Sports Medicine quiz #2 Flashcards
What does RICE stand for
Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate
What does sharp stand for
Swelling, Heat, Altered Movement, Redness, Pain
What does PAIL stand for
Puncture, Abrasion, Incision, Lacerations
Whats soft tissue
Muscle, ligaments, tendons, tissue
Whats hard tissue
Teeth & bones
Whats a blowout fracture (who, how, where)
- Hockey Player
- Puck to the eye, eye is pushed back into eye socket
- Trauma to the orbit bone
Whats a pathological fracture (who, how, where)
- Women
- Poor diet, improper nutrition
- Bone tumor weakens bones
What is a epiphyseal fracture
(who, how, where)
- Kids
- Falling or twisting
- Growth plate, because bony tissue is stronger then the epipysis
What is a Greenstick fracture (who, how, where)
- Kids
- Falling down
- Bones still have some properties of cartilage, these bones tend to bend and fracture only partway through
Blisters (s.s, treatment)
- Fluid-filled sore
- Fully drain, clean and cover
- Leave and moleskin
Athletes foot (s.s, treatment)
- In between toes red rash cuts cause bacteria
- Wear flipflops, use creams and ointments, wear and clean socks
Plantar Fasciitis (s.s, treatment)
- Pain/tightness in the arch of the foot
- Roll out foot ex pop can, ball
- Ice
- Splint at night
Nosebleed (s.s, treatment)
- Blood from nose
- Lean and pinch
- Cloth
- Ice neck
Nose Break (s.s, treatment)
- Deformed, bruising under eye, swelling
- Doctor needed, MAY re-align
Hyphema (s.s, treatment)
- Bleeding infront of eye
- Doctor needed, surgery may be needed
Hematoma (s.s, treatment)
- Blood under nails
- Sore, swell, bruising
- See a doctor to relieve pressure
- Drill hole into the nail and under
Shin Splints (s.s, treatment)
- Pain running up and down shin
- RICE
- New shoes
- Stop over traning
Side stitch (s.s, treatment)
- Discomfort in the abdomen
- Tightness, spasm
- Drink fluids
- Rest, decrease effort
Whats an incision
An open wound made a cutting object
Whats an abrasion
Scraping off a layer of skin, may or may not bleed
Whats a contusion
Bruise, and bleeding under the skin causes swelling and discoloration. Black eye
Whats a laceration
Jagged, irregular open wound created by a noncutting object ex pole. Run into a goalpost. Cut