What is the difference between hard tissue and soft tissue?
Hard tissue is bone, soft tissue is muscles, skin, ligaments and tendons
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What is ONE sign or symptom of a heart attack?
feel short of breath
feel nauseous
have a cold sweat
feel dizzy or light-headed
tightness in chest
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What does the C in RICER stand for?
Compression
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What is the difference between a fracture and a dislocation?
Fractures are a crack/break in a bone whereas dislocation is when a bone slips out of the joint
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What does STOP and TOTAPS stand for?
Stop Talk Observe Prevent
Talk Observe Touch Active movement Passive movement Skills Test
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Name one example of a soft tissue injury?
Cuts, bruises, sprains, strains,
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If someone is suspected to be unconscious and you have performed 30 compressions and 2 breaths on them, what does CPR stand for?
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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T or F: RICER is only used for hard tissue injuries
False, it is ONLY used for soft tissue injuries
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What is two signs and symptoms of dislocations?
Deformity, pain, redness, swelling, brusing
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T or F: STOP and TOTAPS is used to assess sporting injuries
TRUE
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Name two examples of hard tissue injuries?
Dislocations and fractures
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What is the name of the condition where the muscles in the airways tighten and the lining of the airways swells and produces sticky mucus, making it difficult for them to breathe.
Asthma
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Why do you need to apply ICE to the injury?
Reduce swelling, pain, muscle spasm
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How can a concussion occur? What sport would have a high number of concussion injuries?
NRL, boxing, AFL, union
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If the casualty has a blocked airway how can you open it up? You roll them into the...
Recovery position
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If an athlete has a suspected dislocation, what should you do?
Check for a response
Do not try to put it back
Call First Aid officer
or Dial 000 for ambulance
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T or F: If someone was experiencing a heart attack you give them 1 aspirin tablet (but not if they are allergic to it)
True
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Ice should be applied to the injury for ____ minutes, every __ hours, for the first 48-72 hours.
What are the two missing numbers?
15-20 minutes, every 2 hours
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If you have a muscle cramp, how can you treat it?
Stretch, massage, icepack, medication
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What are some skills you could test a volleyball player who has just had a shoulder injury?
Try to serve, dig, set or spike the ball
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What is the name of the acronym used to manage SOFT TISSUE injuries? _ _ _ _ _
RICER
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If someone is experiencing EPILEPSY and having a seizure. Should you try to stop them?
No, you should allow them to continue to have the seizure and call 000 if it lasts longer than 5 minutes
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What does RICER stand for?
Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation, Referral
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What is the difference between a closed and an open fracture?
The broken bone has not pierced the skin
Open fracture is where the broken bone has pierced the skin #eww