Sports Medicine HOSA-Immediate and Emergency Care

Anorexia Nervosa

An eating disorder in which an irrational fear of weight gain leads people to starve themselves

Bulimia

Binge and purge

Female Athlete Triad

disordered eating, amenorrhea, osteoporosis

Ergogenic Aid

A product used in an attempt to enhance performance, including some food supplements.

Stimulants

Drugs that speed up the central nervous system

Narcotics

Specific drugs that are obtainable only by prescription and are used to relieve pain

Anabolic Steroids

Drugs that mimic the male sex hormone testosterone and promote bone and muscle growth

Diuretics

Drugs that elevate the rate of bodily urine excretion

Human Growth Hormone

hGH

Hormone produced in the pituitary gland and is released to regulate growth.

Anesthetics

Drugs that kill pain, with or without producing loss of consciousness

Creatine

supplement used to build muscle mass by making more ATP

Avulsions

When skin or tissue is partly or completely torn away.

Abrasions

Scrapes

Puncture

(n.) a small hole made by a sharp object; (v.) to make such a hole, pierce

Incision

a surgical cut made in skin or flesh

Laceration

Jagged wound

Tnea

Ring worm

Impetigo

a contagious bacterial skin infection forming pustules and yellow, crusty sores.

MRSA

bacteria "Super Bug"

Hernia

abnormal protrusion of bowel through weakening in abdominal musculature

Appendicitis

Inflammation of the appendix

Ruptured Spleen

Abdominal injury characterized by pain in the upper left quadrant and Kehr's Sign.

Seizures

Seizure disorder/Epilepsy

A disease that prevents the body from converting food into energy

Diabetes (A disease that ___)

Anaphylatic Shock

is the result of a severe allergic reaction caused by food, insect stings, or drugs

chronic respiratory disease where air passageways become narrower than normal

Asthma

Heat Stroke

Hot dry skin. All other s/s are exterional

Heat Cramp

spastic contraction of a voluntary muscle sometimes precipitated by dehydration and salt depletion

Heat Exhaustion

A form of physical stress on the body caused by overheating

Hypothermia

Abnormally low body temperature

Frost Bite

damage to tissues as the result of exposure to cold, frozen body parts

Cryotherapy

Therapeutic use of cold

Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance

Stages of Depression after a injury