AT 545 General Medical Conditions Athletic Training
This course is designed for the students to acknowledge other medical/patient issues, conditions, and pathologies different from the traditional issues Athletic Trainers deal with daily. It discusses and enables the students to research pathologies utilizing the body systems as a guide and to bring awareness of the many types of pathologies patients can acquire. In addition, this course discusses the effects of that pathology on patient care and how to modify treatments and acute care injuries. The course enables the students to research beyond the problem itself and how secondary issues can result during the emergency care of an athlete or patient. This course also reviews and discusses Emergency Skills and Acute Injury management of the injured patient.