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Sport First Aid, Sixth Edition Higher Ed Online Course
This course is designed for adoption for college and university coaching classes. If you are an instructor considering adoption of Sport First Aid, Sixth Edition Higher Ed Online Course, please contact your Human Kinetics sales representative.
- The higher education course package includes the following:
- Online Sport First Aid, Sixth Edition, course
- Sport First Aid, Sixth Edition (paperback or ebook)
- Online certification test
With only about one-third of high schools in the United States having full-time athletic trainers and another third lacking any athletic trainer services, coaches are often the first responder when an injury occurs. This reality underscores the importance of providing coaches with proper training in first aid and injury prevention.
Sport First Aid, Sixth Edition Higher Ed Online Course provides detailed action steps for the care and prevention of the most common sport-related injuries and illnesses. The following topics are covered: performing an assessment; administering first aid for bleeding, tissue damage, and unstable injuries; providing life support; moving an injured athlete; and returning an athlete to play. The course will prepare future coaches to make critical decisions, respond appropriately, and ensure the safety and well-being of their athletes. It will also provide insight on preventing injuries from occurring in the first place with strategies for reducing athletes' risk of injury or illness.
The course is based on the text Sport First Aid, Sixth Edition, authored by an unparalleled team of experts in athletic training, sports medicine, exercise science and physiology, strength and conditioning, and sport coaching. Lead author Robb Rehberg is the senior medical advisor and director of game day medical operations for the National Football League (NFL) and is a professor of sports medicine and athletic training at William Paterson University of New Jersey. Rehberg is featured in video clips that introduce the various first aid situations and protocols to be covered in each course unit.
The updated sixth edition reflects the latest guidelines for administering CPR and treating concussion, dehydration, and heat illness based on guidance from leading health organizations. The course includes all-new videos demonstrating protocols for the most common first aid situations; practical at-a-glance flowcharts depicting “if this, do this” response protocols; interactive activities and quizzes; and sample forms, checklists, assessments, and safety plans.
Students will have free access to the Sport First Aid certification test, administered by Human Kinetics and delivered on a separate platform (independent of the class). By passing the certification test, students with aspirations of becoming a scholastic coach will earn a valuable coaching credential that is recognized by numerous state high school associations and school districts as meeting coaching education requirements. (Please note that instructors will not have access to the certification test scores.)
Request a review copy of the course using the Review Copy Request Form or by contacting your Human Kinetics sales representative.
- Unit 1. Your Role on the Athletic Health Care Team
- Unit 2. Game Plan for Sport First Aid
- Unit 3. Anatomy and Terminology in Sport First Aid
- Unit 4. Emergency Action Steps
- Unit 5. Assessment in Sport First Aid
- Unit 6. Moving Injured or Sick Athletes
- Unit 7. Respiratory Emergencies and Illnesses
- Unit 8. Head, Spine, and Nerve Injuries
- Unit 9. Internal Organ Injuries
- Unit 10. Sudden Illnesses
- Unit 11. Weather-Related Injuries and Illnesses
- Unit 12. Upper Body Musculoskeletal Injuries
- Unit 13. Lower Body Musculoskeletal Injuries
- Unit 14. Scalp, Facial, Eye, and Mouth Injuries
- Unit 15. Skin Conditions
Instructor ancillaries are free and available only to higher education instructors who adopt the Sport First Aid course. Ancillaries are delivered online through HKPropel.
Instructor guide. Includes lecture outlines, class activities and worksheets, and discussion topics.
Test package. Contains 300 questions in true-false, fill-in-the-blank, essay and short-answer, and multiple-choice formats. The files may be downloaded for integration with a learning management system or printed for use as paper-based tests. Instructors can create their own customized quizzes or tests from the test bank questions to assign to students directly through HKPropel. Multiple-choice and true-false questions are automatically graded, and instructors can review student scores in the platform.
Unit quizzes. Contains ready-made 10-question quizzes to assess student comprehension of the most important concepts in each unit. Each quiz may be downloaded or assigned to students directly through HKPropel. The unit quizzes are automatically graded, and instructors can review student scores in the platform.
Presentation package. Features more than 235 PowerPoint slides containing text, artwork, and tables from the book that can be used for class discussion and presentation. The slides in the presentation package can be used directly within PowerPoint or printed to make handouts for students. Instructors can easily add, modify, and rearrange the order of the slides.
Image bank. Includes most of the figures, content photos, and tables from the text, sorted by chapter. The 208 images can be used in developing a customized presentation based on specific course requirements.
Instructor videos. Contains 11 videos of important content summaries to use within class activities or discussions.
Instructors also receive access to all student materials from the course. This includes the course text (Sport First Aid, Sixth Edition).
- A full suite of instructor ancillaries is available only to Sport First Aid course adopters. Ancillaries and student resources are accessible through HKPropel and include an instructor guide, a test package, unit quizzes, a presentation package, an image bank, and instructor videos.
- Students can earn a valuable certification. Numerous state high school associations, school districts, and sport organizations recognize Sport First Aid as meeting coaching education requirements. Students receive free access to the certification test administered by Human Kinetics (independent of your class). The certification will travel with them wherever they go in their future coaching endeavors.
- By taking the test for certification, students become listed in the National Coaches Registry (NCR). The NCR is an online listing of students and coaches who have completed Human Kinetics coaching courses. The registry is publicly accessible, allowing future employers to verify students' certifications.
Sport First Aid, Sixth Edition Higher Ed Online Course draws its contents from the text Sport First Aid, Sixth Edition. The text aims to prepare coaches to make critical decisions and respond appropriately when faced with athletes' injuries and illnesses.
The sixth edition has been revised and restructured. It reflects the leading health organizations' latest emergency guidelines, including those for CPR, concussion, dehydration, and heat illness. Tailored specifically to the needs of a coach, it also covers causes, symptoms, and action steps for more than 100 injuries and illnesses. The most common injuries and illnesses are described in greater detail and prioritized so they are easier to reference. Additionally, flowcharts for over 40 specific injuries and illnesses offer step-by-step visuals to guide you through the decision-making and response process.
Beyond specific first aid procedures, the text provides guidance on understanding the legal duties of a coach, assembling an athletic health care team and collaborating with other team members, minimizing the risk of injury, planning for medical emergencies, administering the plan during emergency situations, and assessing when and how to move injured and sick athletes.
An athletic trainer may not always be present at every practice and game. It's crucial that coaches have a basic understanding of first aid and injury prevention. Sport First Aid is the most authoritative source for this potentially life-saving information. It will prepare coaches to respond appropriately in emergency situations, meet the legal obligations as a coach, and foster a safe environment for student-athletes.
