Mortimer Jordan Sports Medicine

Mortimer Jordan High School Sports Medicine Program offer sports medicine care to all of Mortimer Jordan's athletes. All student athletic trainers are First Responder Certified, the first person to arrive on the scene of a medical situation. The First Responder program qualifications are set by the United States Department of Transportation and it is the same program that law enforcement and firefighters are required to take. At Mortimer Jordan the First Responder courses are taught by lead instructor, Jay Strickland CRNA, NREMT-P, and assisted by Chris King, ATC. No other high school students take this course. Mortimer Jordan's Sports Medicine program has produced five certified athletic trainers and numerous other medical professionals such as: dental assistants, EMTs, paramedics, nurses, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and many others professionals. Colleges and Universities that have used our graduates as student athletic trainers are :

Samford University (2)                                                              University of Alabama at Birmingham (1)                                              University of North Alabama (1)                                                          Wallace State Community College (1)                                                   University of West Alabama (3)                                                    University of South Alabama (1)                                                     Alabama State University (1)                                                        Southern Union Community College (5)                                               Hinds Community College (1)                                                        University of Southern Mississippi (4)                                               Huntington University (1)                                                               Brigham Young University - Idaho (1)                                                University of Hawaii (1)