ATH 3050 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Speaker Of The United States House Of Representatives, Sports Medicine, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
ATH 3050
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Medical Coverage
Appropriate Medical Coverage Video
• You have to go where the risk exists
• Do you cover some things? Everything? Nothing?
• Proactive vs. Reactive
o Proactive is going to cost you money
o Reactive you are not covering what you need to be covering so it ends up
being expensive too
Appropriate Medical Care for Secondary School –Age Athletes Notes
• The athletic health care team should have a designated athletic health care
provider(s) who is educated and qualified to:
1. Deterie the idiidual’s readiness to participate.
2. Promote safe and appropriate practice, competition and treatment facilities.
3. Advise on the selection, fit, function and maintenance of athletic equipment.
4. Develop and implement a comprehensive emergency action plan.
5. Establish protocols regarding environmental conditions.
6. Develop injury and illness prevention strategies.
7. Provide for on-site recognition, evaluation and immediate treatment of injury
and illness, with appropriate referrals.
8. Facilitate rehabilitation and reconditioning.
9. Provide for psychosocial consultation and referral.
10. 10. Provide scientifically sound nutritional counseling and education.
11. 11. Participate in the development and implementation of a comprehensive
athletic health care administrative system (e.g. personal health information,
policies and procedures, insurance, referrals).
• All coaches should be trained in first aid, CPR and AED, utilization of athletic
health care team professionals, injury prevention and modification of training in
response to injury and illness.
• Certified Athletic Trainer: An allied health care professional who, upon
graduation from an accredited college or university, and after successfully
passing the NATABOC certification examination, is qualified and appropriately
credentialed according to state regulations to work with individuals engaged in
physical activity in the prevention of injuries and illnesses, the recognition,
evaluation and immediate care of injuries and illnesses, the rehabilitation and
reconditioning of injuries and illnesses, and the administration of this health care
system.
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• Team Physician: The team physician must have an unrestricted medical license
and be an MD or a DO who is responsible for treating and coordinating the
medical care of athletic team members. The principal responsibility of the team
physician is to provide for the well being of individual athletes - enabling each to
realize his or her full potential. The team physician should possess special
proficiency in the care of musculoskeletal injuries and medical conditions
encountered in sports.
Inter Association Consensus Statement on Best Practices for Sports Medicine
Management for Secondary Schools and Colleges Notes
Introduction
• More than 1.4 million injuries occur yearly to athletes playing 9 sports at
secondary school level and 209,000 at the collegiate level
o Games and practices, primarily as a result of overuse
• AS concern grows, more schools are being forced to reevaluate medical services
they provide their athletes
o Secondary schools that have ATs report lower incidence of injuries
• AMA states that each school should be composed of a licensed physician, an
licensed AT, and anyone else necessary
• Since AT is young and developing, many professionals are still developing proper
working expectations and relationships for the ATs
o Chains of command issues
• Patient Centered Care- delivery of healthcare services that are focused on the
idiidual patiet’s eeds ad oers
o Athlete Centered Care= same thing for athletes
• In most cases, the legal responsibility for the decision to allow an injured athlete
to return to sport participation ultimately belongs to a licensed physician--- they
often authorize ATS to guid the rate at which the inured athlete is exposed to
physical demands
Duties and Responsibilities of the AT and Team Physician
• AT
o Responsibility is to provide for the well being of the individual athletes,
allowing htem to achieve hteir maxium potential
o Work under direction of TP and are genrally responsible for or actively
involved with:
▪ Developing emergency action plan
▪ Estabising criteria for safe treturn
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Document Summary
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