Sports Emergency Care: A Team Approach, 3rd Edition (Original PDF from Publisher)

For more than a decade, Sports Emergency Care: A Team Approach has filled a void in athletic training education on the subject of emergency care. Now, this updated Third Edition continues to pave the way to prepare athletic training students beyond traditional first aid training as well as providing specific information on emergency situations in sports for emergency medical services (EMS) professionals.In this updated Third Edition, Dr. Robb S. Rehberg and Dr. Jeff G. Konin, along with their 13 contributors, have created a resource that can be used in athletic training education programs as a core text in a sports emergency care course; a supplemental text in several courses that address immediate care within an athletic training education curriculum; and it can be used by EMS educators in developing continuing education programs for prehospital providers. Some of the topics included in the Third Edition:• Assessment of Sports Emergencies• Cardiovascular Emergencies• Management of Traumatic Brain Injury• Fractures and Soft Tissue Injuries• Managing Mental Health Emergencies• Care of Athletes with Disabilities• Emergencies in Sports for the Aging Athlete