Title: Identify catastrophic injuries.
Course: Sports Medicine/Athletic Training I (Condensed) (14062-IA) > Section: Understanding Injuries and Illnesses

Identification should include injuries and conditions resulting in permanent disability or death, such as

- acute (e.g., spinal injury, traumatic brain injury, profuse bleeding, shock, sickle cell)
- environmental (e.g., lightning strike, exertional heat illness, exertional heat exhaustion vs. exertional heat stroke, sickle cell)
- cardiac conditions, congenital or acquired (e.g., heart attack, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, commotio cordis).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are signs and symptoms of catastrophic injuries?
- What are risk factors for catastrophic injuries?
- How can catastrophic injuries be prevented? How can catastrophic injuries be treated?

Teacher Resources:

- Lightning Safety, NATA
- Inter-Association Task Force Recommendations on Emergency Preparedness and Management of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in High School and College Athletic Programs: A Consensus Statement, NATA