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What is the definition of sports medicine

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Healthcare of exercise/sport

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ACSM definition of sports medicine

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Multidisciplinary healthcare

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Under sports medicine what groups are responsible for improving performance

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Exercise physiology 
Biomechanics
Sport psychology 
Sports nutrition 
Strength and conditioning coach
Personal fitness trainer
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Under sports medicine what groups are responsible for injury care

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Practice of medicine
Athletic training 
Sports physical therapy 
Sports massage therapy
Sports dentistry
Osteopathic medicine 
Orthotics/ prosthetics
Sports chiropractor 
Sports podiatry
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What is the main purpose of all sports medicine groups

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Injury prevention

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What are the sports medicine team 3 considerations

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Educator
Advisor
Researcher

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Why is evidence based practice important

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Because failure to engage could jeopardize patients care

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What are the 5 evidence based practices

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Develop clinical questions 
Search literature 
Appraise evidence
Apply evidence 
Assess outcomes
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Liability

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State of being legally responsible for the harm one causes to another person

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Malpractice

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A liability generating conduct associated with the adverse outcomes of patient treatment

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The legal principles of malpractice include ___________ of practice and standard of _______

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Scope

Care

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Negligence

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Type of tort in which a healthcare provider is to act as a reasonable prudent healthcare provider would under certain circumstances

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T/F

Omission and commission are examples of negligence

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True

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Omission

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Not acting -the failure to do something that one should have done under certain circumstance

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Acting incorrectly- when healthcare provider performs an act that should not have been performed

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Commission

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Torts

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Legally wrongs committed against a person (liability results)

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Torts emanate from

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Nonfeasance
Malfeasance
Misfeasance

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Abandonment is the desertion of a patient-practitioner relationship by the healthcare provider without the ____________ of the patient

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Consent

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How to prove negligence

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After a patient has demonstrated that a healthcare provider breached a duty to exercise reasonable care, the patient must prove that the breach was in fact the legal cause of the injury worse

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Establishing negligence:
_______ of care exists between injured individual and person responsible for ____________
Conduct of ________________ fell short of that duty of care
Defendant caused ___________ to occur
Personal property or __________________ damages resulted

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Duty, injury
Defendant
Injury
Punitive

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Statute of limitations

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  • Specific length of time an individual can sue for injury resulting from negligence
  • Varies by state but generally ranges from 1-3 years
  • Clock begins at the time the negligent act results in suit or from the time injury is discovered following negligent act
  • minors generally have an extension
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T/F

You must obtain consent to care for anyone who is conscious and alert

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Implied consent

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When the patient is unconscious

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Product liability

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Liability of any or all parties involved in manufactured product for damages caused by product

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T/F OTC meds should be stored in a locked environment and checked regularly Only administered in single does
True
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Stress
The mental and physical response of our bodies to the changes and challenges in our lives
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Any physical, social, or psychological event or condition that causes our bodies to adjust to a specific situation
Stressor
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Strain is the ________ and ________ the body and mind sustain during the stress process
Wear, tear
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T/F | Acute stress is the short term- body will try to adapt immediately
True
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Chronic stress
Long term effects of chronic acute stress(strain)
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General adaptation syndrome
When the body moves from homeostasis, to one of crisis, as the body attempts to return to homeostasis after responding to a stressor
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Phases of general adaptation syndrome
Alarm phase Resistance phase Exhaustion
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Alarm phase
Body exposed to real perceived stressor, the fight or flight response kicks into gear
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Resistance phase
The tries to return to homeostasis, but becomes some perceived stressors still exists, it doesn't achieve complete rest
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The physical and emotional energy used to fight a stressor has been depleted
Exhaustion phase
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Stress and disease links
``` Cardiovascular disease (high blood pressure, atherosclerosis) Impairment of immune system(colds, infections) ```
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Overtraining
Excessive frequency, volume, or intensity of training that results in extreme fatigue, illness, or injury
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Overreaching
Excessive training on a short term basis
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Recovery phases to preventing overtraining
- Interexercise- occurs during the exercise bout and relates to the bioenergetics of activity - Post exercise recovery- occurs after exercise and related to the removal of metabolic by products, the replenishment of energy stores, and the initiation of tissue repair - Long term recovery- part of a well planned periodized training plan can result in a super compensation effect
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Factors affecting recovery
Age Training status of the athlete Time zone shifts Sleep/nutrition
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Importance of environmental considerations is that can impact _____________________ and pose serious health threats
Performance
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T/F | Hyperthermia is a heat related illness
True
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Heat rash
Benign condition associated with red, raised rash combined with sweat
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Heat syncope
Associated with rapid fatigue and overexposure standing in the heat for long periods of time
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Heat exhaustion
Results of inadequate fluid replacement, unable to sustain adequate cardiac output
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Heatstroke
Serious life threatening condition with unknown specific cause
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Rhabdomyolysis
The breakdown of muscle fibers resulting in the release of muscle fiber contents into the bloodstream
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(Cold related) temperature in conjunction with wind chill and dampness or wetness can increase chances
Hypothermia
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Superficial frostbite involves only ________ and subcutaneous tissue
Skin
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T/F | Deep frostbite indicates frozen skin requiring hospitalization
True
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As altitude increases, maximum oxygen uptake decreases in performance - hyperventilating - results from having fewer red blood cells than necessary to adequately capture available oxygen
Altitude sickness
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Sickle cell anemia
- Trait is benign - Abnormality in red blood cell hemoglobin structure - deoxygenated

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