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APPLY YOUR SKILLS IN ATHLETIC INJURY MANAGEMENT!Essentials of Athletic Injury Management provides the information you need to manage the care of athletic injuries—from prevention, identification and assessment of injuries to interaction with players, parents and physicians. Designed for careers in coaching, physical education and the fitness profession, this text prepares students to manage injury and emergency situations when an athletic trainer or physician is not available. Action plans, checklists and applications of universal precautions in athletic environments are included to provide the practical tools needed to get started in the field.
FEATURES OF THE NINTH EDITION• Full color photographs and illustrations throughout the entire text. Many of
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• New Appendix C shows the directional anatomic motions of the joints discussed in this text.
• Part Two, Preventing Injuries in an Athletic Health Care System, has been fully reorganized.
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8■ ObjectivesWhen you finish this chapter you will be able to:
Handling Emergency Situations and Injury Assessment
be trained and certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED), and first aid.19However, these individuals are limited beyondproviding initial CPR/AED and first aid. The ex-tent of what they can and cannot do legally isdetermined by the laws and statutes of differ-ent states.8 Much of the information containedin this chapter is intended for informational pur-poses only and is in no way meant to encourageindividuals to act outside of the scope of theirresponsibilities.16
THE EMERGENCY ACTION PLANThe prime concern of emergency aid is to main-tain cardiovascular function and, indirectly,central nervous system function, because fail-ureofanyofthesesystemsmayleadtodeath.6,7Thekeytoemergencyaidinthesportssettingisthe initialevaluationof the injuredathlete.Timeisoftheessence,sothisevaluationmustbedone
A nemergency isdefinedas“anunforeseencombination of circumstances and the re-sulting state that calls for immediate ac-
tion.”Certainly,mostsportsinjuriesdonotresultinlife-or-death emergency situations, but when suchsituationsdoarise,promptcareisessential.11Timebecomes the critical factor, and assistance to theinjuredathletemustbebasedonknowledgeofwhattodoandhowtodo it—howtoperformeffective
firstaid immedi-ately.7 There isno room for un-certainty,indeci-sion, or error. A
mistakeintheinitialmanagementofinjurycanpro-long the time required for rehabilitation and canpotentially create a life-threatening situation fortheathlete.7Therefore it is critical tobewellpre-paredtohandlewhateveremergencysituationmayarise.4
It must be reemphasized that all fitness pro-fessionals, coaches, and others in areas re-lated to exercise and sports science should
Time becomes critical in an emergency situation.
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