I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries
2. Course Prefix & Number:
PHED 1583
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
This course will provide introductory skills needed by coaches expected to provide initial care of an athletic injury. Participants will gain knowledge of injury prevention, care and rehabilitation. Practical skills in taping, splinting, wrapping and spine stabilization will be demonstrated.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
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6. Prerequisite Courses:
PHED 1583 - Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
PHED 1583 - Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
Bemidji State University PHED 3190 Athletic Training
Minnesota North College PHED 1515 Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Athletic Coaching Certificate
3. Other - If this course does NOT meet criteria for #1 or #2 above, it may be used for the purpose(s) selected below:
Liberal Arts Elective
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate taping skills for injuries that have occurred and demonstrate knowledge of how to prevent injuries. |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Students will be able to demonstrate basic evaluation of injuries most likely to occur in athletics. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of care and prevention for athletic injuries.
- Apply proper taping, bandaging, wrapping and bracing techniques for athletic injuries.
- Recognize emergency and environmental conditions.
- Analyze legal issues in caring for athletic injuries.
- Safely examine specific anatomical injuries.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
A. Understand the importance of human skeletal and muscular systems.
- Identify the bones and their locations on the human skeleton.
- Identify the muscles and their locations on the human skeleton.
B. Understand general Kinesiology terms.
- List the different terms in relation to the human body.
- Identify which sports specific injuries would apply to Kinesiology terms.
C. Identify First Aid situations and treatments.
- Open wounds.
- Closed wounds.
- Weather related illnesses.
- Sprains, strains, and fractures.
- Head injuries.
D. Identify Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Describe which PPE are used in the athletic training room.
E. Modalities and their uses.
- Cryotherapies and the forms of treatments.
- Thermotherapies and the forms of treatments.
F. Acute versus Chronic Injuries.
- Describe the difference between the two types of injuries.
- Identify the different types of treatments to use for acute and chronic injuries.
G. Understand the difference between sports tape, Kinesiology tape, elastikon, coban and wraps.
H. NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA
- Athletes and performance enhancing drugs (PEDs)
- Student athletic trainers - duties and restrictions.
- HIPPA and how it relates to collegiate athletes.