Sports Medicine Workshop - ASU Jonesboro

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Feb 19th, 2011 @ 9:00 am

Continuing Education and Community Outreach program to offer sports medicine workshop for high schoolers

An introductory sports medicine workshop will be presented by Arkansas State University's Continuing Education and Community Outreach program for high school students in grades 10 through 12. The workshop is designed forstudents interested in sports medicine and sports first aid.

The workshop is scheduled for Saturdays, Feb. 19 and Feb. 26, and then again Saturdays, March 5 and March 12. The first session is located in the Athletic Complex at ASU Stadium, 2800 Alumni Boulevard, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Subsequent different sessions will be conducted at separate locations. Instructors include ASU's Certified Head Athletic Trainer Ron Carroll, ASU Director of Athletic Training Education Amanda Wheeler and other sports medicine experts.

A one-time cost of $40 per enrollee includes lunches for all four sessions. A free gift will be provided for registrants. Parents are invited to attend ageneral session each Saturday from 2-3 p.m. to ask questions and receive atour of the facilities.

"It's exciting to be able to expose area high school students to sportsmedicine and all health care fields," said Carroll. "The workshop alsoexposes students to degree programs at ASU and enables their parents to learnabout academic programs and careers in the health care areas that their sonsor daughters may want to pursue."

Students will be exposed to a variety of sports medicine fields, concepts andsports first aid methods and will learn from health and sports medicinespeakers, including athletic trainers, physical therapists, orthopedic surgeons and strength and conditioning coaches. In addition, they will learn about sports medicine career options, learn orrefresh cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills and gain first responderaction tips for icing, taping, and bracing injuries.

There will be demonstrations and hands-on projects for response techniques and intervention.A certificate in Sports First Aid and CPR certification will be awarded tostudents who successfully complete all four sessions of the course.For more information concerning the workshop, contact Carroll at (870) 972-3342.