KINE 2356 - Care & Prevention of Athletic Injuries

CIP Code: 51.09135216
Credit(s): 3
Prevention and care of athletic injuries with emphasis on qualities of a good athletic trainer avoiding accidents and injuries recognizing signs and symptoms of specific sports injuries and conditions immediate and long-term care of injuries and administration procedures in athletic training. Provides instruction in the study of the athletic training room and its problems including massage taping bandaging care of sprains strains and wounds common to athletic participation. Emphasis is placed on basic administrative procedures and written record-keeping skills management of time and materials necessary for the proper function of the training room participation and service to clients served by the athletic trainer acquisition and evaluation of information relative to injury assessment and prevention of athletic injury proper communication of care and rehabilitation of athletic injuries demonstration of problem-solving and decision-making skills relative to injury care and management and maintenance of responsibility ethical behavior and self-limitation in the treatment of athletic injuries. Lab fee required 1,2,3,4

Faculty Consent: N