Sports Medicine Class #1
What is the Sports Medicine Instagram Handle? It's been on every slide thus far.
@riordan_sportsmed
What can we wear as protection when dealing with athletes
Gloves
After an athlete is injured, what might we place on them?
Ice
206 bones
Name three settings an athletic trainer can work in
Colleges, Professional Teams, High Schools, Police Departments, Hospitals.
Where did Anthony Complete his undergraduate degree?
Foothill Community College
Or
San Jose State University
Can you use the same pair of bloody gloves twice?
How do we take the air out of an ice bag?
Suck the air out
Finger jams
Name four members of the sports medicine team
Doctors, Athletic Trainers, Strength and Conditioning, Coaches, Athletes, Physical Therapist, Parents.
What is the definition of Sports Medicine we talked about during Class #1
“Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise.”
Why do we wear gloves when dealing with Blood
To prevent transmission of blood from athlete to caregiver
What does RICE stand for?
Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation
Why do we use the glue before applying Steri-Strips?
To make sure the Steri-Strip stays and does not come off.
Supplies needed to tape a wrist? What is Pre-Wrap
Pre-Wrap, White Athletic Tape.
Pre-Wrap is applied before the white athletic tape as a protective barrier. So we don't tare off hairs.
What Sports at Stanford University did Anthony work with?
Football
Stanford Football
What is the difference between the two Gauze Pads? And what are the two used for.
One is used for cleaning/stopping the bleeding
The second one, and used for placing antibiotic on before covering the wound
What is the longest amount of time we keep ice for? Why do we not ice for longer than this time frame?
No Longer than 20 Minutes of ice.
Ice Burns can be harmful and painful.
When do we use Steri Strips?
When a cut/laceration splits the skin in two.
When taping a wrist, what can we do to make sure it doesn't get too tight for our athletes?
Have them spread their hands and we can have them push their finger tips into our chest
What is the name of Anthony's dog?
CeCe
Demonstrate how to properly remove gloves that are now contaminated
Demonstration
What is the purpose of ice? and why do we wrap it on our athletes?
Ice slows down the injury process and swelling processes.
We wrap ice on our athlete for compression.
Why do we want our vacuums splints to lose air when we are blowing them up?
We want to insure that the suspected injury stays stabilized and stays as still as possible.
What are the two purposes of a wrist tape? How to we tape a high wrist tape? What do we want to cover when taping wrist?
Limit wrist extension, too look good.
Tear drop method.
Ball of our wrist.