Option 3: Sports Medicine Flashcards
Different types of injuries
Direct and indirect
Soft and hard
Overuse
Soft tissue injuries
Tears, sprains and contusions
Abrasions, lacerations and blisters
Inflammatory responses
Hard tissue injury
Fractures
Dislocations
Assesment of injuries
TOTAPS
Manage soft tissue injuries
RICER
Manage hard tissues
Assesment for medical attention
Immobilisation
Children and young athletes 4
Medical conditions (asthma, epilepsy and diabetes)
Thermoregulation
Overuse injuries
Appropriateness of resistance training
Adult and aged athletes 3
Heart conditions
Bone density
Joint mobility/flexibility
Physical preperstion (penis suck penis wank)
Pre screening
Skill and tehnique
Physical fitness
Warm up, stretching and cool down
Female athletes 4
Eating disorders
Iron deficiency
Bone density
Pregnancy
Sports policy and the sports environment
Rules of sports and activities
Modified rule for children
Matching of opponents
Use of protective equipment
Safe grounds, equipment and facilties
Environmental considerations
Temperature regulation (convection, radiation, conduction, evaporation)
Climatic conditions (temperature, humidity, wind, rain, altitude, pollution)
Guidelines for fluid intake
Acclimisation
Taping and bandaging
Preventative taping
Taping for isolation or injury
Bandaging for immediate treatment of injury
Rehab procedures (TUGP)
Progressive mobilisation
Graduated exercise (stretching, conditioning, total body fitness)
Training
Use of heat and cold
Return to play MISREP
Indicators (pain free, defree of mobility)
Monitoring progress (pre-test and post-test)
Psychological readiness
Speciic warm up procedures
Return to play policies and procedures
Ethical considerations eg pressure to participate and use of painkillers
