The Emergency Medical Response (EMR) Courses integrate the objectives set forth by the American Red Cross and the Department of Transportation for Emergency Response. This course is specifically for sports medicine personnel including, but not limited to, sports physical therapists and certified athletic trainers who respond to acute injuries and illness in the sports venue or in the clinic that have not been previously certified in Emergency Medical Response.

If you have already been certified by the ARC in Emergency Medical Response and do not regularly provide venue coverage – practicing acute care in a venue setting, learn more about the Emergency Medical Response – Re-certification.

If you are interested in taking this course and regularly provide venue coverage – practicing acute care in a venue setting, learn more about Emergency Medical Response Course – Challenge.

Credit

Contact Hours: 38 – 22 online & 16 on-site
CEUs: 3.8 – 2.2 online & 1.6 on-site
CCUs: 38 – 22 online & 16 on-site

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Course Objectives/Outcomes

• Use knowledge in the foundational and clinical sciences related to response to acute injury/illness in order to enhance outcomes for patients with acute athletic injuries.
• Participate in peer-assessment activities and participate in the design and implementation of decision-making guidelines.
• Demonstrate clinical decision making skills, including clinical reasoning, clinical judgment, and reflective practice as it pertains to the management of acute athlete injury/illness.
• Examine patients/clients by obtaining consent, a primary assessment, secondary assessment and physical examination to guide clinical decision making regarding the packaging, re-evaluation, and return to play decisions of the acutely injured or ill athlete.
• Synthesize and analyze data from primary assessment, secondary assessment and physical examination to make clinical judgments regarding patient/client management.
• Be a productive member of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) team and the sports medicine team in the assessment and management of athletic injury.
• Fulfill requirements for eligibility to apply for the ABPTS – SCS exam and become certified in Emergency Medical Response and CPR/AED for 2 years.

Required Course Materials: Students are required to purchase  a resuscitation mask for the course, as well as the Emergency Medical Response Textbook and Workbook through the Red Cross in order to complete pre-course work for this course. You can purchase the textbook here and the workbook here
(American Red Cross (2011). Emergency Medical Response (textbook) StayWell Health and Safety Solutions ISBN: 978-1-58480-327-0 and American Red Cross (2011) Emergency Medical Response Workbook StayWell Health and Safety Solutions ISBN: 978-1-58480-328-7).

Note About Late Registrations: Registration will close 4 weeks prior to the scheduled weekend intensive and permission to attend after that time will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the course faculty.  Send your permission requests to [email protected] and reference EMR Course.

Applicability

• Sports Physical Therapy Residency
• Sports Physical Therapy Certification

CEU and Cancellation Policy

If you are in need of a disability-related accommodation, please contact us here. We will process requests for reasonable accommodation and will provide reasonable accommodations where appropriate, in a prompt and efficient manner. For more information please see the Accommodation Procedures for Participants with Disabilities.