Slides 1: EMS and Sports Medicine Team

• network of community resources and medical personnel?

  EMS
• purpose of ______ is to bring rapid medical care to a victim with a life-threatening injury or illness?

  EMS
• the survival and recovery of critically injured or ill victims depends on what three main steps?

  early recognition and response, early activation of EMS, care provided before advanced medical personnel
• what are the next three steps that determine survival and recovery of critically injured or ill victims (not focus in class)?

  pre-hospital care, hospital care, rehabilitation
• who responds during early recognition and response by activating EMS?

  lay responder
• who is not required to assist during early recognition and response?

  lay responder
• what is it called when others do not respond because they expect the other people around them to respond to an emergency?

  bystander effect
• if there are more people around, the likeliness of care for the injured person goes?

  down
• who is required by law to respond during early recognition and response during an emergency?

  professional responder
• professional responders have a _____ ____ ____ during an emergency that is required by law?

  duty to act
• early activation of EMS occurs when?

  lay responder calls 911
• what info do you provide to EMS?

  name, situation, number of people involved, location and directions, what treatment is being given
• you should do what when calling 911 to activate EMS once you have provided all necessary info?


  wait for dispatcher to tell you what to do
• a layperson provides care until advanced personnel arrives through?

  stay, monitor, adjust care, inform advanced personnel
• once you begin care, you must continue until?

  unsafe or EMS arrive
• care by what group is more advanced training and better able to assess needs and treat more effectively than a lay responder?

  professional rescuer
• what are examples of a professional rescuer?

  police officers, fire fighters, lifeguards, ATs
• professional rescuers have a ____ ____ ____ when on the job?

  duty to respond
• professional rescuers must ____ their response?

  plan
• professional rescuers must know their limits of care aka?

  scope of practice
• professional rescuers ensure _____ of themselves, team members, and bystanders?

  safety
• professional rescuers assess the scene to gain what to victim?

  safe access
• professional rescuers must determine if there are any _____ to victim's life?

  threats
• professional rescuers summon who if needed?

  advanced medical personnel
• pre-hospital care starts with arrival of?

  EMTs
• provide more advanced care and life support techniques?

  EMTs
• EMTs have a ____ level of training?

  tiered
• most advanced level of EMT?

  paramedic
• when arriving at hospital, where does patient go to first?

  ER
• purpose of this is to return victim to their previous state of health or optimal health based on conditions?

  rehabilitation
• primary players on the sports medicine team?

  physician, coach, athletic trainer, athlete
• most directly responsible for all phases of health care in an athletic environment?

  athletic trainer
• ATs prevent and evaluate?

  injuries
• ATs provide what two things?

  initial first aid and injury managgement
• ATs design and supervise?

  rehabilitation
• specific roles and responsibilities of ATs are defined by the?

  specific work situation
• the AT reports to?

  team physician
• promote and maintain consistently high quality care on sports medicine team?

  team physician
• who serves to advise and supervise AT?

  physician
• who compiles medical histories and conducts physical exams, including pre-participation screening?

  physician