EAP
How often should EAPs be reviewed and practiced?
Once a year
The initial check includes assessments of what?
vital functions as breathing, airway, and severe bleeding.
What are the three steps of a physical exam?
History, observation, palpation
The act of feeling with the hands for the purpose of determining the consistency of the part beneath.
What is palpation?
Condition involving the failure to maintain adequate circulation to vital organs, usually related to blood loss.
Hypovolemic shock
Members of the emergency team should renew First Aid and CPR training how often?
Every 2 years
Proper planning is essential to ensure appropriate what?
Initial first aid management of an injury.
What should you avoid doing during the physical exam?
Pain produced when an injury site is palpated.
What is Point tenderness?
How to treat shock?
lie down, elevate legs about 8-12 inches, calm athlete, and monitor vital signs
Who are the members of the emergency team?
Coaches, admin, team physician, local EMS staff, AT.
If the person is not breathing and spinal or head injury is suspected, what technique should be used to open the airway?
Jaw thrusts
What does HOP stand for?
History, observation, palpation
Involves objective evidence of an abnormal situation within the body
What is a sign?
Usually obvious bleeding, can be controlled with direct pressure, elevation, and pressure bandage.
What is External Hemorrhage?
An effective EAP should include what?
What roles people have, where is emergency equipment, and route to where injured player is.
When giving care to an unconscious athlete what should you do?
Assume serious head/neck injury and stabilize, contact EMS first, collect info about injury from bystanders, recognize that the main priority is basic life support
What does SOAP stand for?
Subjective, objective, assessment, and plan
Subjective evidence of an abnormal situation within the body.
What is a symptom?
Is difficult to detect, first signs of this are hypovolemic shock
What is internal hemorrage?
Failure to have an EAP in place has been found to constitute what?
negligence in litigation resulting from a sports injury.
What are the parts of the neurological evaluation AVPU scale?
Alert and aware, Responds to verbal stimulus, responds to painful stimulus, unresponsive to any stimulus.
While the physical exam progresses, the coach should cont to monitor what?
Signs of breathing and circulation
Checking a victim of an emergency for signs and symptoms associated with injury or illness.
What is the physical exam?
Rapid weak pulse, rapid shallow breathing, moist clammy- feeling skin, and blue skin inside lips and under nail beds.
What are signs of shock?