Summary: <br> Amy Metiva did not ride snocross, or even really know about the sport. She is a really good AT and busted it to be the best wherever she was working. Check out some of her story below.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://sportsmedicinebroadcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Amy-Metiva-Facebook-cover-1.png"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> Start us with a crazy/awesome story<br> <br> <br> <br> Fargo, North Dakota and it’s negative 39 degrees. The propane tanks froze so the trailer stayed around 42 degrees the whole weekend.<br> <br> <br> <br> Most race weekends we work 15 hour days.<br> <br> <br> <br> We had to backboard in the snow...in the negative 40-degree snow. There were 2 sleds stuck together and a rider underneath the sled.<br> <br> <br> <br> Knowing he needed advanced care quickly we carried him right to the ambulance.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hunterpatenaude/">Hunter</a> was in an accident in a tight corner.<br> <br> <br> <br> “We are basically waiting for a car accident to happen and then being ready to pounce.”<br> <br> <br> <br> We had a racer get hit by a spindle and had an arterial bleed from the nose and he was not breathing when we got to him.<br> <br> <br> <br> By divine intervention, he came back.<br> <br> <br> <br> He was buried under the snow and we had to dig him out of the snow. Ended up breaking every bone in his face and had 97 stitches in his face.<br> <br> <br> <br> He got to race about 3 weeks later.<br> <br> <br> <br> Hunter, discuss your previous interactions with ATs<br> <br> <br> <br> Hunter grew up playing football and had the high school AT.<br> <br> <br> <br> He did not have much interaction with her.<br> <br> <br> <br> Got hit with a spindle and tried to shake it off.<br> <br> <br> <br> Once he could not move his arm he needed to go see medical.<br> <br> <br> <br> Amy always seems to know when you are going to be hurting and ready to take action.<br> <br> <br> <br> Racers are tougher than nails, so how have you softened them up?<br> <br> <br> <br> Do not go up to the racers when they are focused and in the zone.<br> <br> <br> <br> I communicate beforehand and set up some signals to know they are all good.<br> <br> <br> <br> Build trust before they are injured<br> <br> <br> <br> They come to know if I can get them back into the race safely I will.<br> <br> <br> <br> If I can help them hit their goal and dream...that is the most amazing thing<br> <br> <br> <br> Discuss your journey to becoming an AT.<br> <br> <br> <br> Middle School athlete and was told she had swelling and could not play anymore. She went to an Athletic Trainer and he helped her rehab.<br> <br> <br> <br> In 7th grade she went to a camp and found a book by Arnheim and started reading it on her own.<br> <br> <br> <br> By high school, she was the self-proclaimed medical person.<br> <br> <br> <br> Went through the internship program at Lake Superior State and was assigned tennis.<br> <br> <br> <br> Her parents told her to be the best tennis AT there was even though she did not like tennis.<br> <br> <br> <br> She then moved onto wrestling and loved being the only female AT. That led her to volunteer in lots of places.<br> <br> <br> <br> She stopped the Harlem Globetrotters bus to speak with the AT.<br> <br> <br> <br> This conversation changed Amy’s direction for her career.<br> <br> <br> <br> A year later he called her and brought her to the court to meet the first female Harlem Globetrotter.<br> <br> <br> <br> I have had a lot of jobs between now and then including a ten-year sabbatical to raise my two boys.<br> <br> <br> <br> How did you get into snocross?<br> <br> <br> <br>
