Syllabus

 

I.        ATTR 224       Clinical Experience in Athletic Training 

            M/W 11:00-11:50 am           2 Credit Hours

            Athletic Training Room, Tex Turner Arena

 

II.     Spring 2004

            Joshua J. Holt, ATC/L, MAT.

 

III. Office Hours:  As Posted or by Appointment

      Office Location: Tex Turner Arena

      Office Phone: (423) 869-6378

      e-mail: holtj@lmunet.edu

 

IV.  Course corequisites: To be taken concurrently with either PHED 210 or PHED 220

 

V.  Course Description:

To provide an opportunity for practical application of knowledge and skills necessary for the entry-level athletic trainer to possess including record keeping, taping, wrapping, protective equipment fitting, use of ambulatory aids, management and transportation of spinal/ head injuries.

 

VI. Relationship to Content Area of Tenn. Matrix:  None

 

VII.    Text:  none

 

VIII.  Course Goals & Course Outcomes:

             Upon completion of this course, the students will demonstrate the ability to:

1. Perform anthropometric measurement techniques and other appropriate examination and screening procedures;

2.  Obtain and interpret environmental data, recognize potential hazardous conditions and situations in the activity setting, and make the appropriate recommendations for activity;

3.  Select and fit standard protective equipment that provides safe and healthy               participation in physical activity;

4.      Construct custom protective devices;

5.      Select and apply preventative taping, wrapping, splinting, bracing, and rehabilitative devices in order to prevent further injury.

6.      Demonstrate the ability to perform therapeutic exercises.

7.      Demonstrate the ability to apply first aid techniques using universal precautions.

8.      Demonstrate the ability to apply immobilization devices to applicable body parts.

9.      Demonstrate the ability to use various methods of stabilization and transportation to facilitate the movement or ambulation of the injured person.

10.  Ascertain body temperature.

11.  Ascertain vital signs

 

IX. Specific Course Outcomes:

1.        The student will assess the following:

a.       Height

b.      Weight

c.       Blood pressure

d.      Pulse

g.       Vision using a Snellen eye chart.

2.        The student will:

a.       Use a sling psychrometer

b.      Use a wet bulb globe index

c.       Interpret and present environmental data for the following conditions: heat, wind, humidity, potential for lightning strike, cold, and poor air quality

d.      Check an activity setting for physical and/or environmental hazards

e.       Use and interpret weight charts

3.        The student will select and fit the following protective equipment:

a.       Protective helmet and head gear

b.      Protective shoulder pads

c.       Footwear for physical activity

d.      Mouth guard

e.       Rib brace/ guard

f.        Prophylactic ankle brace

g.       Prophylactic knee brace

4.        Student will construct, apply, and remove the following protective devices:

a.       Bony prominence pad

b.      Muscle contusion pad

c.       Soft playing cast

d.      Hard, immobilization splint or cast

e.       Friction pad

f.        Checkrein device

5.        The student will demonstrate the ability to tape, splint, wrap, pad or brace the following joints to limit motions:

a.       Cervical spine

b.      Shoulder joint and girdle

c.       Elbow

d.      Wrist

e.       Hand and fingers

f.        Lumbar spine

g.       Hip and pelvis

h.       Knee

i.         Leg

j.        Ankle

k.      Foot and toes

6.        The student will demonstrate the ability to instruct the following exercises:

a.       Passive range of motion exercises

b.      Active range of motion exercises

c.       Active-assistive range of motion exercises

7.        The student will demonstrate the ability to:

a.       Manage open and closed wounds

b.      Apply direct and indirect pressure to control bleeding

c.       Clean, debride and protect and open wound

d.      Apply superficial skin closures

e.       Properly apply and remove gloves and other personal protective equipment

f.        Properly dispose of biohazardous waste

g.       Apply appropriate dressings

h.       Apply ice, compression, and elevation to an acute sprain, strain, or contusion

8.        The student will demonstrate the ability to:

a.       Select and apply an appropriate splint to a sprain, strain, fracture, subluxations, and dislocation

b.      Stabilize and spine board or body splint an adult or child with a suspected spinal injury.

9.        The student will demonstrate the ability to:

a.       Stabilize and transport an adult or child with a head and/or spinal injury

b.      Stabilize and transport an adult or child with a fracture and/or dislocation

c.       Select, fit, and instruct the patient in the use of crutches

d.      Select, fit, and instruct the patient in the use of a cane

e.       Transport an injured adult or child using a manual conveyance technique.

10.     Ascertain body temperature via:

a.       Oral temperature

b.      Axillary temperature

c.       Tympanic temperature

11.     Ascertain the following vital signs:

a.       Blood pressure

b.      Pulse

c.       Respirations

 

 

X.    Outline of Course Instruction:

WEEK

1      RECORD KEEPING, DOCUMENTATION

        BLOOD PRESSURE & PULSE ASSESSMENT

        VISION SCREENING

       

2      TAPING- ankles

        TAPING- foot

        TAPING- foot & toes

 

3      TAPING - leg

        TAPING - knee

 

4      EQUIPMENT FITTING

        EQUIPMNET FITTING

 

5      CLIMATIC DATA

        AMBULATORY AIDS

 

6      IMMOBILIZATION /TRANSPORTATION OF SPINAL INJURIES

        IMMOBILIZATION /TRANSPORTATION OF SPINAL INJURIES

 

7      TAPING- shoulder joint & girdle

        TAPING - elbow

 

8      MID TERM TESTING

        MID TERM TESTING

 

9      TAPING -  wrist & forearm

        AMBUALTORY AIDS

 

10    SPLINTING

        SPLINTING

 

11    CUSTOMIZED PROTECTIVE DEVICES

        CUSTOMIZED PROTECTIVE PADDING

 

12    TAPING - hand & fingers

        AMBUALTORY AIDS

 

13    BRACE FITTING

        BRACE FITTING

 

14    WRAPPING WITH COMPRESSION

        WRAPPINGS

 

15    REVIEW OF ALL PROFICIENCIES

        REVIEW OF ALL PROFICIENCIES

 

16    PROFICIENCIES FINAL PRACTICAL EXAM

       

XI.   Required Readings:

        1.  PHED 224  Clinical Proficiencies Handbook

2.       Arnheim, Principles of Athletic Training  10th  ed.

 

XII.    Suggested Reading: None

 

XIII. Technological Resources:  web sites NOCSAE, NATA

         The students will use computer programs for observing application of specific techniques.

 

XIV. Methods of Instruction: Lecture, demonstration, participation.

 

XV.    Course Requirements/ Methods of Assessment/ Evaluation/ Documentation:

The student will:

                                                                                                                                                       POINTS

1.       complete all proficiency worksheets pertaining to the skills covered;               300

             (Proficiencies contained  in handbook)

2.