Quiz 1: Prevention & Care of Sports Injury

Evaluating an injury depends on a strong background in

human anatomy & physiology, joint biomechanics, tissue healing and repair

Maximal loss in taping restrictions for both inversion and eversion has been found to occur after how many minutes of exercise?

20 minutes

Which of the following terms refers to a structure on both sides of the body or body part?

Bilateral

The organization that awards the ATC credential is the

Board of Certification

Having only one paired organ is a condition that warrants automatic disqualification of an individual from all sports that involve contact or impact.

False

Visual analysis of overall appearance, symmetry, general motor function, posture, and gait is called

Observation

A myotome is a group of muscles primarily innervated by a single nerve root.

True

Standards of professional practice are ethical responsibilities that guide one's actions and promote a high standard of conduct and integrity to ensure high-quality health care.

True

Which of the following best illustrates a diagnostic sign?

edema

Moderate hypertension in the presence or absence of organ disease should automatically disqualify an individual from playing collegiate football.

false

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

foreseeability of harm

Techniques and equipment used to prevent or protect an injury site are called

functional devices

When asking about the characteristics of symptoms, the athletic trainer should determine

location, onset, severity, frequency, duration

During a weight training session, the coach left the room to work with some players in the gymnasium. While the coach was out of the room, an athlete sustained an injury using the equipment. The coach is at risk for

negligence

Decreased skin temperature on palpation of an injury site could indicate

reduced circulation

Diplopia occurs when an individual

seeing double (2 images instead of one)

The advantages of having an individual's primary care physician administer a PPE include all of the following except

the cost of the exam

A secondary survey is performed to identify

the type and extent of any injury and the immediate disposition of the condition

An athletic training student misplaces a classmate's address. The classmate, who is a member of the football team, is expecting the athletic training student to deliver a textbook to his home that evening. The athletic training student accesses the football player's medical folder to obtain his address. Litigation could result from this action.

True

Clinicians have an ethical responsibility to keep accurate and factual records.

True

Standards on continuing education requirements for maintaining the ATC credential are available on the Board of Certification Web site.

True

The team physician is the final authority to determine the mental and physical fitness of athletes in organized sports programs.

True

A noted or subjective change in an individual's body or its functions that indicates an injury or disease is termed

sign

A wrong done by an individual whereby the injured party seeks a remedy for damages is called a(n)

tort

Standard of care is defined as

committing an act that another minimally competent professional would do in the same circumstance.