SPORTS MEDICINE AND FIRST AID

SPS130

Course Code: SPS130
Semester: Second Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

Second Term (Spring)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Acquire skills to deal with injuries due to environmental factors such as cold, heat, underwater and high altitude injuries.
Be knowledgeable about the occurrence and prevention of overuse injuries in sports.
Understand the mechanisms and findings of sports injuries concerning various organ systems.
Acquire first aid skills to treat sports injuries in the field.
Learn basic principles of first aid.
Develop skills for the transportation of the patient to the hospitals.
Argue the give knowledge and make practice to the patient in accordance with ethical rules.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

General 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
1^st Week	Risk factors and prevention of sports injuries
2^nd Week	Injuries specific to female and child athletes
3^rd Week	First aid in the field and bandaging
4^th Week	Sports injuries due to environmental factors
5^th Week	Overuse injuries
6^th Week	Head, spinal injuries and facial, eye, nose, ear injuries
7^th Week	Midterm I
8^th Week	Chest, abdominal and muscle injuries
9^th Week	Shoulder, upper extremity and lower extremity injuries
10^th Week	Definition of first aid, resuscitation (artificiall respiration and heart massage)
11^th Week	Bleedings, shocks, traumas and
12^th Week	Heat and cold shock- burns, penetration of objects to body, unconsiousness and fainting
13^th Week	Midterm II
14^th Week	Rehabilitation after injuries

Recommended or Required Reading

Sports 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 Load			171
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.7
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5	LO6	LO7
K1	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
K2						X	X
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12