PHED-3117EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Primary Care Physician, Team Physician, Physical Therapy
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Chapter 1 injury care and the athletic trainer. Establishes standards for professionalism, education, research and practice settings. Injury/illness prevention and wellness protection: clinical evaluation and diagnosis. Immediate and emergency care: treatment and rehabilitation, organization and professional health and well-being. Commission on accreditation of athletic training education (caate) Practice of athletic training normally tried under tort law: tort, omission, commission. Standard of care vs. scope of care. Clearance for participation: final authority is supervising team physician, not atc. Negligence: failure to provide a duty of care, negligent torts can result from, malfeasance, misfeasance, nonfeasance, malpractice, gross negligence, criteria required to prove negligence. Failure to warn: participants must be informed that risk for injury exists and understand the nature of the risk. Foreseeability of harm: recognizing a potential danger and removing the danger before an injury occurs. Individuals have the right to refuse treatment: exception: increased risk for further injury. Implied warranty: expressed warranty, strict liability, nocsae.