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    Oct 08, 2024  
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SMS 111 - Sports Medicine Emergency Management: Catastrophic Situations

Description
The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an understanding potentially catastrophic conditions an athlete could face at an game or competition. The student will learn the fundamental role of PPE, cardiac response to exercise, the athlete’s heart, pathologies of and strategies to prevent sudden cardiac death, emergency cardiac care, management of the hypertensive athlete, environmental concerns in sports, sickle cell traits in athletics, sickle cell crisis (SCC), cervical spine trauma with anatomy epidemiology biomechanics and field and office setting exam.


Course Delivery Model(s): Online Interactive

Lecture Hours: 15
Lab Hours: 0
Total Hours: 15
Credits: 1

Prerequisites: CDX 0708, CDX 0310, DX 0507, CDX 0310A, CDX 0310B
Corequisites: None

Repeatable (# of times): 0

Grade Type: Pass/No Pass



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