Sports Injury Management and the Athletic Trainer
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Transcript Sports Injury Management and the Athletic Trainer
Sports Injury Management
and the Athletic Trainer
Chapter 1
The Sports Medicine Team
Primary Sports Medicine Team:
Team Physician, Certified Athletic Trainer,
Coach, and the Athletes.
Additional Members:
Orthopedists, Physical Therapists, EMT’s,
podiatrists, radiologists, nutritionists,
exercise physiologists, sport psychologists,
dentists, chiropractors, and
ophthalmologists.
Team Physician responsibilities
Pre-participation examinations
On-site coverage of catastrophic sport
contests
Dispense medications
Facilitate referrals
Determine return to play guidelines
Provide in-service trainings
Athletic Trainer responsibilities
Prevention
Educate and Instruct
Bracing and Taping
Monitor Safety of Participation
Facilitate Safe Conditioning
Sanitation
Promotion of Nutritional Concerns
Athletic Trainer Resp. Cont.
Recognition,
Evaluation, and
Assessment
History
Observation
Palpation
Special Tests
Assessment
Educate
Inform
Plan
ATC Duties Cont.
Immediate Care
Initiate emergency medical care
procedures
Stabilize musculoskeletal injuries
Facilitate referral when appropriate
Educate members of the health care team
on immediate care procedures
ATC Duties Cont.
Treatment, rehabilitation, and
reconditioning
Therapeutic Modalities
Therapeutic Exercises
Reassess and Treat
Educate
Provide Guidance
ATC Duties Cont.
Organization and Administration
Plan of Action
Write policies and procedures concerning:
Safe Participation
Timely Care
Legal Compliance
Manage resources
Maintain records
Facilities
Safety
Sanitation
ATC Duties Cont.
Professional Development and
Responsibility
Demonstrate professional conduct
Continuing education
Adhere to professional ethics
Follow legal responsibilities
ATC Job Settings
High Schools
Colleges and
University’s
Professional Sports
Sports Medicine
Clinics
Clinical health Care
programs
Industrial health
care programs
Health and fitness
clubs
Legal Liability
Tort
Standard of Care
Scope of Care
12 major domains of
Athletic Training
Pathology
Assessment
Pharmacology
Modalities
Exercise
General Medical
Nutritional concerns
Psychosocial
intervention
Health care adm.
Professional
development
Negligence
Malfeasance
Misfeasance
Nonfeasance
Malpractice
Gross Negligence
Possible causes of litigation
Failure to warn
Informed consent
Foresee-ability of Harm
Product liability
Confidentiality
Ways to Avoid Litigation
Licensing
Pre-participation
plan
Well developed
Sports Medicine
Team
Post Warning Signs
Protective
Equipment
Use only NOCSAE
approved equipment
Continuing
education
Act as a reasonably
prudent professional
in caring for all sport
participants.