EXAM #1 Flashcards
The physician who after WW1 was responsible for the development of athletic trainers as a specialty?
S.E. Bilik
Know who published the first Aider? in 1932
the Cramers
Athletic trainer is directly responsible for what phases of health care in the athletic environment?
preventing injuries from occuring, providing initial first aid and injury managment, evaluating injuries, and designing and supervising a timely and effective program of rehabilitation that can facilitate the safe and expeditious return to activity
Know about appropriate injury prevention strategies for every athletic trainer?
conducting preparticipation exams, ensuring appropriate training and conditioning of the athlete, monitoring environmental conditions to ensure safe participation, selecting and maintaing good equipment, make certain athlete is eating properly, making sure athlete is using medications properly
Know about the performance domains of the athletic trainer?..for their compamancies
1) prevention 2) clinical evaluation and diagnosis 3) immediate care, 4) treatment, rehabilitation, and reconditioning 5) organization and administration 6) professional responsibilities
Who’s responsiblity is it to see that protective equipment is the highest quality and prperly fitted and maintained
or the coach?
Know which of the performance domains includes nutrition and education
nutrition-prevention domain
education- prevention/professional responsibilities domains
Know the name of the organazation that’s responsible for drug education and testing?
NCAA Committee on competitive safeguards
Know the role of the teams physician
Is the final authority in determining when an athlete may return to play; responsible for seeing that a complete medical history of each athlete is compiled
Know when athletic training became recognized as an allied health proffession
JUNE 1990
Know who governs the practice of athletic training
Individual state licensing agencies
Know the difference between licensure, exemption, certification, and registration
licensure is MOST RESTRICTIVE in determining the practice of athletic trainers,; registration means that before an individual can practice athletic training they must register in the state; cerification stae certification differs from BOC certification; exemption means a state recognizes that athletic trainers perform functions similar to other licensed proffesions yet allows them to practice
Name the organization that’s currently responsible for establishing essentials in guidelines for athletic training and academic programs
CAAHEP
Know term ppl use to describe feelings of exhaustion and disinterest towards their work
Burnout
Know how many continuing education units an athletic trainer must accumulate and over what period of time they must accumulate those continuing education units
must document 75 continuing education units during each three-year recertification term
As of 2004 know the only way a candidate can become certified as an athletic trainer ?
Graduation from a CAATE accredited athletic training program
Know about the elements of hydrotherapy
floor should slope towards drain, two or three whirpools, lavatories,storage shelves, 4-5 tall electric outlets, properly grounded outlets
Know what OSHA stands for
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Know what can be included in expendable supplies
Tape, massage lotion, and bandages, hydrogen peroxide
Know what the purpose of the preparticipation health exam is
Identify whether an athlete is at risk before participation
Know about the procedures of ordering supplies and special things that we do if those supplies are expensive
competative bidding; can lease expensive supplies or have an institutional purchasing agent sent to competing vendors and purchase the one with the lowest bid
Know what is the most expedient method of making a maturity assesment?
Secondary sexual characteristic assessment
Know why we have personal information cards on each athlete
serves as means of contacting the athlete’s family, personal physician, and insurance company in case of an emergency
Know what we do during the preparticipation exam what are the components of the medical history, the wellness screening, the maturity assesment, and the physical exam
physical exam-Height, weight, and body composition; medical history-identifies any past or existing medical conditions; wellness screening-determine whether athlete is engaging in healthy lifestyle behaviors; maturity assesment-protects young, physically developing athletes
Know about the Snellen test and who can perform it
can be preformed by Student Athletic Trainer, Certified Athletic Trainer, and Physician;
What’s the cause of the most indirect sports related death
heat stroke
What’s the purpose of a duck walk during an orthepedic screening
hip, knee, and ankle motion
Know the difference between an injury and an accident
accident is an unplanned event capable of resulting in loss of time, property damage, injury, disablement, or even death; injury is damage to the body that restricts activity or causes disability to such an extent that the patient isnt able to practice or compete the next day
Know about possible medical disqualifications in collision and contact sports
atlantoaxial instability, cardiovascular carditis, kidney, liver, bad convulsive disorder, spleen
Be able to give examples of nonconsumable capital equipment
ice machine, tables
Know what touching ones toes with straight knees test is
scoliosis, hip motion, hamstring tightness
Know what shrugging the shoulders test is in an orthepedic assesment
trapezius strength
Know the components of HIPAA, OSHA, FERPA
HIPPA- Regulates dissemination of personal history information (PHI) by coaches, AT’s, physicians or other members of sports medicine team/Guarantees athlete access to information and control over disclosure/Athlete may provide written authorization for release of information
; FERPA-Law that protects the privacy of student educational records; OSHA-
Know what the acronym SOAP stands for
Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan
Know what the most crucial stage in maturity is
3rd, due to increased speed of bone growth
Be able to define duty of care
part of an official job description
Define negligence
the failure to use ordinary or reasonable care
Define standard of care
assumes that an individual is neither exceptionally skillful nor extraordinarily cautious but is a person of reasonable and ordinary prudence;commonsense approach to a situation
Define liability
the state of being legally responsible for the harm one causes another person
Define tort
legal wrongs commited against a person
Define risk
assumes some risk or danger will be involved in the particular undertaking; a person takes his or her own chances
Define standard of reasonable care
assumes that an individual is neither exceptionally skillful nor extraordinarily cautious but is a person of reasonable and ordinary prudence;commonsense approach to a situation
Define assumption of risk
assumes some risk or danger will be involved in the particular undertaking
Define statues of limitation
sets a specific length of time that individuals may sue for damages from negligence
Know about the good somaritan laws
provides limited protection against legal liability to any person who voluntarily chooses to provide first aid
general health insurance
general health insurance-Policy that covers illnesses, hospitalization and emergency care
Sometimes offered through academic institutions for students (athletics)
Secondary insurance provided through institutions to cover costs above primary insurance coverage
Schools and universities must ensure that individuals have primary insurance coverage (in place or arranged for); accident in
Know the statute of limitation
Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence.
Varies by state but generally ranges from one to three years
Clock begins at the time the negligent act results in suit or from the time injury is discovered following negligent act
Know acts of ommision
an individual fails to perform a legal duty
KNow acts of comission
the rendering of improper care in the initial handeling of the injury as a causitive factor in the permannet damage
Know soverign ammunity
Neither the government nor individuals employed by the government can be held liable for negligence
May vary state to state
Know which organizations provide preventative measures and limits where an individual can recieve care
Health Maintinance organization
HMO
Know about the mission of the reimbursment advisory group?
- Developing a model for third party reimbursement of athletic trainers.
- Educating athletic trainers on the issue of reimbursement.
- Designing and implementing a clinical outcomes study.
-Policyholder insurance company reimburses health care providers for services rendered
Know what provisions in an insurance policy requires the policy holder to pay a specified precentage of each medical claim
copayment
Know what organization allows individual discounted health care but only if they see a physician on an approved list
PPO
know what specified medical services, disorders, treatments, disease, and durable medical equipment that are not covered by reimbursment are known as
exclusions
Know what malfeasance is
an individual commits an act that is not legally his to perform
Know what the average statute of limitations is for negligence
1 to 3 years
accident insurance
Low cost plan to cover accident on school grounds or in workplace
Protects against financial loss from medical and hospital bills
Provides for additional protection for institution above regular policy
Will cover costs associated with hospital care, surgery, and catastrophic injuries
liability insurance
-covers a coach if sued for negligence in a civil case
Most employees have insurance to protect against damages that may arise from injuries occurring on their property
Liability insurance covers against claims of negligence on part of individuals
Because of rise in lawsuits, professionals must be fully protected, particularly in regards to negligence
All ATs should carry and understand limits of coverage
second party insurance
institution offers this it means that they pay the bills that primary insurance people didnt pay
