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Horse Injuries & Rodeo Injuries | June 4th 2024

Date of Presentation: June 4, 2024

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  Community  

Program: Emergency Medical Services  

Keywords: #avulsion injuries  #degloving  #horse  #riding  #Rodeo  

Rough stock events have the greatest risk of injury in professional rodeo, whereas steer wrestling has the greatest risk of injury for timed event athletes. Medical professionals should use these findings to implement prevention programming where possible. In this presentation Dr. Christian Mateo Garcia discusses the epidemiology, symptoms, treatment and prevention of many rodeo injuries.

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Dr. Christian Mateo Garcia
Dr. Christian Mateo Garcia
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Christian Mateo Garcia, MD, is originally from New Mexico and still calls it his home. Mateo started as an EMT-Basic in a rural fire department setting. He eventually attained his EMT-Intermediate and worked in a Wildland fire setting. Mateo attained his medical degree from the University of New Mexico. He at is faculty at UNM within the Department of Emergency Medicine and Division of Prehospital, Austere and Disaster Medicine. Mateo has a passion for EMS education and his biggest interest within EMS is medical direction and system building in rural and Tribal settings.

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Date added: June 4, 2024