Documentation and Ethics
This principle states that if you did not write it down, it didn’t happen.
What is record keeping OR documentation?
This 1974 law safeguards student education records.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
This type of insurance is essential for sports medicine professionals to protect against malpractice claims.
What is malpractice insurance?
This individual is responsible for setting a good example of behavior for athletes.
Who is the coach?
The emergence of physical therapy in the U.S. was influenced by these two historic events.
What are World War I and the polio epidemic?
This written standard for behavior, morals, and conduct guides professionals in sports medicine.
What is a code of ethics?
This federal regulation enacted in 1996 protects sensitive health information.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
This legal standard measures the care and skill expected of professionals in similar situations.
What is the standard of care?
Athletic trainers should develop this plan to avoid legal issues during emergencies.
What is an emergency action plan?
This individual is known as the “Father of Medicine.”
Who is Hippocrates?
Failure to provide reasonable care, resulting in injury, is referred to as this.
What is negligence?
This term refers to the legal responsibility to perform duties in a reasonable manner.
What is liability?
This is the process of reducing the potential for injury in sports.
What is risk management?
This allows patients to make decisions about their healthcare and providers.
What is informed consent from Patients' Bill of Rights?
The first National Athletic Training Clinic was held by this organization.
What is the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA)?
Keeping detailed records helps establish this for athletes who participate in sports.
What is assumption of risk?
A wrongful act resulting in injury to another person or property is called this.
What is a tort?
If an athletic trainer keeps accurate paperwork, they avoid this legal issue.
What is liability from assumption of risk?
Athletes must sign these forms before participating in sports to acknowledge risks. (Name 2)
What are assumption of risk forms, emergency consent forms, pre-participation physicals, injury assessments, liability waivers, administered treatment, parental/guardian consent forms, insurance documents & liability release forms?
This individual is known as the “Father of Sports Medicine.”
Herodicus