Sports Injuries, Management And Rehab

Question 1

List 4 risk behaviours

Answer 1

1: insufficient skill level
2: failure to abide by rules
3: failure to use safety equipment
4: poor umpiring/refereeing
5: recklessness/negligence
6: Lack of experience
U equal matching of opponents

Question 2

What is risk environments and behaviours

Answer 2

Behaviour of participants, officials and spectators can impact on level of risk associated with and activity

Question 3

Explain assessing and managing risks of organisations

Answer 3

Organisations that organise, administer and lead physical activities have a higher duty of care then those that don’t. Because of the responsibility and authority they withhold, the onus is on them to ensure reasonable steps are taken to prevent harm to participants. If something happens to a participant and the risk of harm was foreseeable, the organisation could be under breach of its duty of care

Question 4

Common precautions taken by organisations and examples of each

Answer 4

Modifying rules: Aus rugby changed the rule of scrummaging for front rowers to touch before engaging to save injury of neck and shoulders.
Safety equipment: young kids where helmets-cricket
Playing fields: netball use post pads
Weather conditions: tennis association has extreme heat policy- no playing over 35 degrees
Testing for PED: preventing u fair advantages, duty of care of athlete

Question 5

DRSABCD

Answer 5

Danger
Response 
Send for help
Airways
Breathing
CPR
Defibrillation

Question 6

TOTAPS

Answer 6

Talk
Observe
Touch
Active movement
Passive movement 
Skills test

Question 7

HARM

Answer 7

No heat- encourages swelling due to increase blood flow
No alcohol- increases swelling/ bleeding
No running-cause further damage
No massage- increase swelling, aggrevates

Question 8

What are hard tissue injuries

Answer 8

Injuries to the bones or teeth from internal or external force

Question 9

Soft tissue injuries

Answer 9

Injuries to body tissue apart from bone or teeth from internal or external force

Question 10

Overuse injury causes

Answer 10

Excessive, repetitive use, trauma or stress to bones joints, tendons and muscles. Can be caused by poorly designed training schedules

Question 11

What is an indirect injury

Answer 11

Injury from Internal (intrinsic) forces within the body eg over stretching joint beyond normal flexibility, rolling ankle on uneven surface

Question 12

What is a direct injury

Answer 12

And injury caused by an external (extrinsic) force or blow to the body eg a ‘corked’ leg by collision with a knee causing
Haematoma or bruising.
Or fraction of bone caused by impact of a cricket bat

Question 13

Egs of hard tissue injury

Answer 13

Fracture or break of a bone eg in a heavy fall landing on hand and breaking wrist bone.
Periostitis or bleeding between outer lining of bone and the underlying compact bone eg impact to shin as it only has a thin layer of muscle covering.

Question 14

Example of soft tissue injuries

Answer 14

Laserations, burns, blisters to skin

Strains to ligaments or muscles eg tearing hamstring following inadequate warm up

Question 15

RICER

Answer 15

Rest- reduce bleeding and swelling
Ice-reduce pain, bloodflow, swelling
Compression- reduce swelling, bleeding
Elevation-(above level of heart) reduces throbbing, swelling
Referral- doctor, physio, to understand extent of injury