This course package includes the following:

• Online Sport First Aid course
• Sport First Aid, Fifth Edition, book
• Online certification test
• NOTE: Access to online components is immediate upon purchase, but the required book will be mailed. Please anticipate time for shipping before beginning the course.

As a coach, there’s a good chance you’ll be first on the scene when one of your athletes falls ill or suffers an injury. Are you prepared to take action in a medical emergency?

The Sport First Aid, Fifth Edition Online Course provides detailed action steps for the care and prevention of more than 110 sport-related injuries and illnesses. It covers procedures for conducting emergency action steps and providing life support; performing the physical assessment; administering first aid for bleeding, tissue damage, and unstable injuries; moving an injured athlete; and returning athletes to play.

The fifth edition also explains the latest CPR techniques from the American Heart Association; guidelines for the prevention, recognition, and treatment of concussion from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and guidelines for the prevention of dehydration and heat illness from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association.

Beyond simply treating injuries and illnesses, Sport First Aid seeks to prevent them from occurring in the first place. Included are strategies for reducing athletes’ risk of injury or illness, such as establishing a school-based medical team, implementing preseason conditioning programs, creating safe playing environments, planning for weather emergencies, ensuring proper fitting and use of protective equipment, enforcing proper sport skills and safety rules, and developing a medical emergency plan.

The course is based on the Sport First Aid textbook and features 60 minutes of video depicting various first-response scenarios; interactive activities and quizzes; sample forms, checklists, assessments, and safety plans that you can download and print; and a 75-question online test.

With Sport First Aid, you will be prepared to make critical decisions and respond appropriately when faced with athletes’ injuries and illnesses.

The Sport First Aid, Fifth Edition Online Course is used and recognized by numerous state high school associations and school districts as meeting coaching education requirements.

Audience

Coaches of athletes ages 14 and older in need of coaching certification, as well as aspiring coaches and students enrolled in college and university coaching courses.

Part I. Introduction to Sport First Aid
Unit 1. Your Role on the Athletic Health Care Team
Unit 2. Sport First Aid Game Plan

Part II. Basic Sport First Aid Skills
Unit 3. Anatomy and Sport Injury Terminology
Unit 4. Emergency Action Steps and Life Support
Unit 5. Physical Assessment and First Aid Techniques
Unit 6. Moving Injured or Sick Athletes

Part III. Sport First Aid for Specific Injuries
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 Problems
Unit 12. Upper Body Musculoskeletal Injuries
Unit 13. Lower Body Musculoskeletal Injuries
Unit 14. Facial and Scalp Injuries
Unit 15. Skin Problems
Unit 16. Sport First Aid Field Clinic

Established in 1981 and rooted in an athlete-centered philosophy that places the developmental needs of athletes ahead of winning at all costs, Human Kinetics Coach Education courses and resources are customized and widely used by youth sport organizations, state high school associations, school districts, state departments of education, colleges and universities, and national governing bodies of Olympic sports to teach, train, and certify coaches.