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 disease [SCD])
- environmental (e.g., lightning strike, exertional heat illness, exertional heat exhaustion vs. exertional heat stroke, SCD)
- cardiac conditions, congenital or acquired (e.g., heart attack, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, commotio cordis).

Teacher Resources:

- Inter-Association Task Force for Preventing Sudden Death in Collegiate Conditioning Sessions: Best Practices Recommendations, Journal of Athletic Training, NATA
- Korey Stringer Institute, University of Connecticut

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?