Exercise Science- Unit 1 Test

Podiatrist

-Diagnose and treat disorders, diseases, and injuries of the foot and lower leg. -Treats complaints related to the foot and ankle.

Chiropractor

-Diagnose and treat patients with health programs of the spine. -Provide natural, drugless, nonsurgical health treatments related to the spine.

Family Physician

-Diagnose illness, prescribe, and administer treatment for people with injury or disease -Examine, obtain medical history, order, preform, and interpret diagnostic tests.

Exercise Physiologist

-Expert in the effect of exercise on the human body. -Fitness Evaluation, Make Exercise Programs for overall exercise health

Occupational Therapist

-Help with conditions that re mentally, physically, developmentally, or emotionally disabling for daily living.career. -Assist w daily tasks, exercises, help with memory, vision, accuracy, problem solving

Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach

-Lead, instruct, and motivate individuals or groups in exercise activities. -Exercise programs, one on one or group training.

Physical Assistant

-Practice medicine under the supervision of physicians and surgeons.

Dietician

-Prevent and treat illnesses by promoting healthy eating habits and recommending dietary modifications. -Plan food and nutrition programs, supervise meal preparation, and oversee the serving of meals.

Athletic Trainer

-Prevent, evaluation, care, and rehabilitate injuries. -Tape, treat injuries, make exercise/nutrition programs, First Responsive medical skills

Sports Phychologist

-Study mental processes/ behavior by observing, interpreting, and recording how people relate to one another and the environment. -Counsel athletes after injury, help with eating disorders, performance enhancement

Orthopedic Surgeon

-Use surgical methods to investigate, preserve and restore functions to a patients extremities or spine -evaluation, review records, surgical repair

Massage Therapist

-Using touch to manipulate the soft tissue muscles of the body to restore function -Swedish/deep-tissue massage, reflexology, acupressure, sports/neuromuscular massage

Physical Therapist

-restore, maintain, and promote overall fitness and health, relive pain, improve mobility. -help restore function, improve mobility, receive pain, and prevent/limit permanent physical problems

What is meant by ethics/integrity

A system of moral principles or standards governing conduct and knowledge of right and wrong. Doing what is right, treating others properly, treating the sport with respect, fair play, sportsmanship, and the golden rule.

What is meant by "athlete circle of care?"

An "athlete circle of care" is an individual's sports medicine team. These people can include the athletes family, friends, coach, doctor, teammates, medical professionals, the athlete him/herself, and nutritionist. This group can be anyone that helps the athlete be mentally, physically, emotional, and recovery cared for.

What is title 9?

An addition to the 14th Amendment in 1972. No person shall be excluded on the basis of gender or be denied the benefit of any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

Assumption of Risk

An individual who precipitates in an activity assumes a certain amount of risk by choosing to participate. If they are injured as a result of the ordinary risk associated with the activity, they will not have grounds for negligence. Ex. In mountain bike racing, obstacles are formed to challenge the athletes, this causes a lot of crashes and injuries, but the athletes know the risk they are taking.

Informed Consent

Being informed of all procedures and the potential risks and benefits of each.

Commission

Doing something.... that a reasonable person would not do under similar circumstances. *Doing something that is not reasonable or okay, it is unlawful* Ex. A teacher hitting a kid with a ruler

Scope of Practice

Each career area has guideline regarding what you can and cannot do. Make sure you are staying within the boundaries of your training and complying with local and federal laws.

Omission

Failing to do something..... that a reasonable person would do under similar circumstances. *Not doing something* Ex. A coach or athletic trainer failing to tell the parents their kid has a concussion.

Failure to Warn

Failing to inform a participant of potential risks and dangers. When dealing with minors, failing to warn parents or obtaining consent.Ex. If a teacher failed to warn the parents and students that certain information would be shared in class.

Negligence (Duty of care, Breach of duty, Injury or damage, Proximate cause)

Failure to use ordinary or reasonable care.Ex. A mother who leaves her two-year-old child alone in the house in order to go out to a bar and have a good time could face charges for criminal negligence. In order to prove, four basic elements must be shown: 1. Duty of care-an individual has the responsibility to provide care. 2. Breach of duty-(omission & commission) conduct of provider falls short of that duty. Usually commission or omission. 3. Injury or damage-results of the breach of duty. 4. Proximate cause-the injury or damage directly related to the breach of duty.

What does HIPAA stand for and how does it impact sports medicine officials?

H- Health I- Insurance P- Portability A- Accountability A- Act Law that mandated four main areas of change for business in the health care industry. It keeps health information private.

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -Law that mandated four main areas of change for business in the health care industry. -The four areas include: A. Privacy of health information B. Standards for electronic transactions of health information and claims. C. Security of electronic health information. D. National identifiers for providers. *Keep health information private*

How might athletes cheat?

Performance enhancing drugs, cutting the course, getting off the start line before the rest of the field, or doing anything that will help you do better than the rest by doing something that is not fair or equal to the rest.

Standard of Care

Provides reasonable and prudent care expected as compared to someone with similar education and experience.

What are the 6 elements of an emergency action plan?

Purpose, Personnel, Training of Personnel, Communication, Chain of Command, Equipment On-Site, Procedures, Facilities, and Emergency Medical Info on each athlete.

Define S.O.A.P:

S- subjective- what the athlete tells you, history of the patient told by the patient. O- objective- observation of patient and his/her injury A- assessment- diagnosis P- plan- goals and plans for recovery

Non-contact

Sports where the athletes are separated, so contact ant collision is very unlikely. In these sports, such as swimming and tennis, usually acute, traumatic injuries can occur, but the incidence of chronic, overuse related injury is greater.

Name 4 ways to reduce the risk of litigation:

Standard of care, Scope of care, documentation and records, HIPAA, informed consent, assumption of risk.

Liability

The legal responsibility to act in a reasonable and prudent manner. Failure to perform in such a manner makes you legally liable.

Battery

Touching someone without their permission.

Malpractice

When an individual commits a negligent act while providing care.

Collision

a sport where the intent is of the athletes to use their bodies to punish their opponents in order to help their team win. In these sports, such as football and ice hockey, the risk of injury is very high.

The parents

are very important in making sure they are practicing properly, are not injured, communicate with their athlete, and make sure to provide them with emotional support when needed.

Athletic trainer

involved in all aspects of care including injury prevention, initial First aid & injury management, injury evaluation, rehabilitation, facilitates safe return to play.

The coach

makes sure that the athlete is properly conditioned, has correct skill technique, makes sure equipment fits properly, is CPR/AED certified, and refers the athlete to appropriate medical providers.

Contact

sports where contact between athletes does occur, but is is not the point of the game and is actually discouraged by the rules. In these sports, such as soccer and baseball, usually traumatic and overuse injuries occur.

Team physician

they coordinate care with the athletic trainer and make decisions relative to care and return to play for the athlete.

The athlete

trained and conditioned properly to prevent injury, be well informed on their injury if they are hurt, and listens to their body to help them recover and prevent re-injury.