Just Use Your Head!
The imaging technique best used to examine bony deformities or injuries.
X-ray
T or F: Concussions are considered a traumatic brain injury.
True!
These healthcare professionals are often found on the sideline at a variety of athletic events.
What is Athletic Trainer?
The first step of taking a BP.
What is having the patient place both feet flat on the floor?
The bony part of the skull that surrounds the brain.
What is the cranium?
The lobe of the brain found at the front of the skull.
What is the frontal lobe?
What bone is at the front part of the skull and can cause trauma to the brain during a TBI?
What is the frontal bone?
The healthy range for a heart rate (in beats per minute).
What is 60-100 BPM?
The "jaw bone"
What is the mandible?
These are commong concussion symptoms (list at least 2).
What is loss of conciousness, dizziness, headache, confusion, difficulty concentrating, vision changes, nausea/vomiting, ringing ears
This requires a graduate degree in a program that typically lasts 2 years.
What is athletic training?
The healthy baseline for blood pressure.
What is 120/80?
The big hole at the base of the skull.
What is the foramen magnum?
The name of the sideline screening test for concussions
What is SCAT 6?
The Lachman test is used to evaluate which ligament in the knee?
What is the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament)?
The fancy word for fast heart rate.
What is tachycardia?
The bone may be referred to as the "cheek bone"
What is the zygomatic bone?
What should pupils do (in a normal, healthy patient) when light is shone into them?
What is constrict
The physician who is generally hailed as the founder of osteopathy.
Who is AT Still?
What does spirometry measure?
What is how much air you can breathe in and out of your lungs, as well as how easily and fast you can the blow the air out of your lungs.