Sports Medicine Exam 2 with 100%
Correct Answers
What is the goal of the emergency plan - correct answer-Deliver rapid and accurate
care to the injured athlete
What must all sports have when it comes to emergency plans? - correct answer-
Prearranged emergency plan which include:
Way to contact EMS
Assigned personnel
Access to facilities (keys)
communicate plan to all
In an injury assessment, what is the primary survey and secondary survey - correct
answer-Primary: determine existence of potentially life-threatening situations
Secondary: Determine consequence of injury
What are the acute trauma causes? - correct answer-Mechanical, Thermal, Chemical,
Biological (MRSA), Auto-immune (Rheumatoid arthritis)
What are the mechanical forces? - correct answer-Compression: crushed together
Tension: pull along axis
Shear: across axis
What is a sprain? - correct answer-tearing injury to a ligament
What is a strain? - correct answer-tearing injury to a muscle
What is a tendon rupture? - correct answer-is a grade 3 strain
what is the Plantar Fascia - correct answer-primary supporter of longitudinal arches
along with several layers of intrinsic muscles
What is a retrocalcaneal bursitis? - correct answer-"pump bump", inflammation of bursa
at attachment of Achilles tendon,
Cause: constant rubbing from shoe
Care: doughnut pad, heel lift
, What's a Jones fracture? - correct answer-fracture at the base of the 5th metatarsal
What is the Lisfranc injury? - correct answer-Fracture and/or sprain of midfoot joint
Cause: Trauma
Signs: painful, swollen foot with bruising
Care: If stable: cast 6w out for season
Unstable: surgery, may end career
What is hallux valgus? - correct answer-Bunion
Def: enlargement and angulation of 1st metatarsal
Cause: genetic, narrow shoe box
Care: better shoes, surgery to correct
What is Morton's Neuroma? - correct answer-Def: inflammation of nerve usually
between 3rd and 4th metatarsal
Cause: constant pressure from tight shoes or trauma
Signs: severe radiating pain, burning
Care: shoes, metatarsal pads
What is turf toe? - correct answer-Def: sprain to plantar side of 1st metatarsophalangeal
joint
Cause: traumatic hyperextension of great toe
Sign: Severe pain with great toe extension, gait impairment
Care: taping, shoe insert
how many leg compartments are there? - correct answer-4
Ankle Fracture - correct answer-Def: distal fibular or tibial
**Fibular is called Pott's fracture
Everything else is same as ankle spraibn
Compartment Syndrome - correct answer-Def: dangerous increase in pressure within a
compartment
Cause: trauma or sometimes exercise
Signs: pain, hardness, numbness in affected nerve, loss of circulation
Care: EMERGENCY!
Achilles Tendon Rupture - correct answer-Def: 3rd-degree strain of Achilles
Cause: excessive strain, usually in people older than 30
Correct Answers
What is the goal of the emergency plan - correct answer-Deliver rapid and accurate
care to the injured athlete
What must all sports have when it comes to emergency plans? - correct answer-
Prearranged emergency plan which include:
Way to contact EMS
Assigned personnel
Access to facilities (keys)
communicate plan to all
In an injury assessment, what is the primary survey and secondary survey - correct
answer-Primary: determine existence of potentially life-threatening situations
Secondary: Determine consequence of injury
What are the acute trauma causes? - correct answer-Mechanical, Thermal, Chemical,
Biological (MRSA), Auto-immune (Rheumatoid arthritis)
What are the mechanical forces? - correct answer-Compression: crushed together
Tension: pull along axis
Shear: across axis
What is a sprain? - correct answer-tearing injury to a ligament
What is a strain? - correct answer-tearing injury to a muscle
What is a tendon rupture? - correct answer-is a grade 3 strain
what is the Plantar Fascia - correct answer-primary supporter of longitudinal arches
along with several layers of intrinsic muscles
What is a retrocalcaneal bursitis? - correct answer-"pump bump", inflammation of bursa
at attachment of Achilles tendon,
Cause: constant rubbing from shoe
Care: doughnut pad, heel lift
, What's a Jones fracture? - correct answer-fracture at the base of the 5th metatarsal
What is the Lisfranc injury? - correct answer-Fracture and/or sprain of midfoot joint
Cause: Trauma
Signs: painful, swollen foot with bruising
Care: If stable: cast 6w out for season
Unstable: surgery, may end career
What is hallux valgus? - correct answer-Bunion
Def: enlargement and angulation of 1st metatarsal
Cause: genetic, narrow shoe box
Care: better shoes, surgery to correct
What is Morton's Neuroma? - correct answer-Def: inflammation of nerve usually
between 3rd and 4th metatarsal
Cause: constant pressure from tight shoes or trauma
Signs: severe radiating pain, burning
Care: shoes, metatarsal pads
What is turf toe? - correct answer-Def: sprain to plantar side of 1st metatarsophalangeal
joint
Cause: traumatic hyperextension of great toe
Sign: Severe pain with great toe extension, gait impairment
Care: taping, shoe insert
how many leg compartments are there? - correct answer-4
Ankle Fracture - correct answer-Def: distal fibular or tibial
**Fibular is called Pott's fracture
Everything else is same as ankle spraibn
Compartment Syndrome - correct answer-Def: dangerous increase in pressure within a
compartment
Cause: trauma or sometimes exercise
Signs: pain, hardness, numbness in affected nerve, loss of circulation
Care: EMERGENCY!
Achilles Tendon Rupture - correct answer-Def: 3rd-degree strain of Achilles
Cause: excessive strain, usually in people older than 30
