sports med chapter 1 study guide
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?
75 over 3 years
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
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 equipment and ensures environment is safe. Athletic helps with injuries and refers to the team physician if necessary. Team physician diagnoses injuries and determines when athelete can return to play
In 1932, which family published the "First Aider"?
Cramer
Which of the following performance domains includes explaining proper nutrition?
NCAA Committee of Competitive Safeguards
Which of the following organizations is responsible for drug education and testing?
NCAA Committee on competitve safeguards
Seeing that the protective equipment is of the highest quality, properly fitted, and maintained is the responsibility of the:
all of the above
List the personal qualities that a successful athletic trainer must have.
attentive to detail, confident, empathetic, good communication skills and decision making skills
A term people commonly use to describe the feelings of exhaustion and disinterest toward their work is:
burnout
In order to maintain certification, athletic trainers must accumulate continuing education units (CEUs), how many are necessary over what period of time?
completio of a CAATE certified program
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
All states require athletic trainers to be licensed if they wish to be employed as an athletic trainer in those states.
false
An individual who passes the NATABOC certification exam is automatically licensed in any state to practice as an athletic trainer.
false
An optometrist treats and manages injuries to the eye.
false
Counseling the athletes on emotional and social problems is not a function of an athletic trainer.
false
Frequently the team physician is the first person to evaluate an injury that an athlete has experienced on the field.
false
If an athletic trainer is employed by a school district, coaches do not need to be trained in CPR or first aid.
false
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.
false
The American College of Sports Medicine is responsible for regulating the practice of athletic trainers and physicians.
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 majority of decisions
Which of the following governs the practice of athletic training?
individual state licensing agencies
The team physician:
is the final authority on deciding when an athlete can return to play
Which of the following types of regulation is the most restrictive in determining the practice of athletic trainers?
licensure
What are the requirements that must be met before an individual can become a certified athletic trainer?
must obtain bachelors/masters from accredited athletic training program, must complete CAATE program and then pass B.O.C. exam to be licensed
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 the athletic trainer's responsibility to educate others?
prevention of athletic injuries
Identify the various employment opportunities for athletic trainers.
schools, pro sports teams, military
The individual who is responsible for seeing that a complete medical history of each athlete is compiled should be the:
team physician
An athletic trainer's personal qualities determine his or her success, not the facilities or the equipment.
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
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 National Athletic Trainers Association was founded for the purpose of establishing professional standards and disseminating information about athletic training.
true
The National Athletic Trainers Association was founded in 1950.
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
With proper initial injury management athletic trainers can speed up the healing process which allows an athlete to return to participation quickly.
true
