HSC PDHPE: Option 3 Sports
Medicine Questions and Answers |
Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct &
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What is the main focus of sports medicine in PDHPE?
✔✔Prevention, treatment, and management of sports injuries
Why is sports medicine important for athletes?
✔✔It helps maintain health and improve performance
What does injury prevention aim to reduce?
✔✔The risk and severity of injuries
What is the first step in injury management?
✔✔Correct identification of the injury
What does the acronym TOTAPS stand for?
✔✔Talk, Observe, Touch, Active movement, Passive movement, Skills test
Why is immediate injury assessment important?
✔✔To prevent further damage
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,What does “talk” involve in the TOTAPS method?
✔✔Asking the athlete about pain and injury history
What is the purpose of observing an injured athlete?
✔✔To look for swelling, deformity, or abnormal movement
Why is touch used carefully during assessment?
✔✔To identify tenderness or swelling
What does active movement test?
✔✔The athlete’s ability to move the injured part
Why is passive movement tested?
✔✔To assess joint range without muscle effort
What does the skills test assess?
✔✔Ability to return safely to play
What is the immediate treatment for soft tissue injuries?
✔✔Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation
What does ice therapy reduce?
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, ✔✔Pain, swelling, and inflammation
Why is compression used after injury?
✔✔To limit swelling
What is the role of elevation in injury management?
✔✔To reduce blood flow to the injured area
What does the “no HARM” principle advise?
✔✔Avoid Heat, Alcohol, Running, and Massage
Why should heat be avoided early after injury?
✔✔It increases blood flow and swelling
What is a sprain?
✔✔Injury to ligaments
What is a strain?
✔✔Injury to muscles or tendons
What is a fracture?
✔✔A break or crack in a bone
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Medicine Questions and Answers |
Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct &
Verified
What is the main focus of sports medicine in PDHPE?
✔✔Prevention, treatment, and management of sports injuries
Why is sports medicine important for athletes?
✔✔It helps maintain health and improve performance
What does injury prevention aim to reduce?
✔✔The risk and severity of injuries
What is the first step in injury management?
✔✔Correct identification of the injury
What does the acronym TOTAPS stand for?
✔✔Talk, Observe, Touch, Active movement, Passive movement, Skills test
Why is immediate injury assessment important?
✔✔To prevent further damage
1
,What does “talk” involve in the TOTAPS method?
✔✔Asking the athlete about pain and injury history
What is the purpose of observing an injured athlete?
✔✔To look for swelling, deformity, or abnormal movement
Why is touch used carefully during assessment?
✔✔To identify tenderness or swelling
What does active movement test?
✔✔The athlete’s ability to move the injured part
Why is passive movement tested?
✔✔To assess joint range without muscle effort
What does the skills test assess?
✔✔Ability to return safely to play
What is the immediate treatment for soft tissue injuries?
✔✔Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation
What does ice therapy reduce?
2
, ✔✔Pain, swelling, and inflammation
Why is compression used after injury?
✔✔To limit swelling
What is the role of elevation in injury management?
✔✔To reduce blood flow to the injured area
What does the “no HARM” principle advise?
✔✔Avoid Heat, Alcohol, Running, and Massage
Why should heat be avoided early after injury?
✔✔It increases blood flow and swelling
What is a sprain?
✔✔Injury to ligaments
What is a strain?
✔✔Injury to muscles or tendons
What is a fracture?
✔✔A break or crack in a bone
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