Emergency Response Course

Title: Emergency Response Course

Date:  Friday, July 29th- Sunday, July, 31st

Loation:  Eagle County Edwards Ambulance District Building, 151 Miller Ranch Road, Edwards, CO 81632

Presented By:  Howard Head Sports Medicine

Instructor:  Brad Eggebraaten, PT, SCS, ATC & Mike Osler, PT, DPT, SCS, OCS

Course Fee:  $450 (students $250)

Instructors:

Brad Eggerbraaten, PT, SCS, ATC

Brad is a 1986 graduate of South Dakota State University with an emphasis in athletic training and a 1988 graduate of Florida International University with a B.S. in Physical Therapy. In addition to being a certified athletic trainer, he is also board-certified in sports physical therapy. He currently serves as director of the Proaxis Therapy Sports Residency Program. Brad has over 20 years of experience in the treatment of athletes at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels. His area of interest lies in the treatment of the endurance athlete. He enjoys spending his free time training/racing in a number of triathlon and running events each year.

Mike Osler, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS

Mike graduated from Mount Union College with a degree in biology and exercise science in 2000 and received his doctor of physical therapy degree from Duke University in 2003.  Mike has worked as a physical therapist at the Ohio State University Sports Medicine Center and directed the MAX Sports Performance Institute in Dublin, Ohio.  He is board-certified in sports physical therapy and has a special interest in adolescent sports injuries, injury prevention, and returning athletes to competition.  Currently, Mike teaches the lower extremity portion of the Proaxis Sports Residency and covers events for the PGA and LPGA Tours.  Mike is married to his wife Kim and has two sons, Evan and Ryan.

Course Description:

The purpose of the American Red Cross Emergency Response course is to provide the participant with the knowledge and skills necessary to work as a first responder in an emergency to help sustain life, reduce pain, and minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness until more advanced medical help can arrive.

The course content and activities will prepare participants to make appropriate decisions about the care to provide in an emergency. The course teaches the skills a first responder needs to act as a crucial link in the emergency medical services (EMS) system. The course fulfills the requirements for a physical therapist to be eligible to submit their application for the ABPTS Sports Specialty examination.

Course Objectives:

The objectives for this program are separated into three categories:

• Knowledge (Cognitive):  These objectives deal with knowledge, comprehension, and application of material.
• Skill (Psychomotor):  These objectives deal with performance and demonstration of skills
• Attitude (Affective):  These objectives deal with emotions, feelings, and outlooks.

At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Explain how the EMS system works and how the first responder’s role in the EMS system differs from a citizen responder’s role.
• Describe steps to assure the well being of the first responder.
• Identify guidelines to follow to ensure the personal safety and the safety of others at an emergency scene.
• Explain what happens in the body if one or more body systems fail to function.
• Identify ways in which diseases are transmitted and describe body substance isolation techniques to prevent disease transmission.
• Describe when to move a victim in an emergency and the appropriate methods of doing so.
• Explain and demonstrate how to assess a victim’s condition.
• Recognize breathing emergencies, such as airway obstruction, and provide proper care for them.
• Identify breathing devices and demonstrate how to use them.
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of a possible heart attack, and describe how to care for someone who is experiencing persistent chest pain and/or other signs and symptoms of heart attack.
• Recognize the signs of cardiac arrest, and demonstrate how to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
• Identify the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease and injury, and describe how to control them.
• Recognize life threatening bleeding and demonstrate how to control it.
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of shock (hypoperfusion), and describe how t minimize its effects.
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of various soft tissue and musculoskeletal injuries, and demonstrate how to care for them.
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of medical and behavioral emergencies, including altered mental status, seizures, poisoning, heat and cold emergencies, and stroke and describe both general and specific care for medical and behavioral emergencies.
• Describe common types of medical and trauma emergencies in infants and children and the necessary care.
• Explain the role of the first responder in EMS operations.

Transportation and Lodging:

Colorado Mountain Express offers door-to-door airport shuttle ground transportation service from Denver International and Eagle County Airports.  Call 800-525-6363 to book your transportation.  Mention the group code “Howard” to get a 20% discount.

Evergreen Lodge is offering a discounted rate of $135 per night.  The rate is based on availability, single or double occupancy in a spacious valley view room.  For reservations, call 800-284-VAIL (8245).

To register, e-mail Dina Proietti at dina@hhsmc.com, call (303) 295-1403 or return the completed Emergency Response Course Outline and Registration Form to:

Howard Head Sports Medicine c/o Dina Proietti
999 18th Street, Suite 250
Denver, CO 80202