Sports Medicine Careers
The multidisciplinary approach to healthcare for those involved in exercise and sports is known as what?
Sports Medicine
What is one type of non-traditional employment settings for athletic trainers?
Armed forces, performing arts, industrial, public safety, corporate
Which protective act regulates how health personnel can share private health information and guarantees that patients have access to their medical records?
Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act (HIPAA)
Which form of state regulation requires that a person pay a fee and register as an athletic trainer in their chosen state before they can practice?
Registration
Legal wrongs committed against the person or property of another are referred to as what?
Torts
Which individual is responsible for actively participating in the prevention and treatment of injuries, providing an athlete's medical history, and ensuring proper nutrition for their athlete?
Parents
What year did S.E. Bilik publish The Trainers Bible?
1917
A parent asking a school for access to their child's academic records is allowed under which protective act?
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Which of the four levels of state regulation for athletic trainers is the strictest?
Licensure
The failure to use ordinary or reasonable care is known as what?
Negligence
A specialist who designs and implements safe and effective strength and conditioning programs for individual clients is known as what?
Certified Personal Trainer
What year did the NATA hold its first official conference in Kansas City, Missouri?
1950
How many components or parts are there in a pre-participation exam?
6
Which legal protection provides a limited amount of protection against legal liability to any individual who voluntarily chooses to provide first aid to an injured or sick person?
Good Samaritan Law
An individual that commits an act that is not legally theirs to perform is known as what?
Malfeasance
Which sports medicine specialists have job responsibilities such as working on goal setting, helping athletes with visualization, and working with athletes returning from injury on mental skills?
Sports Psychologist
Providing cupping treatment to an athlete falls under which domain of athletic training?
Domain 4: Therapeutic Intervention
The information that the athletic trainer gathers during an evaluation, such as range of motion, strength levels, and patterns of pain is known as what?
Objective information
Athletic trainers are responsible for teaching all coaches and sporting event staff CPR and basic first aid before the sports season begins. During the winter, the athletic trainer becomes busy with other tasks and forgets to hold their seasonal training session. During the season, an athlete is injured in practice and the coaches are unsure how to respond. Which tort is applicable in this scenario?
Nonfeasance
The basketball team is going to a local trampoline park as a team bonding activity before the season begins. Before they can enter the building, they all must sign papers stating that the park is not responsible for any injuries the athletes may suffer while there. Which legal protection is relevant here?
Assumption of Risk
Which certifying council was founded in 1987 and provides educational credentials for fitness, sports performance, and sports medicine professionals?
National Academy of Sports Medicine
Completing documentation of all injury evaluations performed by the athletic trainer during the day falls under which domain of athletic training?
Domain 5: Healthcare Administration and Professional Responsibilities
If an athletic trainer is completing a SOAP note on the injury they just evaluated, in which part of the note would they include the athlete's short- and long-term goals for recovery?
A teacher is questioned regarding their response when a student in their class with a peanut allergy consumed a granola bar containing peanuts. The student’s family claims that the teacher was negligent because they sent the student to the nurse rather than administering their epi-pen. However, the charges against the teacher are quickly dismissed. Which legal protection is relevant here?
Sovereign Immunity
One day after practice, an athletic trainer notices their track coach talking to an athlete next to the coach’s car. When the athletic trainer approaches the pair, they overhear them talking about an athlete’s injury. The coach is heard offering the athlete advice about how to handle their pain and urges them not to see the athletic trainer so they can still play in the game on Friday. Which tort is applicable in this scenario?
Malfeasance