Exertional Heat Illness Awareness Training
This course, presented by the Arkansas Activities Association, is designed for athletic coaches, training staff, and emergency personnel. Jason Cates, ATC/L and Head Athletic Trainer at Cabot High School, presents information and resources created to promote awareness and response to exertional heat illnesses. This course also contains information on how to create an Emergency Action Plan for different athletic venues.
Sports Medicine for Coaches: Concussions
Young athletes often do not recognize or acknowledge their own limitations, especially when they have a concussion. Coaches are the first defense in recognizing a concussion and taking appropriate action to protect the safety of their athletes. In this course, Dr. Darrell Nesmith with Arkansas Children's Hospital explains how concussions occur and affect the brain. He provides vital information related to the signs of a concussion and how to respond appropriately. In addition, Dr. Nesmith reviews the gradual return to play protocol to ensure a full recovery.
This course was taped on June 23, 2015 at the AETN studios in Conway, Arkansas.
Sports Medicine for Coaches: Heat Illness
Exertional heat stroke is the leading cause of preventable death in high school athletics. This course, presented by Dr. Brian Hardin, Physician at Arkansas Children's Hospital, provides critical information for the prevention of exertional heat stroke in adolescent athletes. Dr. Hardin identifies common risk factors for sports-related and heat-related injuries and the symptoms to look for during practice and competition. As Dr. Hardin explains, responding quickly and appropriately can save a life.
This course was taped on June 23, 2015 at the AETN studios in Conway, Arkansas.
Sports Medicine for Coaches: Communicable Diseases
Due to the nature of competitive sports, there is an increased risk for the spread of infectious diseases. These diseases are typically spread by skin-to-skin contact and infected equipment shared by athletes. Dr. Michael Israel of Arkansas Children's Hospital identifies the most common communicable and infectious diseases, the athletes most at risk, and ways to prevent and control the spread of infection. Should an athlete become infected, Dr. Israel provides treatment options and guidelines for returning to competition.
This course was taped on June 23, 2015 at the AETN studios in Conway, Arkansas.
Communicable Skin Diseases in High School Athletics
Communicable skin diseases can take athletes off the field and onto the sidelines. In this course, Nurse Practitioner Kelly Pruett presents the symptoms and treatments for the communicable skin diseases most prevalent in athletes. He also provides several management techniques essential to reducing the transmission of these diseases.
This course was taped on July 30, 2015 in Rogers, Arkansas.
Warning: This course contains graphic medical images.
The Xs and Os of Sports-Related Concussion: Fact Versus Fiction
Concussion is a brain injury that is sustained by millions of athletes each year. Understanding the most common signs and symptoms of a concussion, as well as the proper ways to manage a concussion, can greatly impact an athlete's mental and physical health. In this course, Dr. R.J. Elbin explains that much of our knowledge about concussions has changed over the years; what was once thought of as fact is now fiction. He examines the effects of concussion on an athlete as a whole and the primary and secondary risk factors that relate to concussion risk and recovery.
This course was taped in Rogers, Arkansas on July 30, 2015.
The Latest in Heat Illness, Recognition, and Treatment
Recognizing symptoms of heat illness and responding quickly can potentially save a life. Dr. Brendon McDermott, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology for the University of Arkansas, presents life-saving information for coaches and athletes regarding heat illnesses. He provides an overview of the different types of heat illness, detailing the prevention, recognition, and treatment for heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke.
This course was taped in Rogers, Arkansas on July 30, 2015.
High School Fuel: Beginning Sports Nutrition
Michelle Rockwell, RD presents eight basic nutrition tips for student athletes. She discusses timing, portioning, and content of meals and snacks. She also details the dangers of undereating for athletes. Ms. Rockwell closes with advice about hydration.
This course was taped in Rogers, Arkansas on July 30, 2015.
Hands on Nutrition
One in four Arkansas children is food insecure, one in three is obese, and poverty is a major risk factor for both food insecurity as well as obesity. This course’s curriculum from The Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance Cooking Matters at the Store $10 Challenge will sensitize us to the prevalence of food insecurity and obesity in Arkansas and provide resources and adaptable lesson plans teachers can use to teach their students how to plan healthy meals on a budget.
The Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance Cooking Matters at the Store $10 Challenge is a lesson plan focused on integrating healthful eating, meal planning, and comparing food labels and unit prices into core courses. The lesson plan is written very generally to allow for content-specific modifications, if desired.
Communicable Diseases
Communicable diseases are easily transmitted from person to person, but this can just as easily be prevented. From the locker room to the office, Arkansas Children's Hospital's Dr. Terry Yamauchi draws attention to the microscopic world of bacteria, discussing where it is found, how it is spread, and methods of preventing infection. Viruses are also a threat to our health. As with bacteria, viruses can be prevented with very simple practices—all shared and explained by Dr. Yamauchi.
This course was taped at the Crowley's Ridge Co-op on May 4, 2015.