Health and Safety CEU Study Materials

Health & Safety CEU Study Materials:

The health and safety of the athlete continues to be the top priority for strength and conditioning coaches. Over the past two decades there have been a number of deaths and injuries that have occurred during strength and conditioning training sessions. The CSCCa is working to educate its member coaches regarding important health concerns that are related to exertion. While many of the areas covered are primarily handled by the sports medicine staff, it is extremely important that strength and conditioning coaches have a basic, working knowledge of these conditions.

Consequently, the CSCCa has implemented a new health and safety CEU requirement, which is now in effect, to ensure that strength and conditioning coaches are educated regarding important health and safety issues related to strength and conditioning programming and implementation. Every SCCC certificant will be required to pass a 35-question multiple choice quiz with a minimum score of 80% (28 out of 35) once each 3-year CEU cycle.

Upon obtaining a passing score on the quiz, 3 CEUs will automatically be applied to the individual’s account, and the health and safety requirement will be marked as fulfilled for the current CEU cycle for all SCCC certificants. All CSCCa member coaches — whether or not they are SCCC certified, are encouraged to complete the quiz and to review all study materials as explained below.

In order to prepare for the quiz, links to a variety of health and safety-related articles are provided on the CSCCa website in addition to a summation article which highlights the key points of the articles. The summation article covers the following areas:

Concussion
Exertional Rhabdomyolysis
Exertional Heat Illness
Respiratory Illness
Cardiovascular Illness
Sickle Cell Trait
Emergency Action Plans (EAP)
The CSCCa/NSCA Joint Consensus

Health and Safety Summation Article PDF Download

All strength and conditioning staffs are encouraged to study these health and safety resources and to use them as part of their staff’s professional development, but enough information is provided in the summation article to pass the quiz.

Additional Study Resources:

Free or Clickable Links/PDFs

Anderson, S. NCAA football off-Season training: Unanswered prayers. . . A prayer answered. J Athletic Training. 52(2): 145-148, 2017.

Armstrong, LE, Casa, DJ, Millard-Stafford, M, Moran, DS, Pyne, SW, and Roberts, WO. ACSM Position Stand: Exertional heat illness during training and competition. Med Sci Sports Exercise. Pp. 556-572. DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31802fa199, 2007.

Braverman, AC, Harris, KM, Kovacs, RJ, and Maron, BJ. Eligibility and disqualification recommendations for competitive athletes with cardiovascular abnormalities: Task Force 7: Aortic diseases, including Marfan Syndrome. J Am Coll Cardiol. 66(21): 2398-2405, 2015.

Burnett, DM, Vardiman, JP, Deckert, JA, Ward, JL, and Sharpe, MR. Perception of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in college athletes. Respiratory Care. 61(7): 897-902, 2016.

Bussotti, M, DiMarco, S, and Marchese, G. Respiratory disorders in endurance athletes — How much do they really have to endure? Open Access J Sports Med. 5: 47-63, 2014.

Casa, DJ, Anderson, SA, Baker, L, Bennett, S, Bergeron, MF, Connolly, D, Courson, R, Drezner, JA, Eichner, ER, Epley, B, Fleck, S, Franks, R, Guskiewicz, KM, Harmon, KG, Hoffman, J, Holschen, JC, Jost, J, Kinniburgh, A, Klossner, D, Lopez, RM, Martin, G, McDermott, BP, Mihalik, JP, Myslinski, T, Pagnotta, K, Poddar, S, Rodgers, G, Russell, A, Sales, L, Sandler, D, Stearns, RL, Stiggins, C, and Thompson, C. The Inter-Association task force for preventing sudden death in collegiate conditioning sessions: Best practices recommendations. J Athletic Training. 47(4): 477—480, 2012.

Caterisano, A, Decker, D, Snyder, B, Feigenbaum, M, Glass, R, House, P, Sharp, C, Waller, M, and Witherspoon, Z. CSCCa and NSCA Joint Consensus Guidelines for Transition Periods: Safe Return to Training Following Inactivity. Strength Cond J. 41(3): 1-23, 2019.

Ferster, K, and Eichner, ER. Exertional sickling deaths in Army recruits with sickle cell trait. Military Med. 177(1):56-60, 2012.

Hainline, B, Drezner, JA, Baggish, A, Harmon, KG, Emery, MS, Myerburg, RJ, Sanchez, E, Molossi, S, Parsons, JT, and Thompson, PD. Interassociation consensus statement on cardiovascular care of college student-athletes. J Am Coll Cardiol. 67(25): 2981-2995, 2016.

National Athletic Trainers Association. NATA Consensus Statement: Sickle Cell Trait and the Athlete.

National Athletic Trainers Association. NATA White-paper Exertional Heat Illness.

National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA Interassociation Consensus: Diagnosis and management of sport-related concussion best practices. Indianapolis, IN. 2016.

O’Connor, FG, Bergeron, MF, Cantrell, J, Connes, P, Harmon, KG, Ivy, E, Kark, J, Klossner, D, Lisman, P, Meyers, BK, O’Brien, K, Ohene-Frempong, K, Thompson, AA, Whitehead, J, and Deuster, PA. ACSM and CHAMP Summit on sickle cell trait: Mitigating risks for warfighters and athletes. Med Sc. Sports Exerc. 44(11): 2045—2056, 2012.

Spence, L, Brown, WJ, Pyne, DB, Nissen, MD, Sloots, TP, McCormack, JG, Locke, AS, and Fricker, PA. Incidence, etiology, and symptomatology of upper respiratory illness in elite athletes. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 39(4): 577—586, 2007.

Stang, J, Sikkeland, LIB, Tufvesson, E, Holm, AM, Stensrud, T, and Carlsen, K-H. The role of airway inflammation and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in athlete’s asthma. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 50(4): 659—666, 2018.

National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA 2014-15 Sports Medicine Handbook. Indianapolis, IN. 2014.

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