The Athletic Trainer & The Sports Medicine Team
Legal Concerns
Injury Terminology
100

Who is at the center of a sports medicine team?

Who is the athlete?

100

What kind of tort occurs if an individual commits an act of omission?

What is a nonfeasance?

100

What is the term for backside in the anatomical position?

What is posterior?

200

Who makes the final decision on disqualifications or return to play??

Who is the team physician?

200

What is the term for failing to provide the standard of care expected of a professional

What is negligence?

200

The skin is ______ to the skeletal bones?

What is superficial?

300

Who is the most directly responsible for all phases of health care in an athletics environment?

Who is an athletic trainer?

300

What does HIPAA stand for?

What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?

300

The heart is _____ to the shoulder?

What is medial?

400

What professions make up a basic sports medicine team?

What is an athletic trainer, team physician, coach, and athlete?

400

What must a plaintiff prove to establish negligence in a legal case?

What is duty of care, breach of duty, causation, and damages?

400

Which plane is also called the “horizontal plane”?

What is the transverse plane?

500

What is the definition of sports medicine?

What is a broad field of health care related to physical activity and sport?

500

What is the definition of "sovereign immunity" in the context of sports medicine?

What is the legal protection for public employees against liability for negligence?

500

To make a banana split, you halve a banana into two long, thin, right and left sides along what plane?

What is the sagittal or midsagittal plane?