Exss 288 2024 exam - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What's Sports Medicine? - ANSWERSdescribes a multidisciplinary approach to health management or achievement of full potential, including the physiological, biomechanical, psychological, and pathological phenomena associated with exercise and sport goal: keep athlete stay healthy and optimize their function Who is an athlete? - ANSWERSanyone that engages in physical activity What are the 2 main categories of the umbrella of sports medicine? - ANSWERS1) Human Performance 2) Injury Manag...

False less than 10% lose consiousness, about 25% have difficulty with memory - ANSWERSYou have to lose consciousness to have a concussion? true many different signs and symptoms associated with concussions - ANSWERSNo two concussions are alike.: False- direct blow to the body can be transmitted through the spinal cord to the head - ANSWERSYou have to get hit in the head to get a concussion. false, majority will begin to get symptoms within 15-30 min, but some people can start getting sy...

EXSS 288 RED CROSS EXAM REVIEW WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2024

What does the bony alignment of the spine do? - ANSWERSSupport for posture and allow for muscle connection, ligament connection, nerves to branch out and innervate body Provides protection for spinal cord The ribs are connected to what - ANSWERStransverse process brachial plexus - ANSWERSnetwork of nerves originating at the spinal cord innervates chest, shoulder, and arms What cervical vertebrae sticks out with flexion - ANSWERSC7 How many thoracic vertebrae are there? - ANSWER...

cerebrospinal fluid - ANSWERS-Contained between the arachnoid and pia mater membranes -Mechanical and immune protection, Forms cushion around brain and spinal chord coup - ANSWERSinjury occurs directly where impact is contrecoup - ANSWERSinjury occurs on opposite side of impact cerebral concussion (mTBI) - ANSWERSDefinition: "clinical syndrome characterized by immediate and transient posttraumatic impairment of neural functions" May experience these signs and symptoms without focal...

Foot functions - ANSWERSweight bearing, absorb impact loading forces, adapt to uneven ground, allow efficient propulsion bones in the foot - ANSWERS28 bones forefoot bones - ANSWERSphalanges, metatarsals, sesamoids midfoot bones - ANSWERS5 tarsals: cuboid(3), cunieform, navicular rearfoot bones - ANSWERStalus and calcaneus arch functions - ANSWERSassists in supporting body weight foot arches - ANSWERSmedial longitudinal, lateral lonitudinal, transverse, metatarsal plantar fa...

shoulder injury background - ANSWERS-most common complaint 2nd to knee -most common in adults - subacromial impingement syndrome, rotator cuff problems -athletic- 8-13% of all athletic injuries, primarily overhead athletes bones of the shoulder - ANSWERShumerus, scapula, clavicle, sternum shoulder joints - ANSWERSsternoclavicular (SC), acromioclavicular (AC), glenohumeral joint, *[scapulothoracic articulation-not a true "joint"] sternoclavicular joint (SC) - ANSWERS-almost no motion...

Cervical Fracture - ANSWERSCause: Axial Loading (a blow to the top of the athletes head while in flexion) Signs: Neck point tenderness, restricted motion, cervical muscle spasm, cervical pain and pain in chest and extremities, numbness or weakness in the trunk or limbs Care: Treat as if unconscious Cervical Disloacations - ANSWERSCause: Violent flexion and rotation of the head Signs: Many of the same symptoms as a cervical fracture. Head may be tilted toward the dislocated side with extrem...

APVU alertness scale - ANSWERSalert, verbal, painful, unresponsive abandonment - ANSWERSmust provide care until medical personnel arrives unless the scene becomes unsafe, you are too tired to continue, or the victim shows obvious signs of life AED - ANSWERSautomated external defibrillator (AED) portable electronic device that analyzes the heart's rhythm and provides an electrical shock. CPR doesn't correct underlying problem but AED can. athletic administrator - ANSWERSresponsible for...

intrinsic injury - ANSWERSinfection (Viral, bacterial) extrinsic injury - ANSWERStissue stressed to the point of mechanical failure due to excessive force primary injury - ANSWERSdirect immediate consequence of excessive force (trauma) secondary injury - ANSWERS- delayed injury some time after initial trauma - an accommodation to the primary injury acute injury - ANSWERS- mechanical failure of soft tissue due to excessive force occurring in a single bout - sunset onset of short dur...