Chapter 1: Injury Care and the Athletic Trianer

Legislation that is designed to protect physicians or other recognized medical personnel from litigation as a result of emergency treatment provided to injured individuals at the scene of an accident is referred to as:

"Good Samaritan" laws

Malfeasance

Committing an act that is not ones responsibility to perform

Malfeasance is defined as

Committing an act that is not ones responsibility to perform

The relative degree of negligence on the part of the professional (defendant) and the participant (plaintiff), with damages awarded on a basis proportional to each persons carelessness is termed:

Comparative negligence

A manufacturers duty of care to design, manufacture, and package safe equipment that will not cause injury to an individual when the equipment is used as intended is referred to as

Implied warranty

Ensuring that a knee brace provides proper support would be a task under which major performance domain of athletic training

Injury/illness prevention and wellness protection

An act that is legal but performed improperly is referred to as

Misfeasance

What organization has been responsible for the growth and development of the athletic training profession?

NATA

Which organization has established minimum standards for the design and use of football helmets?

NOCSAE

The final authority to clear an athlete for participation rests with the

Supervising physician

A wrong done by an individual for which the injured party seeks a remedy for damages suffered is called a:

Tort

In order to find an individual liable, the injured person must prove there was

All of the above

Failure to perform a legal duty of care is defined as

Nonfeasance

In an athletic program, the team physician should

Review preseason conditioning program

What watershed landmark for the NATA occurred in 1990?

The AMA recognized athletic trainers as allied healthcare professionals

A situation in which danger is apparent, or should have been apparent, resulting in an unreasonable unsafe condition is called

foreseeability of harm

Which of the following professionals is concerned with information involving kinematics and kinetics?

Biomechanist

Which of the following statements is true pertaining to the Role Delineation Study? (Choose all that apply)

It is published by the BOC It defines current entry-level knowledge, skills, and abilities required for practice in the profession of athletic training

Permission granted by the government for an individual to practice a profession is termed

Licensure

In an athletic program, which of the following is the responsibility of the team physician? (Choose all that apply)

Reviewing preseason physical examinations Dispensing medications Facilitating referrals

Which of the following tasks is the duty of the coach to injury prevention?

Developing and implementing appropriate conditioning programs

Which of the following statements is true?

An injured participant may refuse emergency first aid

Which organization is responsible for awarding the ATC credential?

BOC

Failure to receive informed consent from an athlete could result in

Battery

An act that demonstrates total disregard for the safety of others is referred to as

Gross negligence