INJURIES AND TREATMENT Flashcards
SOFT TISSUE CAN GET (…)
STRECHED, RIPPED AND TORN
WHAT ARE SOFT TISSUES
THEY ARE SKIN, MUSCLE, TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS
WHAT ARE GRAZES, BL;ISTERS AND CHAFING AND WHAT CAN THEY CAUSE
THEY ARE ALL TYPES OF ABRASION AND THEY CAN BREAK THE SKIN AND CAUSE BLEEDING
WHAT DO DEEP CUTS DO AND WHAT DO THEY REQUIRE
IT DAMAGES THE SKIN AND BENEATH THE SKIN AS WELL, THEY REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION
WHAT ARE STRAINS
THEY ARE TEARS IN MUSCLE AND TENDONS
WHAT ARE STRAINED CAUSED BY
STRAINED (PULLED) MUSCLES AND TENDONS ARE TEARS IN THE TISSUE, THEY ARE OFTEN CAUSED BY OVERSTRETCHING
WHAT ARE SPRAINS
THEY ARE JOINT INJURIES WHERE THE LIGALMENT HAS BEEN SGTRETCHED OR TORN, USUALLY BECOMES A VIOLENT TWISTGIONG
IN WHAT SPORTS ARE DEEP CUTS MAINLY PROVOQUED
COMMON IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FULL-CONTACT-SPORT LIKE RUGBY OR BOXING
STRAINED (PULLED) HAMSTRING AND CALF MUSCLES ARE USUALLY COMMONS IN SPORTS LIKE
FOOTBALL AND CRICKET, WHERE YOU USE SUDDEN BURSTS OF SPEED
IN WHAT SPORTS ARE STRAINS COMMON
SPOORTS IN WHICH YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION QUICKLY SUCH AS IN FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL
WHAT IS CONTINOUS STRESS
INJURY CAUSED IF YOU TRAIN TO HARD, IF YOU PLAY TOO LONG, OR IF YOU DONT REST
HOW DOES CONTINOUS STRESS AFFECT TENNIS PLAYERS
THEY CAN DEVELOP ‘TENNIS ELBOW’- PAINFUL INFLAMMATION OF THE TENDONS IN THE ELBOY DUE TO THER OVERUSE OF ARM MUSCLE
HOW DOES ‘SUDDEN STRESS’ AFFECT INJURIES
1) CARTILAGE CAN BE DAMAGE BY SUDDEN MOPVEMENTS
2) JOINTS CAN GET DISLOCATED AS WELL
3) THE BONE IS PULLED OUT OF ITS NORMAL POSTITION DUE TO TWISTING (KNEE TWISTING)
4) IT CAN DALMAGE THE LIGAMENT, MUSCLES AND TENDONS AROUND THRE JOINT TOO
WHAT ARE BROKEN BONES CALLED
FRACTURES
WHAT IS A FRACUTRE
IT IS A BREAK IN A BONE, ITS USUALLY ACCOMPANIED BY BRUISING AND SWELLING, IT CAUSES A LOT OF PAIN BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGED NERVES INSIDE THE BONE
WHAT ARE THE FOUR TYPES OF FRACTURES
1) SIMPLE FRACTURE- HAPPENS UNDER THE SKIN, THE SKIN ITSELF IS ALRIGHT
2) COMPOUND FRACTURE- THE SKIN IS TORN AND THE BONE POKES OUT
3) ‘STRESS FRACTURE’- A SMALL CRACK IN A BONE
4) GREENSTICK FRACTURES- HAPPEN IN YOUNG OR SOFT BONE THAT BENDS AND PARTLY BREAKS
WHAT IS A CONCUSSION
A MILD BRAIN INJURY CAUSED BY A NASTY BLOW TO THE HEAD
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF CONCUSSION
DISIORENTATION, MEMORY LOSS AND POSSOBLY LOSS OF CONSCIUSNESS
WHAT METHOD YOU HAVE TO USE TO TREAT INJURIES
RICE
WHAT DOES THE RICE STAND FOR
REST, ICE, COMPRESSION, ELEVATION
WHAT IS MEANT BY REST (RICE)
STOP IMMEDIATELY AND REST THE INJURY- IF YOU CARRY ON YOULL MAKE IT WORST
WHAT IS MEANT BY ICE (RICE)
APPLY ICE TO THE INJURY- THIS MAKES BLOOD VESSELS CONTRACT TO REDUCE INTERNAL BLEEDING AND SWELLING
WHAT IS MEANT BY COMPRESSION (RICE)
BANDAGING THE INJURY WILL HELP REDUCE SWELLING- BUT DONT MAKE IT SO TIGHT THAT YOU STOP THE BLOOD CIRCULATION
WHAT IS MEANT BY ELEVATION (RICE)
SUPPORT THE LIMB AT A RAISED LEVEL- THE FLOW OF BLOOD REDUCES BECAUSE IT HAS TO FLOW AGAINST GRAVITY
WHAT IS RICE GOOD FOR
FOR JOINT AND MUSCLE INJURIES LIKE SPRAINS AND STRAINS
