Syllabus

I. ATTR 220: Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries 3 credit hours
M/W/F 8:00-8:50 am

Arena Classroom

II. Term: Spring 2004

Instructor: Leah R. Cheek, M.Ed., LAT, ATC

III. Office Hours: As posted

Office Location: Tex Turner Arena

Phone: 869-6423

Email address: lcheek@lmunet.edu

IV. Course Prerequisites: None

V. Course Description: Course will concentrate on sports trauma and tissue responses to injury, including basic treatment of the acute athletic injury. Course will prepare the entry-level athletic trainer with the knowledge and skill to recognize, prevent and treat common signs and symptoms and recognition of acute athletic injuries.

VI. Relationship of the course to Content Area Knowledge and Skills: This course has no relationship to the Tennessee Matrix

VII. Text: Principles of Athletic Training by Arnheim and Prentice, 10^th ed.

VIII. Course Goals and Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Identify common injury and illness risk factors that occur in athletes and physically active people.

2. Recognize, treat and refer acute injuries, illnesses and general medical conditions of athletes and physically active people.

IX. Course Objectives

1. List and identify signs and symptoms of common injuries, illnesses and medical conditions.

2. Identify appropriate treatment of acute injuries to be rest, ice, compression and elevation.

3. Identify strategies for preventing common injury and illness among athletes and the physically active.

4. Use appropriate medical terminology and abbreviations.

The following competencies will be covered where applicable to course objectives.

# Content Area Competency

16	Acute Injury and Illness: Affective	Empathizes with individuals facing the daily challenges of using ambulatory aids.
38	Acute Injury and Illness: Cognitive	Describes the signs, symptoms, and causes of allergic, thermal, and chemical reactions of the skin.
39	Acute Injury and Illness: Cognitive	Recognizes the differences between infestations, insect bites, and other skin conditions.
4	Acute Injury and Illness: Cognitive	Interprets standard nomenclature of athletic injuries and illnesses.
13	Acute Injury and Illness: Cognitive	Recognizes the characteristics of common life-threatening conditions that can occur either spontaneously or as the result or direct trauma to the throat, thorax and viscera, and identifies the management of these conditions.
15	Acute Injury and Illness: Cognitive	Recognizes signs and symptoms associated with internal hemorrhaging.
20	Acute Injury and Illness: Cognitive	Recognizes signs and symptoms of head trauma, including loss of consciousness, changes in standardized neurological, cranial nerve assessment, and other symptoms that indicate underlying trauma.
21	Acute Injury and Illness: Cognitive	Explains and interprets the signs and symptoms associated with increasing intracranial pressure.
46	Acute Injury and Illness: Cognitive	Constructs and educates the patient regarding home care and self-treatment plans.
20	Assessment and Evaluation: Cognitive	Describes the etiological factors, signs, symptoms, and management procedures for injuries of the toes, foot, ankle, lower leg, knee, thigh, hip, pelvis, shoulder, upper arm, elbow, forearm, wrist, hand, thumb, fingers, spine, thorax, abdomen, head, and face.
23	Assessment and Evaluation: Cognitive	Describes the signs and symptoms of injuries to the abdominal viscera.
2	Assessment and Evaluation: Psychomotor	Visually identifies clinical signs associated with common injuries and illnesses, such as the integrity of the skin and mucous membranes, structural deformities, edema, and discoloration.
17	Assessment and Evaluation: Psychomotor	Uses appropriate terminology in the communication and documentation of injuries and illnesses.
18	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Explains and recognizes the etiology, signs, symptoms, and management of diabetes mellitus.
21	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Lists the common infections and conditions of the female reproductive organs (e.g., epididymitis, varicocele, hydrocele, undescended testicle, and testicular cancer).
22	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Lists the common infections and conditions of the male reproductive organs (e.g., pelvic inflammatory disease [PID], ectopic pregnancy, and pregnancy).
23	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Describes the common conditions of the breast (e.g., gynecomastia, cancer, and fibrous cysts).
24	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Describes the various menstrual irregularities, the relationship that physical activity plays in their development, their resolutions, and their implications on performance, as well as detrimental systemic effects (e.g., oligomenorrhea, amenorrhea, and dysmenorrhea).
25	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Identifies the physiological effects and the changes to woman’s body caused by pregnancy, and describes the body’s response to exercise during pregnancy. Also identifies the indications and contraindications for exercise throughout pregnancy.
26	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Describes the signs, symptoms, and management of common sexually transmitted diseases (STD).
27	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Recognizes skin lesions (e.g., wounds and thermal, electrical, and radiation injury), infections (e.g., bacterial, fungal, and viral), and disorders (e.g., bites, acne, dermatitis, folliculitis, and eczema).
28	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Identifies skin infections that are potentially contagious (e.g., impetigo, staph infections).
29	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Recognizes conditions that affect bones and joints (e.g., epiphysitis, apophysitis, aseptic necrosis, arthritis, gout, and felon).
31	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Recognizes the main cerebral lesions caused by trauma (e.g., subdural, epidural hematoma, aneurysm).
33	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Recognizes postconcussional syndrome.
34	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Identifies the common signs and symptoms of contagious viral diseases.
36	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Describes the etiology, signs, symptoms, and management of common viruses (e.g., human papillomavirus, Epstein-Barr virus, and hepatitis B virus).
37	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Describes where and how to seek appropriate medical assistance on disease control, notification, and epidemic prevention.
2	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Identifies common illnesses and disease of the body’s systems based on contemporary epidemiological studies of the injuries of athletes and others involved in physical activity.
4	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Recognizes common eye pathologies (e.g., conjunctivitis, hyphema, corneal injury, and scleral cerumen).
5	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Recognizes common ear pathologies (e.g., otitis, ruptured tympani membrane, and impacted cerumen.)
6	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Recognizes common pathologies of the mouth, sinus, oropharynx, and nasopharynx.
7	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Lists the common causes, signs, and symptoms of respiratory infections (e.g., pneumonia, bronchitis, sinusitis, URI, and asthma.)
11	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Identifies the possible cause of sudden death syndrome among athletes and others involved in physical activity.
10	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Compares and contrasts the signs and symptoms of respiratory tract conditions (e.g., common cold, influenza, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, and pleurisy).
14	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Cognitive	Explains the typical history, signs, symptoms associated with cardiopulmonary conditions.
5	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Psychomotor	Recognizes and applies the appropriate treatments for diabetic coma and insulin shock.
6	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Psychomotor	Acts quickly to contain skin infections that are potentially contagious, and refers the patient when appropriate.
7	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Psychomotor	Takes the appropriate steps to treat a seizure.
8	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Psychomotor	Recognizes and takes the appropriate steps to manage and control common contagious viral and infectious diseases.
16	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Psychomotor	Refers an individual who presents with complaints of genitourinary or reproductive disorders to a physician.
2	General Medical Conditions and Disabilities: Psychomotor	Manages acute asthma attacks and takes appropriate steps to reduce the frequency and severity of asthmas attacks.
14	Health Care Administration: Cognitive	Uses accepted medical terminology and abbreviations (SOAP, CPT and HCFA coding).
3	Pathology of Injuries and Illnesses: Affective	Accepts the moral and ethical responsibility of maintaining current knowledge of the pathologic conditions of athletes and others involved in physical activity.
18	Pathology of Injuries and Illnesses: Cognitive	Describes the signs and symptoms of deep and superficial vein thromboses, pulmonary embolism and other emboli, and myocardial infarction.
11	Psychosocial Intervention and Referral: Cognitive	Identifies the symptoms and clinical signs fo common disordered eating(anorexia nervosa, bulimia) and the psychological and sociocultural factors associated with these disorders.
13	Psychosocial Intervention and Referral: Cognitive	Identifies the medical and community-based resources that disseminate information regarding safe sexual activity and the health risk factors associated with sexually transmitted diseases.
1	Risk Management & Injury Prevention: Affective	Accepts the moral, professional, and legal responsibilities to conduct safe programs to minimize injury and illness risk factors for individuals involved in physical activity
2	Risk Management & Injury Prevention: Affective	Acknowledges the importance of developing and implementing a thorough, comprehensive injury and illness prevention program.

X. Outline of Course Content/Units of Instruction Lecture, discussion, demonstration, laboratories, audio-visual aids, guest speakers

Course Content Calendar:

Week:

One           Terminology/ Bloodborne pathogens video

Chapter 10: Sports Trauma

Two Chapter 11: Psychosocial

Chapter 15: Modalities

Three Chapter 17: Pharmacology
Chapter 12: On the field injury evaluation
Chapter 13: Off the field injury evaluation

Four Foot

Five Ankle/Lower leg

Six Knee

Seven Thigh/Hip/Groin

Eight Shoulder

Nine Elbow

Ten Forearm

Eleven Spine

Twelve Thorax

Thirteen Head/Face

Fourteen Skin

Fifteen Health Conditions

XI. Required Readings

Text
Assorted Handouts given throughout the course

XII. Suggested Readings

Anderson and Hall Sports Injury Management

Gallaspy and May Signs and Symptoms of Athletic Injuries, Mosby

XIII. Technological Resources:
Internet for research.

LCD projector

This class will be accessible through jenzebar.com

www.nata.org

XIV. Methods of Instruction and learning

Lecture, discussion, demonstration, audio-visual aides, guest speakers will all be used in this class.

XV. Course Requirements/Methods of Instruction/Evaluation/Documentation

Students must attend all CLASSES. Students are responsible for all lecture materials and reading on classes missed. Each person will have 3 unexcused absences, which may be used any time during the semester. Three additional unexcused absences will result in a 10-point deduction from your grade. Any student who attends all classes will receive an extra 10 points added to the final grade.

All work must be completed and submitted on time. Late work will not be accepted, NO EXCEPTIONS. Missed tests must be made up before the end of the following day. Failure to do this will result in a "0"for that test.

All students are required to have a complete and organized notebook; tabbed with sections. The notebook is worth 50 points. The notebook will contain all quizzes, handouts, notes, observation documentation and note cards.

The student will write 1 (5 page) paper on a body part. This paper is to include anatomy, prevention, possible injuries, treatment and rehabilitation procedures. There must be a minimum of 3 references. The instructor will give specific guidelines as to the paper’s layout.

Each student is required to complete 20 hours of training room observation hours. This documentation must be included in the notebook.

Evaluation of Materials:

Tests and/or quizzes

homework
Notebook grade
completion of training room hours
note cards

final exam

NO FINAL EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN EARLIER THAN THE PRE-SET UNIVERSITY FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

Grading scale:
100%-89.5% A
89%-79.5% B
79%-69.5% C
69%-59.5% D
59% F

XVI. Clinical/Laboratory/Field Experiences/Multicultural Experiences
A minimum of 20 clock hours of time must be accumulated in the athletic training room during the semester.

XVII. Possible Portfolio Entries:
Completion of worksheets and documentation of clinical hours completed.

XVIII. Date of Revision: 01-03

XIX. Long Range Plan/Outcomes Assessment Documentation

Tests or homework assignments