Emergency Response for Softball & Baseball

ERA Recertification Online Immersive Course

America’s pastime sports involve all ages of athletes from youth sports to the major leagues and Olympics. Understanding the common injuries and their mechanisms of injury are key in helping to care for athletes in baseball and softball.

[Emergency Response for Softball and Baseball is one of the courses available for your ERA Recertification. Please make sure you have registered for the ERA Recertification course before initiating learning with this module.]

This training includes:

  • Didactic Chapter
  • Video Lecture
  • Final Quiz
  • 1.25 Category A BOC credit
  • Certificate of Completion

Learning Objectives

Following completion of this immersive course, the learner should be able to:

  • Describe the most frequent acute injuries in baseball and softball
  • Recall primary and secondary assessment steps with a focus on identifying when to safely move a player to perform the secondary assessment off the field
  • Differentiate between emergent/serious injuries that require immediate advanced medical referral versus those injuries that do not
  • Apply knowledge of injuries to prepare an appropriate sideline medical kit
  • Explain the mandatory and elective protective devices for baseball and softball with a focus on the value of each as it relates to injury prevention
  • Outline the basics in an emergency action plan for a baseball/softball venue

LEARN MORE ABOUT IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL RECERTIFICATION OPTIONS

In-Person ERA Recertification
Virtual ERA Recertification