Sports Medicine FQ1 Revision

A hockey player collides heavily with an opponent and breaks her wrist. What type of injury is this?

• Direct injury to hard tissue

• Indirect injury to hard tissue

• Overuse injury to soft tissue

• Direct injury to soft tissue

What is the most appropriate treatment for a skin abrasion?

• Immediate bandaging of the wound

• Immobilisation and use of an ice pack

• Gentle cleansing and sterilisation of the wound

• No treatment

What does RICER stand for?

• Rest, immobilise, compression, elevation, referral

• Respond, ice, compression, elevation, review

• Rest, ice, compression, emergency, referral

• Rest, ice, compression, elevation, referral

What are the main steps in the TOTAPS regime?

• Touch, observe, talk, active movement, passive movement, safety test

• Talk, observe, touch, active movement, passive movement, skills test

• Talk, observe, treat, active movement, passive movement, skills test

• Treat, observe, touch, active movement, play, safety test

What type of injury is a stress fracture?

• Direct injury

• Overuse injury

• Psychological injury

• A contusion

Soft tissue injuries are those that occur in muscles, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, skin, blood vessels, organs, nerves?

• True

• False

Ice should not be applied to cuts and badly damaged skin

• True

• False

Identify the 3 stages through which a soft tissue injury progresses as part of the healing process

How would you manage a fracture?