Sports Science: Sports Science | Sports Science Adjuncts
103 Wilderness First Responder. This course is designed to provide outdoor leaders, instructors, guides, rangers, wilderness and foreign travelers with the knowledge needed to deal with emergencies in remote settings. Emphasis is placed upon prevention, leadership skills, and decision-making. The 80-hour national curriculum covers standards of care for urban situations with additional protocols for remote situations. The course is contracted in affiliation with WMI (Wilderness Medicine Institute) as part of NOLS ( National Outdoor Leadership School ). This course is supported by the Department of Sport Science, Office of Campus Activities / ORC. Certifications upon completion of this course in conjunction with SC 113: EMT Basic may allow the student to obtain W-EMT certification. This is a course requiring an additional fee. Registrants will be contacted related to fees and deadlines by the instructor. One section. Limit 30 per section. P track (pass/fail) only. Taught during half-block. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. (January half-block.) .5 unit — Kola.
110 Lifeguarding. 33 hour minimum requirement. The American Red Cross lifeguard training course covers skills and knowledge required for effective lifeguarding at swimming pools. Course includes CPR for the professional rescuer. Prerequisite: Advanced Swimming Skills. .25 unit — Pearson.
111 Water Safety Instructor. 36 hours requirement. (Two block course.) Students learn all the basic skills and procedures to become American Red Cross Water Safety Instructors. Prerequisite: Advanced Swimming Skills. .25 unit — Pearson.
113 E.M.T. Basic. A semester-long adjunct course including classroom, clinical and field laboratory experience in emergency medical techniques, including but not limited to patient assessment, airway management, cardiopulmonary emergencies, bleeding and shock, medical emergencies, childbirth, environmental emergencies including a section on wilderness medicine, psychological aspects of emergency care and EMS systems. 6-10 p. m. Monday and Wednesday. Some Saturday lab sessions. No class during block breaks. Successful completion of this course qualifies the student to sit for the Colorado State E. M. T. basic exam. Course fee is $575 for students who have Hep-Stat Series. Those without Hep-Stat, the fee is an additional $175. Two sections: Blocks 1-4 and 5-8. Preqrequisite (State Requirements): Copy of valid driver's license or birth certificate; Proof of Current (TB) Tuberculosis Test (PPD Test) within the last six months; Proof of Vericella (Chicken Pox) vaccination/exposure; Proof of Hep-stat (Hepatitis B) series. Class limit 24. Cost with Hep-Stat $575, without Hep-Stat $750. .5 unit — Kola.
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