Principles: Principals Athletic Training

Part 1 Professional development and responsibilities: the athletic trainer and the sports medicine team; health care administration in athletic training; legal concerns and insurance issues. Part 2 Risk management: training and conditioning techniques; nutritional considerations; environmental considerations; protective sports equipment; bandaging and taping. Part 3 Pathology of injury: mechanisms and characteristics of sports trauma; tissue response to injury. Part 4 Management skills: psychosocial intervention for sports injuries and illnesses; on-the-field acute care and emergency procedures; off-the-field injury evaluation; bloodborne pathogens; using therapeutic modalities; using therapeutic exercise in rehabilitation; pharmacology, drugs, and sports. Part 5 Specific sports conditions: the foot; the ankle and lower leg; the knee and related structures; the thigh, hip, groin, and pelvis; the shoulder complex; the elbow; the forearm, wrist, hand, and fingers; the spine; the thorax and abdomen; the head and face, ears, nose, and throat; skin disorders; additional health concerns.