COURSE
Curriculum Outline
Revised: 12-17-00
I Introduction
A History and development of Sports Medicine
B Educational need
C "Athlete's Bill of Rights"
D Program components of athletic health care:
  1 Athletic Trainer
  2 Student Trainer
  3 Coaches
  4 Team Doctor
  5 Athlete
  6 Parents
E Liability and risk management
F Professions associated with Sports Medicine
II Athletic Training
A Athletic training as a career
  1 Qualities
  2 Responsibilities
  3 Education
  4 A.A.T.A. , N.A.T.A
  5 Related careers
  6 Personal goals
B Central Training Room
  1 Guidelines and specifications
  2 Operation and protocol
  3 Supplies and ordering
  4 Inventory
  5 Equipment
a Hydrocollator
b Whirlpool (hydrotherapy)
c Conditioning Equipment
d Ice Machine
e Refrigerator / freezer
f Ultrasound
g Muscle stimulators
h Miscellaneous equipment
C Supplies and their use
  1 Medical kit
  2 Airsplints, general splinting
  3 Crutches
  4 Stretchers
  5 Immobilizers, neck collars
  6 Water and its administration
  7 Cryocuff
  8 Adhesive / elastic tape
  9 General first aid supplies
D Emergency Preparedness
  1 Instructions and map
  2 Equipment to be on hand
  3 Written action plan
  4 Emergency medical cards
  5 List of defined medical emergencies
  6 Evaluation of athletic injuries
a Initial assessment
b Immediate treatment
c Assisting injured athletes to the sidelines
d Formal assessment
e Determination of further medical
treatment / transportation
f Grades of classification
g Long term care and rehabilitation
h Return to play criteria
E Prehabilitation
  1 Pre-season evaluation
  2 Pre-season conditioning
  3 Sport specific athletic physical
a Date of physical
b Stations involved
c Medical personnel
d Forms
e Follow-up
F Rehabilitation
  1 Goals of rehabilitation
  2 Dealing with the motivated athlete
  3 Specific rehabilitation program
  4 Sport specific skills
  5 Return to play decisions
III Athletic Injuries
A Body's reaction to injury
  1 Micrscopically
a Cellular response
b Regeneration
c Remodeling
  2 Macrscopically
a Inflammatory response
+ Pain
+ Swelling
+ Redness and warmth
  3 Acute and chronic pain
B Types of injuries
  1 Fractures
a Types of fractures
  2 Dislocations
  3 Soft tissue injuries
a Open
+ Abrasions
+ Lacerations
+ Avulsions
+ Puncture wounds
b Closed
+ Contusions
- Ecchymosis
+ Hematomas
c Management of open and closed wounds
d Strains
e Sprains
f Nerve injuries
g Blood vessel injuries
  4 Overuse injuries
a Mechanisms of injury
+ Causative factors
- Intrinsic factors
- Extrinsic factors
b Tissues prone to overuse injuries
+ Muscles
+ Tendons
+ Bursae
+ Cartilage
+ Bones
+ Nerves
c Management of overuse injuries
d Treatment
  5 Concussions
a AVPU scale
+ Alert
+ Responsive to verbal stimulus
+ Responsive to pain
+ Unresponsive
b First degree
c Second degree
d Third degree
e Cerebral contusion
f Cerebral hematoma
+ Epidural hematoma
+ Subdural hematoma
g Head neck and back protocol
h Return to play criteria
  6 Internal injuries
a Classification of chest injuries
b Signs and symptoms of chest injuries
c Initial care of chest injuries
d Types of chest injuries
+ Rib fractures
+ Flail chest
+ Compression injuries
+ Injuries to the chest wall
+ Castochondral and costosternal injuries
e Conditions resulting from chest injuries
+ Pneumothorax
- Spontaneous pneumothorax
- Tension pneumothorax
+ Hemothorax
+ Sucking chest wounds
+ Pulmonary contusion
+ Myocardial contusion
+ Pericardial tamponade
+ Dyspnea
  7 External bleeding
  8 Impaled object
  9 Shock
a Physiology of shock
b Causes of shock
c Types of shock
+ Hemorrhagic
+ Respiratory
+ Neurogenic
+ Psychogenic
+ Cardiogenic
+ Septic
+ Anaphylactic
+ Metabolic
d Care and treatment of shock
C Assessment of injuries
  1 Mechanism of injury
  2 Assessment
  3 Objective information
  4 Subjective information
  5 Classification of injury
  6 Procedure for immediate care
D Specific injuries
  1 Stress related injuries
  2 Epiphyseal injuries
  3 Head and face injuries
  4 Shoulder girdle injuries
  5 Arm and elbow joint injuries
  6 Cervical and thoracic spine injuries
  7 Lumbar spine, pelvis and hip injuries
  8 Wrist and hand injuries
  9 Chest, abdominal injuries
10 Thigh, knee, patellar injuries
11 Lower leg, ankle, and foot injuries
12 Thermal injuries
IV Special considerations in athletes
A Climate conditions
B Skin conditions
C Colds and associated illnesses
D Substance abuse, steriods
E Protective and supportive equipment
V Athletic First Aid
A Ice or cold application
B Compression
C Elevation
D Heat Use
E Contrast therapy
F Crutches
VI Modalities and Procedures
A Physics of therapeutic modalities
B Types of modalities
  1 Hydrocollator
  2 Hydrotherapy
  3 Ultrasound
  4 Cryotherapy
  5 Cryokinetics
  6 Contrast therapy
  7 Infrared
  8 Massage
  9 Manipulative therapy
10 Electrical muscle stimulation
11 Other
VII Exercises
A Types of exercises
  1 Isometric
  2 Isotonic
  3 Isokinetic
B Special forms of exercise
  1 Manual resistance
  2 Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF)
  3 Elasticized rubber tubing
  4 Circuit training
C Flexibility
  1 Definition
  2 Static vs dynamic
  3 Techniques
D Muscular strength
  1 Resistive exercises
  2 Strength training techniques
  3 Endurance training techniques
VIII Nutrition
A Food components
  1 Vitamins
  2 Minerals
  3 Carbohydrates
  4 Fat
  5 Protein
  6 Fiber
B Food groups
  1 Dairy
  2 Meat
  3 Fruit / vegetables
  4 Grains
  5 Sugars, fat and alcohol
C Well balanced diet
  1 Nutritional quackery
  2 Food preperation
  3 Meal planning, time
  4 Food composition
  5 Increasing weight properly
  6 Losing weight properly
D Eating disorders
  1 Anorexia nervosa
  2 Bulimia
  3 Complications
E Special diets
  1 Carbohydrate loading
  2 Pre-event nutrition
  3 Supplement fads
F Food composition
  1 Nutritional breakdown
  2 Calorie counting
G Calculating "ideal" weight for athletes
  1 B.M.I. Index
  2 Body fat %
IX Sports Psychology
A Personality
B Injuries
C Rehabilitation
D Competition
X Pharmacology
A Classification
  1 Types
  2 Examples
  3 Use
  4 Contraindictions
B Steroids
  1 Purpose
  2 Effects
a Short term
b Long term
c Male and female
  3 Controversy
a Ethics
b Testing
XI Related disciplines
A Anatomy
  1 Skeletal
a Bones
b Terminology
  2 Musculotendinous
a Muscles
b Origins
c Insertions
d Action
e Palpation
f Levers and principles of action
g Ligaments
h Tendons
i Muscle physiology (myology)
  3 Study of cells and tissues
a Cell biology (cytology)
b Tissue biology (histology)
c Connective and supporting tissue
d Fatty tissue
e Muscle tissue
f Nervous system
  4 The passive and active locomotor system
a General overview
b Functions of bones
c Types of bones
d Adaptation of bone to stresses and strains of athletic activity
e Classification of joints
  5 Articulations
a Vertebral articulations
b Pelvic girdle
c Abdominal respiration
d Upper extremity
+ Shoulder girdle
+ Shoulder joint
+ Forearm
+ Wrist
+ Hand
e Lower extremity
+ Hip
+ Knee
+ Foot
  6 Movements
a Analysis of movement
b Types of movement
  7 The cardiorespiratory system
a The respiratory system
b The hematologic system
  8 Gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems
a The abdomen and digestive system
b The genitourinary system
c Common gastrointestinal/genitourinary systems
B Physiology
  1 Muscle function
C Kinesiology
  1 Definition of movement
D Biomechanics
  1 Biomechanics of movement
  2 Sports injuries related to biomechanical problems
  3 Biomechanics of running shoes
  4 Biomechanics of distance running