PESS Ch 1/2

The athletic trainer is most directly responsible for all phases of health care in an athletic environment EXCEPT:

• Prevention of athletic injuries

• Diagnosis of athletic injuries

• First aid and injury management

• Implementation of prescribed rehabilitation

Which would not be considered an appropriate injury-prevention strategy adopted by an athletic trainer?

• Coordinating the administration of comprehensive physical examinations and

       pre-participation screenings of all athletes

• Prescribing daily vitamin supplementation for all athletes

• First aid and injury managementImplementing appropriate training and conditioning programs for all athletes

• Selecting and fitting any necessary protective equipment for all athletes

Which of the following performance domains includes the athletic trainer’s responsibility to educate others?

• Prevention of Athletic Injuries

• Professional Responsibilities

• Immediate Care of Athletic Injuries

• Clinical Evaluation and Diagnosis

The primary members of the Sports Medicine Team consists of all the following EXCEPT:

• Coach

• Nurse

• Athletic Trainer

• Team Physician

Which of the following performance domains includes explaining proper nutrition?                      

• Professional Responsibilities

• Prevention of Athletic Injuries

• Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Reconditioning

• Organization and Administration

The _ is directly responsible for preventing injuries by seeing that student athletes have undergone a preventive injury conditioning program.

• Athletic Trainer

• Coach

• Team Physician

• Exercise Physiologist

A basketball player suffers a grade 2 (stretching and slight tearing of a ligament) ankle sprain during midseason of the competitive schedule.  After a 3-week course of rehabilitation, most of the pain and swelling have been eliminated.  The athlete is anxious to get back to practice and competitive games as soon as possible, and subsequent injuries to other players have put pressure on the coach to force the athlete’s return.  Unfortunately the athlete is still unable to perform functional tasks (cutting and jumping) essential to basketball.

 

Who is responsible for making the decision regarding when the athlete can fully return to practice and game situations?

The Coach

The Athletic Trainer

The Team Physician

All of the above

• Athletic Trainer

• Coach

• Team Physician

• The Athlete

• All are responsible

The National Athletic Trainers Association was founded in 1950.

• True

• False

Frequently the team physician is the first person to evaluate an injury that an athlete has experienced on the field.

• True

• False

Counseling the athletes on emotional and social problems is not a function of an athletic trainer.

• True

• False