Lecture 2: Injury Prevention and EAP Flashcards
Internal Risk Factors
PREDISPOSES an athlete to injury
- age, sex, body composition, playing type, health, physical fitness, anatomy, skill level, psychological factors
Can’t control some of them like age and sex
External Risk Factors
make an athlete more SUSCEPTIBLE to injury
- sports factors (coaching, rules, refs)
- protective equipment
- sports equipment
- environment
Can control most but not all like opponent behaviour
Inciting event
- playing situation
- player/opponent behaviour
- gross biomechanical description (whole body)
- detailed biomechanical description (jt.)
What leads to injury?
Predisposed athlete (internal) + susceptible athlete (external) + inciting event = injury
Injury Prevention
minimizing activity related injury
improve BENEFIT : RISK ratio
- ex. revising concussion protocol, making targeting penalties = decrease in injuries
Can be characterized as primary, secondary and tertiary
Primary Prevention
ELIMINATING the event (prevent the injury from happening)
Can focus on 1 of 3 (or all 3) dimensions
1. ATHLETE (technique, neuromuscular function, conditioning)
- SURROUNDINGS (floor/surface friction, rules, type of drill, coaching)
- EQUIPMENT (shoe friction, protective properties)
Secondary Prevention
DIMINISHING the effect of an incident
- can be things to protect an athlete if an injurious situation arises
Ex.
- sports equipment (helmets, shin pads, taping/bracing)
- training proper falling technique, conditioning to strengthen structures so they can tolerate increased force (ex. strengthening C-spine muscles to stabilize head/neck)
Tetriary Prevention
REDUCING consequences of injury?
- How do we improve outcomes?
- Can include things like emergency medical coverage, first aid equipment and rehab
- teaching athletes to know body and report injury
- having coaches certified in first aid, EAP, Return to Play
Levels of Prevention
Primary: I won’t get hit at all
Secondary: I’ll get hit but I won’t get hurt
Tertiary: I’ll get hurt but how will I make better outcomes?
Comprehensive model for injury causation and injury prevention
Primary prevention comes BEFORE inciting event
Secondary prevention comes AT inciting event
Tertiary prevention comes AFTER injury
EAP
Emergency Action Planning
A document to be followed in the event of a medical emergency which outlines MUTUALLY AGREED upon areas of responsibility and methods of delivery via step-by-step procedure
Civil Liability
When a person engages in conduct that result s in harm to another private individual
Who does an EAP protect?
The coaches and team
Unintentional Torts
When a person should have foreseen that his/her actions would cause harm
- a person will be liable of a tort only if he/she intends to do harm to others OR
- if the person is negligent in that reasonable precautions are not taken to prevent foreseeable harm
Elements of Negligence
Legal liability for negligence is dependent on 3 elements:
- A duty of care
- A breach of standard care (not planning)
- Damage or injury that results from the breach