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Athlete Health and First Aid

Course Code	: BSÖ521
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 2
Prt.	: 1
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 6

Objectives of the Course

Athlete health, examination of athlete, evaluation in terms of risk factors.

Course Content

Factors affecting the health of athletes negatively, trauma, overuse, different environments, ergogenic aids, doping, different headings such as overtraining are examined.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1.	Learn about injuries due to environmental factors such as hot, cold, underwater and high altitude.
2.	Have experience in overuse injuries and prevention.
3.	Have an idea about sports injuries specific to various organ systems.
4.	Obtains practical information about first aid on the field.
5.	Develops the ability to apply by using the available facilities until providing medical assistance.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Athlete Health (Nevin Atalay Güzel, Nihan Kafa) Güneş Tıp Kitabevi

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Risk factors for sports injuries, disability prevention

Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice

Sports injuries, importance of biomotor properties (strength, endurance, flexibility, etc.)

Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice

Sports injuries and posture disorders in women and children

Week 4 - Theoretical

Disabilities due to environmental factors, overuse syndromes

Week 5 - Theoretical

Pre-accession health assessments and athlete license reports

Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice

Rehabilitation and sport return after injury Basic concepts in first aid, assessment of the scene

Week 7 - Theoretical

Resuscitation (artificial respiration and cardiac massage)

Week 8 - Theoretical

Elderly, women, children and adolescent athletes

Week 9 - Theoretical

Bleeding, injuries, shock, foreign bodies into the body and cavities, poisoning, animal bites and stings first aid

Week 10 - Theoretical

First aid in fractures, dislocations and sprains, first aid at the field, splints and bandages, loss of consciousness and coma, epileptic seizure

Week 11 - Theoretical

Burns, electric and sunstroke, prenatal-prenatal-postnatal first aid

Week 12 - Theoretical

Basic life support (adult, child, infant), respiratory obstruction

Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice

Patient / injured transport techniques, some diseases (heart attack, sugar fall) in the first aid

Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	3	4	98
Assignment	1	3	1	4
Reading	2	2	3	10
Individual Work	4	4	4	32
Final Examination	1	0	6	6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6
OÇ-1	4	3	3	5	4	5
OÇ-2	3	4	5	4	3	5
OÇ-3	3	5	4	4	5	3
OÇ-4	4	5	3	5	4	4
OÇ-5	4	4	5	4	5	5

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