Foothill CollegeApproved Course Outlines

Kinesiology & Athletics Division
PHED 16BEMERGENCY ATHLETIC INJURY CARESummer 2013
2 hours lecture, 1 hour laboratory, 1 hour online.3 Units

Total Quarter Learning Hours: 48 (Total of All Lecture, Lecture/Lab, and Lab hours X 12)
 
 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2 Lecture/Lab:
 Note: If Lab hours are specified, see item 10. Lab Content below.

Repeatability -
Statement: Not Repeatable.

Status -
 Course Status: InactiveGrading: Letter Grade with P/NP option
 Degree Status: ApplicableCredit Status: Credit
 Degree or Certificate Requirement: AA Degree
 GE Status: Non-GE

Articulation Office Information -
 Transferability: BothValidation:

1. Description -
American Red Cross Standard First Aid/CPR certificates are available upon completion of the course. Lecture and laboratory are devoted to basic injury recognition and emergency response of acute trauma. Practical hands-on skills are emphasized in laboratories.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
Advisory: Students must have reliable and ongoing Internet access to complete quizzes, discussions and assignments; not open to students with credit in H P 67B or PHED 67B.

2. Course Objectives -
The student will be able to:
  1. demonstrate American Red Cross First Aid skills.
  2. demonstrate American Red Cross CPR skills.
  3. review basic Anatomy and Physiology.
  4. recognize basic signs and symptoms of athletic injury trauma.
  5. apply basic first aid skills to mock athletic injuries.
  6. explain basic athletic injury recognition.
  7. demonstrate basic athletic injury recognition.
  8. discuss approaches to emergency care in other cultures.
3. Special Facilities and/or Equipment -
Injury treatment laboratory/classroom. When taught as an online distance learning or hybrid section, students and faculty need ongoing and continuous Internet and Email access.

4. Course Content (Body of knowledge) -
  1. Basic Emergency Injury Response
    1. Communication
    2. Scope and liability
    3. CPR
    4. Standard first aid
    5. Emergency procedures
  2. Acute Athletic Injury Trauma Recognition
    1. Primary/secondary evaluation
    2. History
    3. Inspection
    4. Palpation
    5. Functional tests
  3. Head and Neck Trauma
    1. Basic injury anatomy
    2. Specific subjective questions
    3. Vital inspections
    4. Cranial nerve functions and tests
    5. First aid
  4. Upper Extremity Trauma
    1. Review basic injury anatomy
    2. Specific subjective evaluation
    3. Bilateral inspections
    4. Palpation/functional tests
    5. First aid
  5. Spine Thoracic Abdominal Trauma
    1. Review basic injury anatomy
    2. Special subjective evaluation
    3. Vital signs and symptoms
    4. Palpation/functional tests
    5. First aid
  6. Lower Extremity Trauma
    1. Review basic injury anatomy
    2. Subjective evaluation
    3. Bilateral inspection
    4. Palpation/functional tests
    5. First aid
5. Repeatability - Moved to header area.
 
6. Methods of Evaluation -
  1. Quizzes
  2. First Aid / CPR Exam
  3. Written project
  4. Oral/Practical Examination
  5. 100% A
  6. 89% B
  7. 79% C
  8. 69% D
0-59% F
7. Representative Text(s) -
Prentice, William E. Arnheim's Principles of Athletic Training. New York,NY: McGraw-Hill, 2011.
American Red Cross. First Aid/CPR/AED for Schools and the Community. Yardley,PA: Stay Well, 2006.

8. Disciplines -
Physical Education
 
9. Method of Instruction -
During periods of instruction the student:
  1. be exposed to Lecture and slide presentations concerning injury athletic prevention
  2. will participate in periods of practical question - answer sessions concerning athletic injury prevention
 
10. Lab Content -
  1. Hands on practice with CPR manicans
  2. Hands on evaluation of musculo-skeletal injuries
  3. Hands on practice of basic first aid skills
 
11. Honors Description - No longer used. Integrated into main description section.
 
12. Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing and Outside of Class Assignments -
Reading Assignments
  1. Weekly reading assignments from texts
  2. Discussions/Chat Online
13. Need/Justification -
This course is a required core course for the AS degree in Athletic Injury Care.


Course status: Inactive
Last updated: 2013-02-26 14:17:11


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