I founded SMC in 1995 as a direct result of an experience I had managing a critically injured athlete early in my career as an athletic trainer. I remember the fear in the athlete’s eyes as I watched him lose consciousness. I remember sensing how scared he and his family must have been as they wondered if we were going to be able to help him. As health care providers we did not do a good job that day. In spite of our poor management, the athlete made a full recovery; and I swore I would never put another son, daughter, mom, or dad in that situation again. There is a risk associated with participation in athletics. The immeasurable rewards, however, far outweigh those risks. I founded SMC to make sure that risk stays somewhere down low in the weeds.
The SMC staff’s dedication to our mission is grounded in our shared experiences in management of sports’ worst moments and a commitment to mediate future outcomes. It is because of our unique approach to curriculum development, extensive experience in simulation training, pragmatic philosophy, and our drive to improve outcomes that the most demanding medical teams in the country look to Sports Medicine Concepts, Inc. to ensure they are Prepared to Respond Flawlessly!
Mike Cendoma
CEO / Dir of Operations
SMC’s elite sports emergency care training center has been purposely designed to provide visitors the most true-to-life simulation training experience possible. The facility boasts 30 yards of indoor turf that can be transformed into any type of playing surface, including ice and a combat sports ring. The facility also has a fully functional ambulance simulator, a mock trauma bay, a corps of 6 hi-fidelity patient simulators, advanced debriefing technology, and vast content production capabilities. The purpose of SMC’s elite sports emergency care training center is to conduct research and intelligence gathering that leads to improved outcomes by providing interdisciplinary medical teams with an immersive training experience along the entire spectrum of care and to support the informative products and services within SMC’s |FLAWLESS| SUITE.
The |FLAWLESS| Suite is home to SMC products and services designed to inform your emergency action plans and keep your medical team ready to perform when called on to manage sports’ worst moment. Products and services in the FLAWLESS| SUITE are borne out of our unique and rigorous evidence-based approach to ensure that all products and services within exceed all current best practice standards.
