sports med chapter 1 test
Identify the five major domains tested on the BOC Certification Examination.
- injury/illness prevention -clinical evaluation and diagnosis - immediate and emergency care - treatment and rehabilitation - organized and professional health and well being
When did athletic training become recognized as an allied health profession?
1990
In order to maintain certification, athletic trainers must accumulate continuing education units (CEUs), how many are necessary over what period of time?
70 over 2 years
Describe the difference between licensure and certification and briefly explain the implications they have for athletic trainers in the future.
A licensure is a license under law to practice being an athletic trainer, a certification is voluntary and one does not need to be certifed to practice.
Seeing that the protective equipment is of the highest quality, properly fitted, and maintained is the responsibility of the
All of the above
Identify all of the support personnel who can assist in the total health care plan for athletes.
All the support personnel who can assist athletes include podiatrists, nutritionists, sports pyschologists, chriopractor, exercise pyschologists, and personal trainers
Describe the role of the athletic trainer in the rehabilitation process.
An athletic trainer has multiple tasks within the rehabilitation process. These tasks include monitoring the athletes progress. Also give the patient strertches to do daily.
After World War I, the development of the athletic trainer as a specialist in preventing and managing athletic injuries resulted from the work of this physician.
Bilik
A term people commonly use to describe the feelings of exhaustion and disinterest toward their work is:
Burnout
Which organization is currently responsible for the accreditation of athletic training academic programs?
CAATE
Outline the role and function of the coach, athletic trainer, and team physician in the total scope of giving health care to an athlete.
Coach- organizes the equipment for athletes, make sure enviorments are safe. Atheltic trainers- helps athletes when hurt, treat injuries, and sends athletes to a team physician when necessary. Team physician- diagnoses the injury, determines when an athlete can particpate again.
As of 2004, which is the only way that a candidate can become certified as an athletic trainer?
Completion of a CAATE accredited athletic training program
In 1932, which family published the "First Aider"?
Cramer
The athletic trainer is most directly responsible for all phases of health care in an athletic environment EXCEPT:
Diagnosis of athletic injuries
Making decisions about clinical care of individual patients based on the supporting evidence in professional literature is known as:
Evidence based medicine
An individual who passes the NATABOC certification exam is automatically licensed in any state to practice as an athletic trainer.
False
Counseling the athletes on emotional and social problems is not a function of an athletic trainer.
False
If an athletic trainer is employed by a school district, coaches do not need to be trained in CPR or first aid.
False
The American College of Sports Medicine is responsible for regulating the practice of athletic trainers and physicians.
False
The National Athletic Trainers Association was founded in 1950.
False
The team physician works primarily under the supervision of the athletic trainer, who is ultimately responsible for directing the total health care of the athlete.
False
With proper initial injury management athletic trainers can speed up the healing process which allows an athlete to return to participation quickly.
False
which one of the following is not a goal of a professional organization
Help athletic trainers make the majority of their decisions
Which of the following governs the practice of athletic training?
Individual state licensing agencies
Which of the following types of regulation is the most restrictive in determining the practice of athletic trainers?
Licensure
Which of the following organizations is responsible for drug education and testing?
National Athletic Trainer's Association
The team physician:
Needs to focus the physical exam on the heart, lungs, and blood pressure D. Is the final authority in determining when an athlete may return to play
List the personal qualities that a successful athletic trainer must have.
Personal qualities a successful athletic trainer must obtain include passionate, confidence, people skills, empathy, good decision making, and attention to detail
Which would not be considered an appropriate injury-prevention strategy adopted by an athletic trainer?
Prescribing daily vitamin supplementation for all athletes
Which of the following performance domains includes explaining proper nutrition?
Prevention of Athletic Injuries
Which of the following performance domains includes the athletic trainer's responsibility to educate others?
Prevention of Athletic Injuries
What are the requirements that must be met before an individual can become a certified athletic trainer?
Requirements that an athletic trainer must meet before becoming certified include graduating with a bachelors or masters degree from a professional athletic training center. Be endorsed by the director of an athletic training education program to sit for the Board of Certification. Then pass a test admistrated by the board of certification.
The individual who is responsible for seeing that a complete medical history of each athlete is compiled should be the:
Team physician
Identify the various employment opportunities for athletic trainers.
The various employment opportunities for athletic trainers are hospitals emergency departments, performing arts, and secondary sports. They also work will all kinds of sports at the college level or professional.
All states require athletic trainers to be licensed if they wish to be employed as an athletic trainer in those states.
True
An athletic trainer's personal qualities determine his or her success, not the facilities or the equipment.
True
An optometrist treats and manages injuries to the eye.
True
Athletic trainers who act in an unethical manner can ultimately lose their certification.
True
Coaches are directly responsible for preventing injuries through conditioning programs.
True
In the secondary school setting, the athletic trainer must explain and inform the athlete's parents/guardians about injury management and must abide by the parents/guardians wishes with regards to treatment.
True
It is essential that athletic trainers become a member of and be active in the NATA as well as their district and state associations.
True
It is the team physician's responsibility to determine an athlete's health status through a physical examination.
True
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) encourages high schools to have a BOC certified athletic trainer as part of their athletic program.
True
The American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine was developed to encourage and support scientific research in orthopedic sports medicine.
True
The academic program medical director provides input to the programs educational content and provides classroom, laboratory and/or clinical instruction.
True
The team physician should act as an advisor and supervisor to the athletic trainer but allow the athletic trainer the flexibility to make decisions with regards to the athletes' playability status.
True
Frequently the team physician is the first person to evaluate an injury that an athlete has experienced on the field.
false
The National Athletic Trainers Association was founded for the purpose of establishing professional standards and disseminating information about athletic training.
true
