This course is designed to educate all who participate in sports coverage, specifically certified athletic trainers, but also emergency medical service providers. We will be offering a comprehensive review of the new SCAT-6 guidelines along with reviewing heat guidelines, air quality guidelines, catastrophic injury recognition, and techniques for managing football athletes on the sidelines. Lectures providing keys to success alongside hands-on and on-field demonstration sessions will be essential in preparing course participants to:

• - Understand the change in practice when it comes to SCAT-6
• - Effectively cool an athlete when heat illness is suspected
• - Implement air quality procedures.
• - Improve recognition of catastrophic injury and their cardinal signs on a sideline
• - Improve assessment and stabilization techniques for downed players, both prone and supine
• - Utilize proven updated methods in face-mask and helmet removal
• 
  
• This course will be of interest to certified athletic trainers, coaches, and emergency medical service providers who care for football athletes.
• 
  
• ATC Credit Designation Statement The Center for Shoulder, Elbow & Sports Medicine is recognized by the Board of Certification, Inc. to offer continuing education for Certified Athletic Trainers. BOC Approved Provider Number: P8611. This program is eligible for a maximum of 1Category A hours/CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours spent in the educational program.