Archived Sport Safety Training Course

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SMITH COLLEGE 2006

AED Instruction Included!
An injured athlete is every coach's worst fear. Whether you're coaching little league, high school students or this country's elite athletes, you feel responsible for making sure your athletes are safe both in practice and during competition. But sports-related injuries do occur. That's why the Institute for Sport Coaching is offering this specifically designed course for coaches, athletic trainers and others interested in sports.

When: The Sport Safety Training course will start at 9am and end at 4pm on July 16, 2006.

Instructor: To be announced at a later date.

Course Description:
  • Explain how the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system works and the coach's role in the EMS system, including how and when to call EMS personnel;
  • Recognize a coach's safety responsibilities and how they impact injury prevention for athletes;
  • Identify and eliminate or minimize potentially hazardous conditions that may place athletes, coaches, officials and spectators at risk of injury;
  • Identify the signals of breathing emergencies, including choking;
  • Demonstrate how to provide adult rescue breathing and first aid for choking;
  • Identify the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease and describe how to minimize them;
  • Recognize the signals of a possible heart attack, and describe how to care for someone who is experiencing persistent chest pain;
  • Identify the signals of cardiac arrest, and demonstrate how to provide CPR for an adult until emergency medical help arrives;
  • Identify life threatening bleeding, and demonstrate how to control it;
  • Identify the signals of shock, and describe how to minimize its effects;
  • Identify the signals of various soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries and demonstrate how to care for them;
  • Identify the signals of sudden illness, including poisoning, bites and stings, and heat and cold emergencies, and describe how to care for them;
  • List the precautions for using an AED;
  • Demonstrate how to use an AED for an adult in cardiac arrest; and
  • Describe when and how to move an athlete in an emergency situation.
Tuition
Individuals Group Rate
$95 (if you register by June 2, 2006) $100 (After June 2, 2006) $90 (at any time; 4 or more coaches from the same school, team or organization)


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Questions? Email: Christopher Hickey.