Sports Medicine Emergencies Conference

Friday, July 18, 2025, 12:00 PM - Saturday, July 19, 2025, 4:00 PM, UC Athletics Indoor Practice and Performance Facility, Cincinnati, OH

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (11.25 hours), AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Designated (11.25 hours)

Lectures, small group sessions, and hands-on simulations to prepare medical personnel to be prepared for sideline emergencies. Quick hit, practical lectures, and hands-on simulations to help prepare for sideline events.

Location:  Sheakley Athletic Performance Center
                   University of Cincinnati Athletic Campus
                   Cincinnati, OH.  

Participants:  Open to athletic trainers/students, EMTs, Paramedics, medical students, residents, fellows, attending physicians or anyone wanting to learn more about sideline medicine. 
                         CME credits will be provided for ATCs, EMT/Paramedics and Physicians.  

Registration:  Now Open, Click here to register or visit the registration page.

Cost:   $50   Students 
            $100  Athletic Trainers and other Medical Professionals $100, 
            $150  Physicians

For questions, please contact:  

Teri Brown:  Program Coordinator @ [email protected]           
Bret Betz, MD:  Course Director @ [email protected]
Daniel Gawron, MD:  Course Director @  [email protected]

1. Identify the critical components of an Emergency Action Plan and be able to create and implement a plan for their specific athletic team.
2. Recognize the important collaborative effort with emergency medical systems in maintaining an Emergency Action Plan.
3. Identify the importance of hand-only CPR and the implementation of Take10 learning program for their community.
4. Describe the initial triage and evaluation of the collapsed athlete.
5. Describe the initial evaluation and causes of cardiac arrest, heat stroke, and head injury in the athlete.
6. Diagnose the different forms of traumatic head injury and manage basic complications to provide initial management.
7. Diagnose, treat, and understand the important lifesaving aspects of heat stroke.
8. Explain the diagnosis and complications of cervical injuries in athletes, as well as how to treat the acute injury on the athletic field.
9. Identify the key aspects of different spine immobilization techniques, as well as equipment removal during a cervical spine injury.
10. Recognize and treat life-threatening chest and abdominal injuries that occur in athletes.
11. Identify key orthopaedic injuries that can be life or limb-threatening on the field of play and how to effectively triage and treat these injuries.
12. Discuss and perform basic airway maneuvers to provide emergency care to the athlete with acute respiratory compromise.
13. Identify the key steps in recognizing and treating sudden cardiac arrest in athletes.
14. Demonstrate the initial evaluation of undifferentiated collapsed athlete through simulation.
15. Demonstrate basics of airway management, equipment removal, CPR, and application of an AED in an undifferentiated athlete.
16. Demonstrate the ability to identify and manage patients with acute exertional heat stroke through hands on training.
17. Demonstrate the correct reduction techniques for shoulder, ankle, and hip on the sideline.
18. Demonstrate correct indications for tourniquet technique application for hemorrhage control.
19. Demonstrate the proper technique for cervical immobilization and spine precautions in the injured athlete.

ACCREDITATION & DESIGNATION STATEMENT

The University of Cincinnati is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Cincinnati designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Misc/Legal/ADA

The opinions expressed during the live activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Cincinnati. The information is presented for the purpose of advancing the attendees' professional development.

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