Unit 1: Prevention and Care of Injury

Question 1

Sprains vs Strains

Answer 1

A sprain is when a ligament is stretched or torn, a strain is when a muscle or tendon is stretched or shortened forcefully.

Question 2

Contusions

Answer 2

Contusions (bruises) are common soft tissue injuries. They are a result of a blow that damages tissue and capillaries and causes loss of fluid and blood.

Question 3

Punctures

Answer 3

Narrow stab wounds to skin or internal organs.

Question 4

Abrasions

Answer 4

Injuries caused by scraping to the outer layer of tissue.

Question 5

What is the most common injury? How many happen per day?

Answer 5

Sprained ankle, 27,000 a day.

Question 6

Why is it easy for injuries to reoccur?

Answer 6

The injured part never goes back to how it was originally, so that part is more susceptible to injuries.

Question 7

What causes pain in injuries?

Answer 7

Swelling

Question 8

What is cartilage?

Answer 8

It covers the ends of bones and reduces shock and friction.

Question 9

Where do cartilage tears often occur?

Answer 9

The knee

Question 10

3 type of concussion

Answer 10

Mild (grade 1), moderate (grade 2), and severe (grade 3).

Question 11

Mild concussion

Answer 11

No loss of consciousness, feeling dazed, symptoms last less than 15 minutes.

Question 12

Moderate concussion

Answer 12

No loss of consciousness, symptoms last longer than 15 minutes.

Question 13

Severe concussion

Answer 13

Loss of consciousness and delayed return to normal. See doctor immediately.

Question 14

Three types of cuts

Answer 14

Lacerations, incisions, avulsions.

Question 15

Laceration

Answer 15

A jagged soft tissue cut caused by a blow from a blunt object.

Question 16

Incision

Answer 16

A smooth cut caused by very sharp glass or metal objects.

Question 16

Avulsion

Answer 16

A forcible separation or detachment by either trauma or surgery.

Question 17

Dehydration

Answer 17

Your body doesn’t have enough water.

Question 18

Heat exhaustion

Answer 18

When your body overheats.

Question 19

Hypothermia

Answer 19

When your body loses heat faster than it can produce it.

Question 20

Frostbite

Answer 20

An injury caused by freezing of the skin and underlying tissues.

Question 21

R.I.C.E.

Answer 21

(Active) Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation.

Question 22

Tendons vs Ligaments

Answer 22

A tendon is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that usually connects muscle to bone, a ligament is a band of connective tissue that connects a bone to a bone.

Question 23

What causes are bodies to move?

Answer 23

Muscles pulling on joints.

Question 24

Dislocation

Answer 24

The separation of two bones where they meet at a joint.

Question 25

Atrophy

Answer 25

The decrease in muscle mass because of disuse or damaging nerves.

Question 26

Proprioception

Answer 26

The sense of one’s self in space.

Question 27

Hinge joint vs Ball and socket joint

Answer 27

A hinge joint is a bone joint where the bones can move in only one plane, and a ball and socket joint is where the bone is capable of motion in a rotation movement and an indefinite number of axes.

Question 28

Dehydration symptoms

Answer 28

Muscle cramping, sweating, fever, and vomiting or diarrhea.

Question 29

When is it heat stroke instead of heat exhaustion?

Answer 29

Your body reaches 104 F or higher.

Question 30

Heat exhaustion symptoms

Answer 30

Dizziness, excessive sweating, nausea, and weak pulse.

Question 31

Hypothermia symptoms

Answer 31

Shivering, confusion, slower speech, sleepiness, stiffness, slow heart rate.

Question 32

Frostbite symptoms

Answer 32

Itching, blisters, redness, and infection.