Sports Medicine Careers
This professional provides immediate care for athletic injuries and works with athletes on injury prevention, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation.
What is an Athletic Trainer (AT)?
A group of professionals who work together to care for an athlete.
What is the athlete healthcare team?
The first thing you should check before helping an injured athlete.
What is scene safety?
The acronym for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
What is CPR?
Following these helps prevent injuries and protect athletes.
What are safety procedures/protocols?
This professional helps athletes regain movement, strength, and function following an injury.
What is a Physical Therapist (PT)?
The professional who diagnoses medical conditions and injuries.
What is a physician/doctor?
The process of determining what happened to an injured athlete.
What is an assessment?
The device used to analyze a heart rhythm and deliver a shock if needed.
What is an AED?
This should be worn when dealing with blood or other potentially infectious materials.
What are gloves/PPE?
This healthcare professional can examine patients, diagnose conditions, develop treatment plans, and work under the supervision or collaboration of a physician, depending on the practice setting.
What is a Physician Assistant (PA)?
This member of the healthcare team may help an athlete deal with stress, anxiety, or other mental health concerns.
What is a sports psychologist/mental health professional?
When an athlete has a serious injury, this should be activated as quickly as possible.
The first thing you should do when you find someone who is unresponsive.
What is check responsiveness/assess the person?
This type of equipment can help protect an athlete from injury during participation.
What is protective equipment?
This professional focuses on improving an athlete's physical abilities through training, conditioning, strength, speed, and performance development.
What is a Performance Coach?
The reason multiple professionals are involved in an athlete's care is because each has a different area of ______.
What is expertise?
Before providing care, you should make sure the area is safe for both you and the ______.
What is the rescuer/helper?
This should be used as soon as it is available when a cardiac emergency requires it.
What is an AED?
This type of exposure is a major reason sports medicine professionals use gloves and other protective equipment.
What is bloodborne pathogen exposure?
This emergency medical professional provides care at the scene of an injury or medical emergency and may provide advanced life support while transporting a patient to a medical facility.
What is an EMT/Paramedic?
The athlete's healthcare team works together primarily to protect this while helping the athlete return to participation.
What is the athlete's health and safety?
An athlete is unconscious after a collision. Before focusing on the injury itself, you should first assess this.
What is responsiveness/consciousness?
For an unresponsive person who is not breathing normally, these two emergency actions should be started as quickly as possible.
What is CPR and use of an AED?
An athlete wants to return to play but is still experiencing significant symptoms. The safest response is to prioritize this over winning the game.
What is the athlete's health and safety?