An introductory course emphasizing the scientific basis for making rational decisions on contemporary health problems of personal and social significance.
Course includes personal nutrition, fitness, reproduction, and disease control.
The course also includes a review of other current issues of community health. See cross listing for PE 12. Introduction to principles of athletic training, including prevention, evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation of common athletic injuries. Illustration of terms in regard to anatomy, treatment, surgery and drugs. This course is the first part of the student's internship as part of the Paramedic Program.