This is usually refered to as a clinical syndrome characterized by immediate and transient impairment of neurologic function secondary to mechanical forces.
What is a concussion?
100
This is the number of cervical vertebrae present in a human.
What is 7?
100
This is something that a coach should never do if a head or neck injury is supected.
What is remove the helmet?
100
The adult human has this number of teeth.
What is 32?
100
This is a good way to remove a foreign object that can be seen in the eye.
What is a moist cotton swab?
200
This is the number of cranial nerves that are usually assessed when an athlete is suspected of having a concussion.
What is 12?
200
This is the number of cervical nerves present in a human.
What is 8?
200
If an airway needed to be established, this would be the best thing to do in the case of a helmeted player.
What is remove the facemask?
200
This is the first step in controlling a nose bleed.
What is pinch the nostrils together?
200
If an auricula hematoma is not properly treated this can occur.
What is cauliflower ear?
300
This injury occurs when an athlete who has sustained an initial head injury, most often a concussion, then sustains a second head injury before symtoms associated with the first have fully cleared. It can result in permanent damage and even death.
What is second impact syndrome?
300
These are the two mechanisms of injury that cause an athlete to suffer from a "stinger".
What is compression and traction (stretching)?
300
This should always be done if a suspected head or neck injury is suspected, to ensure alignment of the spine.
What is stabilized the head and neck?
300
This is the most commong mechanism of injury involving the teeth.
What are direct blows?
300
Seeing floating particles inside the eye, distorted vision, and abrupt changes in the amount of light seen could all be early signs and symptoms of this.
What is a detached retina?
400
These are 3 of the behavioral signs that you would look for.
What is vacant stare, delayed verbal & motor responses, inability to focus, disorientation, slurred or incoherent speech, gross incoordination, heightened emotions, memory deficits?
400
This mechanism of injury is believed to cause the majority of serious cervical spine injuries.
What is axial loading?
400
This is the minimum recommended number of people needed to spine board an athlete.
What is 5?
400
This is the best form of dental protection in sports.
What is a custom fit mouth guard?
400
These three things should be present in a coaches first aid kit for people with contact lenses.
What is commercially prepared wetting solution, a contact lense case, and a small mirror?
500
This injru occurs when the head is moving and stops abruptly, for example, when a tackle is made in football, while the brain keeps moving in the skull, subsequently being compressed on the side opposite from the initial impact.
What is a contrecoup injury?
500
This is the nerve that is affected when an athlete suffers a "stinger".
What is the brachial plexus?
500
This is what an evaluater would ask the athlete to do if they were checking for extremity strength on an athlete suspect of a head and or neck injury.
What is ask the athlete to dorsiflex the feet and squeeze the examiners fingers without movement of the spine or neck?
500
This is the action you would take if an athletic has an avulsed tooth.
What is place the tooth in a commercially prepared solution or sterile saline?
500
When an athlete receives a blow to the eye and presents with difficulty moving the eyeball, diplopia, rapid swelling above the eye, ecchymosis and posible deformity, this would be suspected.