Information Package

Program of Exercise and Sport Sciences

SPS130

SPORTS MEDICINE AND FIRST AID

Course Code
SPS130
Semester
Second Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
5
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study1
SemesterSecond Term (Spring)
ECTS5
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Acquire skills to deal with injuries due to environmental factors such as cold, heat, underwater and high altitude injuries.
  2. Be knowledgeable about the occurrence and prevention of overuse injuries in sports.
  3. Understand the mechanisms and findings of sports injuries concerning various organ systems.
  4. Acquire first aid skills to treat sports injuries in the field.
  5. Learn basic principles of first aid.
  6. Develop skills for the transportation of the patient to the hospitals.
  7. Argue the give knowledge and make practice to the patient in accordance with ethical rules.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionGeneral issues in sports medicine, sports injuries according to anatomical areas, factors affect ing sports injuries, mechanisms of injuries, prevention principles in sports injuries, warm-up and cool down, medical treatment in sports injuries, medical treatment kinds and bandaging techniques, definition and purpose of first aid, injuries, frost bite, burns, sunstroke, poisoning, drowning, fractures, dislocations, first aid when respiration and heart rate stops
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Risk factors and prevention of sports injuries
2nd Week Injuries specific to female and child athletes
3rd Week First aid in the field and bandaging
4th Week Sports injuries due to environmental factors
5th Week Overuse injuries
6th Week Head, spinal injuries and facial, eye, nose, ear injuries
7th Week Midterm I
8th Week Chest, abdominal and muscle injuries
9th Week Shoulder, upper extremity and lower extremity injuries
10th Week Definition of first aid, resuscitation (artificiall respiration and heart massage)
11th Week Bleedings, shocks, traumas and
12th Week Heat and cold shock- burns, penetration of objects to body, unconsiousness and fainting
13th Week Midterm II
14th Week Rehabilitation after injuries
Recommended or Required ReadingSports Injuries. Their Prevention and treatment. L. Peterson & P. Renström. Martin-Dunitz, London, 1990, ISBN: 0-948269-92-8
Athletic Training & Sports Medicine. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1986. İllinois, Ed. A.E. Ellison, ISBN: 0-89203-002-X
Sport Medicine Manual. International Olympic Comitee Medical Comission, 1990,Hurford Enterprises, Canada, ISBN:0-88953-129-3
Sports Medicine. The Orthopaedic Clinics of North America, Vol 26, No. 3, July 1995. Ed. F. Fu, M.R. Safran, W.B. Saunders, ISSN: 0030-5898
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Questions/Answers
  • Presentation
  • Report Preparation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 2 50
Total(%) 50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 2 2 4
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam 1 60 60
Course hours 15 3 45
Preparation for Midterm exam 2 30 60
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework
Total Work Load171
Total Work Load / 30 (h)5.7
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
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