Vocab
A body position in which the athlete lies flat with their chest down and back up.
What is prone?
What is prone position?
A body position in which the athlete lies flat with their face and torso facing up.
What is supine?
What is supine position?
The assessment type used to rule out life-threatening injuries.
What is the primary survey?
Airway, breathing, and circulation.
What are the ABCs?
The written procedure that establishes how the ATC and coach should respond to different emergencies.
What is an EAP?
What is an Emergency Action Plan?
The set of rules set forth by OSHA that require glove use when encountering body fluids, which should always be considered infectious.
What are universal precautions?
The assessment type used to gather more specific information about an injury from the injured athlete.
What is the secondary assessment?
A method of artificially circulating blood and oxygen through the system of someone whose heart and lungs have stopped functioning.
What is CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)?
Dark red bleeding with continuous flow.
What is venous bleeding?
Bleeding from tissue that is reddish in color.
What is a capillary bleed?
A life-threatening condition occurs when the body does not get enough blood flow.
What is shock?
A device used to cardiovert, or shock the heart back to normal rhythm.
What is an AED (automated external defibrillator)?
This is used when an athlete cannot bear any weight on their injured leg.
What is the tripod crutch gait?
Check, call, and care.
What are the three C's the coach should follow?
Assistive devices for mobility.
What is ambulatory aid?
This is permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequences, typically given to a doctor or ATC for treatment with full knowledge of the possible risks.
What is informed consent?
An unconscious athlete who cannot give the ATC permission to treat. The ATC will follow this instead.
What is implied consent?
The method for treating a sprained ankle?
What is PRICE?
What is RICE?
This is when ABCs should be established.
What is during the primary survey?
Heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, skin color, presence of pain
What are vital signs?
The step-by-step means of going through an off-field assessment
What is HOPS?
This is the first-aid procedure used to treat upper airway obstructions (choking). Vocab word only.
What is the standing abdominal thrust?
The restoration of an athlete's breathing through the use of manual resuscitators.
What is artificial resuscitation?
100-120 beats per minute.
What is how many compressions to give during CPR?
This is used when an athlete can bear some weight on both legs.
What is the four-point crutch gait?