is not uncommon in outdoor sports,” the report states, “it is essential that sufficient time must be allowed to ensure minimal medical equipment is set up by the athletic training staff prior to practice initiating.”...
The school launched a separate investigation into those claims being overseen by the Board of Regents. Among the eight people commissioned to review the team’s culture are former Gov. Bob Ehrlich, Tom McMillen, a former U.S. congressman and Maryland basketball star, and retired U.S. District Court judges Ben Legg and Alex Williams. That investigation is ongoing.
No personnel decisions were made Friday and none are expected until the completion of the second investigation.
The Prince George’s County state’s attorney’s office is continuing to monitor the situation.
“We will need time to review everything before making a decision on whether or not there is evidence to sustain criminal charges,” said spokesman John Erzen...
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During a closed session meeting at Towson University, the University System of Maryland’s governing body reviewed the findings from an external investigation into the death in June of the 19-year-old offensive lineman. Walters, head of the sports medicine consulting firm Walters Inc., then presented the findings of his 74-page report to the news media.
University leaders have already said the care they provided McNair, a former McDonogh School standout, was not consistent with best practices.
The athletic training staff did not take McNair’s temperature and did not use a cold-water immersion treatment, a technique researchers say has a high success rate for those suffering heatstroke.
Wallace Loh previously said the school takes “legal and moral responsibility for mistakes the training staff made” on the day McNair was hospitalized.
Walters’ review found that cold-water immersion tanks are generally part of the field setup at Maryland, but they were not there on May 29 because the football practice switched locations at the last minute. It was moved from Maryland Stadium to the practice fields.
“Although change of venue is not uncommon in outdoor sports,” the report states, “it is essential that sufficient time must be allowed to ensure minimal medical equipment is set up by the athletic training staff prior to practice initiating.”...
The school launched a separate investigation into those claims being overseen by the Board of Regents. Among the eight people commissioned to review the team’s culture are former Gov. Bob Ehrlich, Tom McMillen, a former U.S. congressman and Maryland basketball star, and retired U.S. District Court judges Ben Legg and Alex Williams. That investigation is ongoing.
No personnel decisions were made Friday and none are expected until the completion of the second investigation.
The Prince George’s County state’s attorney’s office is continuing to monitor the situation.
“We will need time to review everything before making a decision on whether or not there is evidence to sustain criminal charges,” said spokesman John Erzen...
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/...s-md-jordan-mcnair-report-20180921-story.html
