sports med Flashcards
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Frontal Lobe
Problem solving, emotion, language
Parietal Lobe
Sensation, taste, touch
Temporal Lobe
Hearing
Occipital Lobe
Vision, color
Cerebellum
Little Brain
Cerebellum function
Balance and coordination, quick processing
Brainstem
Pons and medulla
Brainstem function
Breathing, swallowing, heart rate
What connects the two hemispheres?
Corpus callosum
What is the Corpus callosum?
A band of nerve fibers
What does the left hemisphere control?
The right side of the body
What do the two hemispheres do?
Exchange information
Sport related concussion
Trauma induced alteration in mental status may involve loss of consciousness
Primary Impact
Coup
Secondary Impact
Contrecoup
Coup
Brain strikes the skull on the side of impact
Contrecoup
Impact posterior area of skull
Concussion duration
7-10 days
ABC’s
Airway, breathing, circulation
Primary Survey
Unconscious
Secondary Survey
Conscious
HOPS
History, observation, palpation, special tests
SOAP
Subjective, objective, assessment, plan
MOI
Mechanism of injury