Sports Medicine 1 Final Exam 2021 Spring

When evaluating an unconscious athlete you would first:

• Look for the possibility of impaired breathing
• Roll the athlete face up and start CPR
• Call a physician
• Remove any protective equipment such as a helmet

In giving emergency treatment for a heat stroke victim a rescuer should direct efforts at:

• lowering the body temperature with ice tub immersion and transporting the victim to the hospital via ambulance
• replacing the athletes fluids quickly
• calling an ambulance
• lowering the victim's body temperature by use of cool sponges

A heat disorder caused by prolonged sweating, diarrhea, and inadequate replacement of fluid losses is:

• heat exhaustion
• heat stroke
• heat cramps
• hypothermia

Which Senate Bill in Arizona allows Athletic Trainers to clear an athlete from a concussion?

• SB2151
• SB1521
• SB5112
• SB1251

If the flash to bang is 15 seconds, how far away is lightning occurring?

• 6 miles
• 3 miles
• 1 mile
• 5 miles

If you are out on the soccer practice field and you see lightning, what should you do?

• crouch down on the field
• stop the activity and seek shelter
• wait to see another bolt before leaving the field
• once you see the bolt listen for thunder to see how far the storm is from the field and stay outside

A psychrometer is used to determine?

• wind chill
• humidity
• heat index
• level of dehydration

Heat is eliminated by the body in all of the following ways except:

• Conduction
• Evaporation
• Radiation
• Conversion

Which of the following conditions is caused by peripheral vasodilation of the superficial vessels, hypotension, or a pooling of blood in the extremities and results in dizziness, fainting and nausea?

• Heat stroke
• Heat exhaustion
• Heat cramps
• Heat syncope

Which of the following is the most effective means that the body has to dissipate heat when the temperature and radiant heat of the environment are higher than the body temperature?

• Conduction
• Radiation
• Convection
• Evaporation