Injury Prevention and EAP

• Factors influencing injury:

  Risk factors (distant):

  • internal risks = predisposed athlete
  • external risks = susceptible athlete

  Mechanisms (proximal):

  • inciting event = injury
• When injury occurs, some type of adaptation follows:

  • positive = no injury
  • negative = injury
• What is one of the most important things to do to prevent injury?

  minimizing activity related injury
• Injury prevention can be characterized by being:

  • primary
  • secondary
  • tertiary
• Primary prevention:

  • stop injury from happening at all

  What do we need to do?

  eliminate the event
• Secondary prevention:

  • things to protect athlete if injurious event happens
  • how can we diminish the effects of the incident
  • includes: sports equipment and proper training
• Tertiary prevention:

  • reduce consequences of injury
  • how can we improve the outcomes
• 3 dimension of prevention:

  • athlete
  • surroundings
  • equipment
• Relationship between injury causation and injury characterization:

  • susceptible athlete = primary
  • exposure to external risks = secondary
  • injury = tertiary
• Legal liability for negligence is dependent on 3 things:

  • a duty of care
  • a breach of standard care
  • damage or injury that results from breach
• What is an emergency action plan?

  a document to be followed in the event of a medical emergency; outlines mutually agreed upon areas of responsibility and methods of delivery
• Charge person:

  • runs the show
  • they make all the decisions
  • job may be handed off when someone with more knowledge arrives
• Control person:

  • keeps people back
  • assists charge person
  • controls the situation/external factors
  • summons call person while charge person is helping the athlete
• Call person:

  • calls EMS
  • knows entrance points
• Key points:

  • preparation is key
  • EAP does not need to be lengthy
  • every program and facility should have an EAP