Sports Specialty Council – Emergency Medical Response (EMR)
Certification
Requirements of Training
**Training must result in certification by a recognized professional agency in both CPR at a Health
Care Provider or Professional Rescuer level (including AED) and a Professional level of Acute Injury
Management.
Courses must include both didactic and laboratory / practical examination components. An outline of
required components is as follows:
1. CPR for Health Professional / Professional Rescuer
a. Respiratory Emergency Management
i. Rescue breathing
ii. Rescue oxygen administration
iii. Asthma management
iv. Epi-pen administration
b. Cardiac Emergency Management
i. CPR – Adult / Child / Infant
1. One-man
2. Two-man
ii. AED – Adult / Child / Infant
2. Acute Injury Management at a Professional level
a. Primary Assessment
b. Secondary Assessment
c. Traumatic Emergency Management
i. Fracture management
1. Extremity
2. Spine
a. Helmeted athlete
b. Non-helmeted individual
3. Head/face skull
ii. Head / face injuries
1. Dental
2. Eye
d. Medical Emergency Management
i. Cardiac emergency
ii. Head Injury
1. MBTI
2. TBI
iii. Bleeding
iv. Shock
v. Integumentary
vi. Diabetic episodes
vii. Behaviorial
e. Environmental Emergency
i. Heat injury
ii. Cold injury
iii. Severe weather
Courses that have included these minimal standards***:
1. American Red Cross – Emergency Medical Response
2. Wilderness Emergency Medical Training (EMT)
3. Wilderness First Responder
***Additional courses could qualify provided they satisfy the above requirements and are approved in
advance by the sports specialty council.