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2023-2024 General Catalog 
    
2023-2024 General Catalog
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PET 105 - Basic Athletic Training


Course Department: Business
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0

Course Description:
This course will provide a knowledge and understanding of the prevention and care of athletic injuries and medical safety problems relating to physical activity. This is one of the four courses that meet the requirements for the coaching authorization issued by the Iowa Department of Education.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: None

Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face, virtual, and/or online

Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.

Course Fees: Course Materials: $15.00

Common Course Assessment(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
  1. Identify the term sports medicine.
  2. Identify measures that can be taken by both the coach and athletic trainer to minimize chances of litigation.
  3. Describe the techniques for control of hemorrhage.
  4. Identify universal precautions as mandated by OSHA and how they apply to the coach.
  5. Discuss how athletes might respond psychologically to an injury.
  6. Discuss the physiology of hyperthermia and hypothermia and how they can be prevented.
  7. Demonstrate basic skills in the use of taping for a variety of body parts.
  8. Differentiate between acute and chronic injury.
  9. Recognize and manage specific injuries and conditions of the skeletal system.



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