Intro to Sports Medicine

Define the term Sports Medicine?

Field of medicine concerned with athletic injuries, including their prevention, diagnosis, and treatment

Define the term Athletic Training?

Health care profession specializing in preventing, recognizing, managing and rehabilitating athletic injuries

Define the term Exercise Science?

Study of movement and the associated functional responses and adaptations

Define the term Team Physician?

Individual ultimately responsible for supervising and directing the total health care of the athlete

Define the term Certified Athletic Trainer?

Health care professional specializing in preventing, recognizing, managing and rehabilitating athletic injuries

Define the term Orthopedics?

Branch of medicine concerned with the correction or prevention of skeletal deformities

Define the term Physical Therapist?

Medical professional that rehabilitates athletic injuries by physical and mechanical means

Define the term Emergency Medical Technician?

A specially trained medical technician certified to provide basic emergency services

List common employment setting for Sports Medicine professionals?

Professional sports

hospitals

clinic

industrial/occupational settings

military

equipment sales

physician extenders

school districts

colleges

2ndary schools

List common professions found under the "Sports Medicine Umbrella"?

Exercise Physiology, Athletic Training, Physician, Physical therapist/and PTA, Occupational therapists/and OTA, sports psychologists and strength and conditioning specialists, Dietitian, Massotherapist,

What is goal of the NATA?

To enhance the quality of health care for athletes and to advance the profession of athletic training.

What is goal of the National Strength and Conditioning Association?

To facilitate a professional exchange of ideas in strength development as it relates to the improvement of athletic performance.

What is goal of the National Academy of Sports Medicine?

Focuses on the development, refinement and implementation of educational programs for fitness, performance and sports medicine professionals.

List some personal qualities expected of the Sports Medicine professional?

Stamina and the ability to adapt

Empathy

Sense of humor

Communication

Intellectual curiosity

Ethical practice

Professional memberships

Major concern on the part of the ATC should be?

The injured athlete

List the people an sports medicine professional must keep involved when an athlete is hurt?

Parents/guardians, coaches, administration, physician, other healthcare professionals involved.

Who sets the guidelines for requirements for certification as an Athletic Trainer?

Board of certification (NATA-BOC)

Define the term HIPAA?

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Federal law that regulates dissemination of health information and protects patient's privacy and limits the people who could gain access to medical records.