Sport First Aid – 4th Edition
- Author(s): Melinda Flegel
- In print: 7-14-2008
- SHK00441
Product Description
As a coach, youre likely the initially on the scene when one of your athletes falls ill or suffers an injury on the field of play. Are you prepared to answer? What exactly is expected of youby your athletes, their parents, and the law?
Newly revised and updated to reflect the latest research and best practices place forth by the American Heart Association and the American Safety and Shape Institute, this fourth edition of Sport Initially Aid provides high school, collegiate, and club sport coaches with detailed action steps for the care and prevention of more than 110 athletic injuries and illnesses.
Organized for quick reference, Sport Initially Aid covers protocols for conducting emergency action steps and providing life support; performing the physical assessment; administering initially aid for bleeding, tissue hurt, and unstable injuries; moving an injured athlete; and persistent athletes to play.
Also featured are the most recent guidelines for using cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the Heimlich maneuver, and automated external defibrillators (AED) as well as the latest information on controlling bleeding, treating concussions, and preventing and recognizing methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections (MRSA).
An expanded section on anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs assists coaches in recognizing the effects of performance enhancers and in educating their athletes on the dangers of steroid use. To preclude injuries from occurring in the initially place, strategies for reducing athletes risk of injury or illness are also featured, such as implementing preseason conditioning programs, making safe before a live audience environments, preparation for weather emergencies, ensuring proper fitting and use of protective equipment, enforcing proper sport skills and safety rules, and developing a medical emergency plot.
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