Concepts of Athletic Training, Sixth Edition

• Real life scenarios (What If? features) encourage students to work on critical decision- making skills. These scenarios can have many applications, such as simple decision-making practice sessions alone or with another student or, ideally, as the script for role-play exercises in a sports-injury class laboratory practice session.
• Time Out boxes highlight additional information related to the text, such as NATA Athletic Helmet Removal Guidelines, guidelines for working with an injured athlete, how to recognize the signs of a concussion, and first aid for epilepsy
• Athletic Trainers Speak Out boxes feature a different athletic trainer in every chapter who discusses an element of athlete care and injury prevention

The text also includes:

• Guidelines for CPR, AED, and management of bloodborne pathogens
• Overview of the educational requirements to become a BOC certified athletic trainer.
• Information on coaches as first responders
• Numerous medical images to illustrate the injuries described in the text
• New information relative to participation after knee injuries and updated information on prevention of ACL injuries (Ch 15),  sports hernias (Ch14), and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and breathing disorders (Ch13) 
• Anatomy reviews in relevant chapters to introduce body parts to students unfamiliar with human anatomy and provide a refresher for students who have had human anatomy

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Chapter  1  The Concept of Sports Injury
Chapter  2  The Athletic Health Care Team
Chapter  3  The Law of Sports Injury
Chapter  4  Sports-Injury Prevention
Chapter  5  The Psychology of Injury
Chapter  6  Nutritional Considerations
Chapter  7  Emergency Plan and Initial Injury Evaluation
Chapter  8  The Injury Process
Chapter  9  Injuries to the Head, Neck, and Face
Chapter  10  Injuries to the Thoracic Through Coccygeal Spine
Chapter  11  Injuries to the Shoulder Region
Chapter  12  Injuries to the Arm, Wrist, and Hand
Chapter  13  Injuries to the Thorax and Abdomen
Chapter  14  Injuries to the Hip and Pelvis
Chapter  15  Injuries to the Thigh, Leg, and Knee
Chapter  16  Injuries to the lower leg, ankle, and foot
Chapter  17  Skin Conditions in Sports
Chapter  18  Thermal Injuries
Chapter  19  Other Medical Concerns
Chapter  20  The Adolescent Athlete: Special Medical Concerns
Appendix  1  CPR
Appendix  2  Bloodborne Pathogens
Appendix  3  NATA Position Statement: Exertional Heat Illnesses
Appendix  4  Weight Loss in Wrestlers
Appendix  5  Generic First Aid Kit for Sports Injuries (Checklist)
Appendix  6  Rehabilitation: An Overview
Appendix  7  Equipment Fitting
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•  “The major strength of this text is that the information is straightforward, concise, and understandable. Other texts can be wordy which can become confusing to the students. This is a great text for beginning students especially, as it gives them the important information needed.”

  - Dan Dalen ATC, Casper College

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• Introduction to Athletic Training
• Fundamentals of Athletic Training
• Fundamentals of Sport Injury
• Techniques of Athletic Training
• Care and Prevention of Injuries

Allied health, physical education, coaching, and athletic training majors will find this text to be a valuable resource.

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• Ch 1: The Concept of Sports Injury
  Ch 1: The Concept of Sports Injury
• Concepts of Athletic Training 6e Transition Guide
  Concepts of Athletic Training 6e Transition Guide

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