SMA Level 1 Sports Trainers Course

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2013 Registration Form  ACT – Level 1 Course Registration Form

Course Outline:
Sports trainers play a vital role in the prevention of injury. This course provides participants with the necessary skills to assist in improving athletic performance, making sport safer for all. The course covers the following units:

• Sports Trainer in Action (roles and responsibilities, code of ethics, admin, record keeping, communication etc.)
• Principles of Injury Management – includes practical session (Injury cycle, R.I.C.E.R. of hard and soft tissue injuries, approaching an injured athlete, management of incident, special injuries, soft tissue injuries, role in rehabilitation phase)
• Structure & Function of the Musculo-Skeletal System(Anatomical terms, Skeletal system, joints, ligaments, muscular system, tendons, bursae, movement)
• Warm-up, Cool down and stretching
• Drugs in Sport
• Common sporting illnesses & injuries (hard and soft tissue, overuse injuries)
• Nutrition (eating for sports performance, carbohydrate, protein, fat, hydration, recovery, pre-event and recovery nutrition)
• Heat & Cold illness (Regulating body temperature, heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat stroke, affecting factors, weather conditions, clothing)
• Common medical conditions affecting athletes (Shock, asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, heart related, viral, chronic, cardiovascular emergencies, chronic illness and injuries, spinal, brain and head, dental, chest and abdominal)
• Moving an injured athlete – Patient transport (Methods, conscious horizontal and standing spinal injuries, transporting spinal injuries etc)
• Sports Taping (Materials, taping hand i.e. finger and thumb, taping of the ankle and ankle bracing)

Assessment

• Taping of ankle and thumb
• Practical scenario which may include slings, bandages, TOTAPS and moving an injured athlete
• Multiple choice exam
• Workbook (Filled in throughout the course)