HPE 252 Emergency Response Management and Acute Care/First Aid for the Professional Rescuer

This course is designed to provide the athletic training student with the theories and skills to properly provide emergency treatment for acute sports-related injuries and illnesses in children, adolescents, and adults-on and off the field. Theories and skills presented in this course will aid to athletic training student to react in emergency situations involving cardiac, breathing, head and neck emergencies, and emergencies caused by environmental conditions. Skills to be mastered in this course include emergency diagnosis, emergency transportation, CPR, AED, core temperature evaluation, oxygen administration and skills necessary to evaluate and monitor the patient’s vital signs. Credit, three hours.