STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Describe the professional responsibilities of an athletic trainer.

 II.     Explain techniques used to prevent physically active people from injuring themselves during activity.

 III.    Demonstrate how to perform various bandaging and taping techniques used to prevent and rehabilitate injuries.

 IV.     Explain how injuries happen and how the body reacts to injury.

 V.      Demonstrate how to recognize, evaluate, care for, and rehabilitate acute and chronic athletic injuries.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Professional Development and Responsibilities of Athletic Training

 II.     Risk Management

 III.    Pathology of Injury

         A.      Mechanisms and Characteristics of Sports Trauma

         B.      Tissue Response to Injury

 IV.     Management Skills

         A.      On-the-field Acute Care and Emergency Procedures

         B.      Off-the-field Injury Evaluation

         C.      Blood borne Pathogens

         D.      Therapeutic Modalities

         E.      Therapeutic Exercise in Rehabilitation

 V.      Specific Sports Conditions

         A.      Foot

         B.      Ankle

         C.      Knee

         D.      Hip

         E.      Shoulder

         F.      Elbow

         G.      Forearm, wrist, hand, fingers

         H.      Spine

         I.      Thorax and abdomen

         J.      Head, face, eyes, ears, nose, throat

         K.      Skin disorders

         L.      Additional health conditions