Sports Medicine

A condition in which the heart stops beating suddenly and unexpectedly.

• pulse

• cardiac arrest

• stroke

• hyperthermia

Symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest in athletes include:

• chest pain with exercise

• new onset fatugue

• palpitations or the heart racing for no reason

• All answers are correct

The first thing you should do if you suspect an athlete is going into cardiac arrest is:

• defibrillation with an AED

• CPR

• Call 911

If someone has a heart attack, he or she will always experience chest pain that radiates into the left arm.

• TRUE

• FALSE

In more and more places, you will be seeing emergency devices designed to shock a person's heart back into a normal rhythm during certain cardiac emergencies. These devices are known as:

• Biventricular Pacemakers

• Automatic External Defibrillators(AEDs)

• LifeSticks

• Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs)

If someone is in cardiac arrest, something that may be used to help them is

• Aspirin

• EKG

• AED

• CAD

CPR stands for Cardiopulmonary__________

• respiration

• resuscitation

• reactivation

• I don't know

A condition that occurs when the body cannot maintain homeostasis and the body temperature begins to rise.

• hypothermia

• hyperthermia

• cardiac arrest

• heat exhaustion

Heat syncope is also called

• fainting

• heat exhaustion

• heat stress

• hyperthermia

A condition of near-total body collapse where the athlete experiences difficulty dissipating the heat.

• heat stress

• heat exhaustion

• heat stroke

• hypothermia