OBJECTIVE:
Develop basic and advanced skills necessary to manage critical situations during sports. Also involves the acquisition of theoretical knowledge about management protocols and their practical application in all types of sports venues.

CONTENT:
I. Sports Trauma Module:

• Kinematics of trauma
• Initial approach to traumatized sportsman
• Maxillofacial Trauma
• Chest Trauma
• Abdomen Trauma
• Pelvic Trauma
• Extremity Trauma
• Head trauma and spinomedular
• Soft Tissue Trauma and wound management
• Shoulder Injuries
• Injuries Elbow, Hand and Wrist
• Injuries Hip, Thigh and Pelvis
• Knee injuries, Foot, Ankle

II. Special situations in Sports Medicine

• Injuries and Diseases Caused by Heat
• Injuries and illnesses caused by cold and altitude
• Sports Medicine Equipment
• Medical Problems in the Athlete (difficulty breathing, non-traumatic chest pain, gastrointestinal and genitourinary disorders, headache, syncope, seizures, bleeding, allergy)
• Psychological disorders of the athlete

III. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the athlete:

• Athlete Sudden Death
• Basic CPR

COST:
$275.
INCLUDES: EMERGENCY IN SPORTS MEDICINE CD, SALAMANDRA CERTIFICATE, SMI CERTIFICATE, valid FOR RECERTIFICATION AT THE COSTA RICA COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, lunch, snack,
ESTIMATED TIME: 20 HOURS

NEXT DATES(2010):
From February 6, till 7
From May 8, till 9
From August 7, till 8
From November 13, till 14