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| | Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 11:47 am: |       |
Free Webinar to Address Heat Illness
First in the ASEP Successful Coaching Webinar Series
With annual two-a-day practices just around the corner, the American Sport Education Program will be offering a free Webinar, Combating Heat-Related Illnesses, scheduled for Wednesday, August 11, from 12:00 to 1:00 central time. The Webinar will be led by John Storsved, HSD, ATC at Carle Sports Medicine, Champaign, Illinois, and is open to coaches, athletic administrators, and athletic trainers interested in learning how to recognize, treat, and prevent heat-related illnesses in athletes.
Click to register the Webinar: https://humankinetics.webex.com/mw0306lb/mywebex/default.do?service=7&nomenu=true&main_url=%2Ftc0505lb%2Ftrainingcenter%2FLoading.do%3Fsiteurl%3Dhumankinetics%26rnd%3D9255117302%26servicename%3DTC%26RT%3DMiM3%26FM%3D1%26ED%3D138951012%26UID%3D1133938582%26needFilter%3Dfalse&siteurl=humankinetics
The webinar agenda includes the following:
• Discuss the body's temperature regulation mechanism
• Explain the role of hydration in temperature regulation
• Describe the mechanisms, signs, and symptoms of exertional heat illnesses and return-to-participation guidelines
• Explain first-aid care for exertional heat illnesses
• Heat illness prevention strategies including acclimatization and adequate hydration, including how to monitor hydration
Beat the Heat
July's free download provides action steps for preventing and treating heat-related illnesses.
As we head toward the dog days of summer and the commencement of two-a-day football practices, we'd like to draw coaches' attention to the risk of heat-related illnesses. Knowing how to prevent, recognize, and treat athletes suffering from dehydration, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke are absolute essentials for coaches of all sports. Each year we see cases of heat-related deaths, virtually 100 percent of which are preventable with proper planning and treatment.
This month's free download "Prevent Heat Illness This Season" provides coaches with the information they need on this potentially life-saving topic. It's taken from ASEP's Sport First Aid book, written by Melinda Flegel and upon which ASEP's Sport First Aid course is based. To access the download, just complete this short form: http://www.asep.com/Administrators/samples.cfm?associate=2226. You'll find the download listed in both the Coaches and Sport Administrators sections of the download area. If you're a sport administrator, we encourage you to distribute the document to coaches in your sport programs. While you're there, feel free to peruse, download, print, and share the dozens of other resources that are available to you free of charge.
http://www.asep.com/Administrators/samples.cfm?associate=2226 |
