Prerequisite: Intro to Health Sciences Grades 11-12 1 Year, 1.0 PE Credit
This course is designed to help with the basic understanding of sports injuries, and should be of particular interest to those students interested in becoming physicians, physician’s assistants, physical therapists, nurses, EMT’s or Certified Athletic Trainers. Instruction includes the evaluation of treatment and rehabilitation of sports injuries and the opportunity to work with athletic teams. Topics covered may include taping and bandaging, proper use of protective padding, treatment modalities, anatomy and physiology, and medical terminology. Students may learn to measure cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, body composition, and blood pressure. More advanced topics may include injury assessment, the phases of healing, and the use of exercises and equipment to help in the reconditioning of injured athletes.