Week 3

• Sports Injuries are often soft tissue injuries to muscle, tendons, ligaments or joints. 
• The Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) should be performed immediately on any person who has become unconscious and is found to be pulse less.  
• For unconscious adult, CPR is initiated as follows:

  * Give 30 chest compressions

  * Perform the head-tilt chin-lift maneuver to open the airway & determine if the patient is breathing.

  * Before beginning ventilations, look in the patient’s mouth for a foreign body blocking the airway.

  * Perform 2 rescue breaths
•        The Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) should be performed immediately on any person who has become unconscious and is found to be pulse less.  
• The diagnostic process accounts all the information needed to see a holistic picture of the cause and severity of the injury such as patient’s history, comprehensive physical examination, special tests, and diagnostic test.
• The evaluation needs to consider if the patient should be moved or transported immediately to a medical facility.     
• The first part of the evaluation process is called the primary survey.   This is a quick evaluation if there are life-threatening injuries present.  
• The 2 stages of CPR: preparation stage and CPR stage