PAUL G. BLAZER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

SPORTS MEDICINE

2012/2013

SYLLABUS

TEACHERS NAME:

Mr. AJ “Doc” Stadelmeyer MA, ATC

Head Athletic Trainer/Health and Sports Medicine Teacher

Office Phone: 606-327-6050 School Phone: 606-327-6040

Cell: 606-585-5459

Email address:

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This is a 1 semester class combining the Sports First Aid Course, the Rehabilitation of Injury Course, and the Practicum in Sports Medicine Courses. Students will be enrolled in this course for one semester. Many students will be in enrolled the sports medicine class for the second semester too.. The class will have sports medicine/athletic training students in it with different levels of experience in our program. The course will cover basic athletic training skills, sports first aid, evaluation of injury and rehabilitation of injury. Other content and topics may be covered at the instructor’s choice. Each semester is worth 1/2 academic credit.

PREREQUISITS:

  1. Instructor’s permission to enroll in this course.
  2. Students enrolled in this course are required to participate in the after-school Student Athletic Training Program and be active Student Athletic Trainers’ with the athletic teams at Blazer.
  3. All students enrolled in the class are required to do summer work and assignments that are due the first day of class.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

  1. To understand and be able to apply the principles of prevention,

assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of the injuries and

illnesses that occur to athletes.

  1. To understand and be able to apply taping and wrapping

techniques to prevent athletic injury.

  1. To understand the skills, procedures and techniques used to

operate and maintain an athletic training room.

  1. To understand the job and career opportunities that are

available in athletic training and sports medicine.

  1. To understand basic orthopedic anatomy.
  2. To understand and be able to perform rescue breathing, CPR,

and basic sports first aid and emergency care techniques.

  1. To understand how to evaluate and assess orthopedic sports

injuries.

  1. To understand basic orthopedic anatomy.
  2. To understand the mechanisims of injury and the treatments for various sports injuries.
  3. To learn to work as a student athletic trainer with athletes and

athletic teams at practices and games, and to provide sports first aid care to actual athlete-patients.

COURSE TEXTBOOKS:

  1. Fundamentals of Athletic Training 2nd Edition

By Lorin Cartwright ATC and William Pitney ATC

2005 Human Kinetics Publishers

ISBN: 0-7360-5258-5

  1. Athletic Taping and Bracing 2nd Edition

By David H. Perrin ATC

2005 Human Kinetics Publishers

ISBN: 0-7360-4811-1

COURSE OUTLINE:

Topics that may be covered include, but are not limited to:

  1. Athletic Training As A Profession
  2. Athletic Training Administration
  3. Basics Of Human Anatomy
  4. Basics Of Tissue Injuries
  5. Prevention of Injury
  6. Therapeutic Modalities
  7. Patient Assessment and Evaluation
  8. Basic First Aid and CPR
  9. Taping, Wrapping and Bracing
  10. Orthopedic Injuries
  11. Wound Care and Bandaging
  12. Introduction to Rehabilitation of Injury.
  13. Athletic Training Room Management

METHOD OF EVALUATION FOR SPORTS MEDICINE:

All assignments, projects, labs, and tests will be given a point value. When you get the assignment back graded you will see the points possible, the points earned, a percentage, and your grade. I will add up the point’s possible and points earned, and figure out your percentage and letter grade for the class. There will be limited opportunities for extra credit. I do not round or curve grades.

Items to be graded include tests, unannounced quizzes, notebook checks, term papers, essays and writing assignments, textbook work, article summaries, video summaries, group projects and presentations, independent study, training room work hours, training room duties and cleaning, skills check forms, participation in the Sports Medicine Wrap-a-Thon, and other assignments as needed.

FEES AND MATERIALS REQUIRED:

  1. The textbook fee should have been paid when they gave you your schedule for the school year at the Back To School Blitz.
  2. Other materials required include a spiral notebook with pockets, a daily planner/calendar, highlighter pens, and maybe colored pencils. I prefer that students write all assignments and tests in blue or black ink, or type them.

REQUIRED STUDENT ATHLETIC TRAINING WEEKLY SERVICE POINTS :

These required after school hours and duties will be explained to the student on the first day of the semester.