SPORTS MEDICINE CTE EXAMINATION 2025 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What are the signs of a contusion? - ✔✔Direct blow that does not break the skin,
ecchymosis, swelling, pain to the touch, redness.
✔✔What is the primary purpose of an athletic trainer? - ✔✔To prevent, recognize, and
evaluate injuries.
✔✔What test must you pass to become an ATC? - ✔✔NATABOC National Athletics
Trainers Association Board of Certification.
✔✔As well as the test, ATC's must also obtain what from the state to become certified?
- ✔✔Licensure.
✔✔What are the 6 domains on the NATABOC? - ✔✔Prevention of injuries, recognition,
evaluation, and assessment, immediate care or first aide, treatment, rehab and
reconditioning, organization and administration, and professional responsibility.
✔✔How long are medical documents and records kept? - ✔✔7 years.
✔✔What are the types of seizures? - ✔✔Epilepsy: seizures that occur regularly.
Simple/partial: jerking motion that begins in one part of the body and the person
remains awake and aware.
Generalized Tonic Clonic: sudden fall with rigidity and jerking muscles, shallow
breathing, and loos of bladder and bowel control.
✔✔What are the important aspects of liability and risk management? - ✔✔Hippocratic
oath: every health care provider takes to do no harm to their patients, work within your
scope of knowledge, keep proper documentation, following athletic training room rules
and procedures, always have adequate supervision.
Close contact with coaches admin and parents.
Have a responsibility of inspecting practice and game facilities (fields and courts).
Establish return to play protocols for athletes.
Involve team physicians.
Establish and practice the EAP.
✔✔If you work in a public school as an ATC how are you supposed to treat the other
team? - ✔✔Like they are your own, equally.
✔✔How does the ATC pertain to public schools? - ✔✔They treat all athletes (cheer
included).
, ✔✔What are some important vaccines for health care? - ✔✔Hep B, Flu, MMR
(Measles/Mumps/Rubella), Varicella (chicken pox), Tdap (Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis
AKA whooping cough), meningococcal.
✔✔What is the most important characteristic of a splint for a wrist fracture? - ✔✔Rigid to
supply extra support.
✔✔What is the best method for shoulder immobilization? - ✔✔A sling.
✔✔What are the most commonly injured ligaments in the ankle? - ✔✔Anterior
Talofibular Ligament (ATFL) and Calcaneofibular Ligament (CFL).
✔✔What element of taping is done to prevent inversion ankle sprains? - ✔✔Heel locks.
✔✔What element of taping is done to evert the ankle? - ✔✔Stirrups.
✔✔What exercises do you use to evaluate a soccer player before allowing them to
return to play? - ✔✔Run, cut, tuck, jump.
✔✔What is a liability waiver? - ✔✔An assumption of risk.
✔✔What could a shoulder fracture be and what should you do to treat it? - ✔✔Could be
a fracture of the scapula, collarbone, humorous. Immobilize in a sling, ice, NSAIDS,
may require surgery.
✔✔What is OSHA? - ✔✔Occupational Safety & Health Administration
✔✔What is HIPAA? - ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
✔✔What the difference between Hep C and Hep B? - ✔✔Hep B has a vaccine and Hep
C does not.
✔✔How are bloodborne pathogens transmitted? - ✔✔Blood, saliva, vomit, urine, sweat,
tears, any bodily fluid.
✔✔Do you use pre-wrap when taping the arch? - ✔✔No.
✔✔Where should an anchor strip end? - ✔✔5th metatarsal (don't compress the nerve).
✔✔How do you clean up a small blood spill? - ✔✔Wear proper PPE (gloves 1st thing),
wipe up with a paper towel, clean with water and bleach, rinse and dry the area.
WITH SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What are the signs of a contusion? - ✔✔Direct blow that does not break the skin,
ecchymosis, swelling, pain to the touch, redness.
✔✔What is the primary purpose of an athletic trainer? - ✔✔To prevent, recognize, and
evaluate injuries.
✔✔What test must you pass to become an ATC? - ✔✔NATABOC National Athletics
Trainers Association Board of Certification.
✔✔As well as the test, ATC's must also obtain what from the state to become certified?
- ✔✔Licensure.
✔✔What are the 6 domains on the NATABOC? - ✔✔Prevention of injuries, recognition,
evaluation, and assessment, immediate care or first aide, treatment, rehab and
reconditioning, organization and administration, and professional responsibility.
✔✔How long are medical documents and records kept? - ✔✔7 years.
✔✔What are the types of seizures? - ✔✔Epilepsy: seizures that occur regularly.
Simple/partial: jerking motion that begins in one part of the body and the person
remains awake and aware.
Generalized Tonic Clonic: sudden fall with rigidity and jerking muscles, shallow
breathing, and loos of bladder and bowel control.
✔✔What are the important aspects of liability and risk management? - ✔✔Hippocratic
oath: every health care provider takes to do no harm to their patients, work within your
scope of knowledge, keep proper documentation, following athletic training room rules
and procedures, always have adequate supervision.
Close contact with coaches admin and parents.
Have a responsibility of inspecting practice and game facilities (fields and courts).
Establish return to play protocols for athletes.
Involve team physicians.
Establish and practice the EAP.
✔✔If you work in a public school as an ATC how are you supposed to treat the other
team? - ✔✔Like they are your own, equally.
✔✔How does the ATC pertain to public schools? - ✔✔They treat all athletes (cheer
included).
, ✔✔What are some important vaccines for health care? - ✔✔Hep B, Flu, MMR
(Measles/Mumps/Rubella), Varicella (chicken pox), Tdap (Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis
AKA whooping cough), meningococcal.
✔✔What is the most important characteristic of a splint for a wrist fracture? - ✔✔Rigid to
supply extra support.
✔✔What is the best method for shoulder immobilization? - ✔✔A sling.
✔✔What are the most commonly injured ligaments in the ankle? - ✔✔Anterior
Talofibular Ligament (ATFL) and Calcaneofibular Ligament (CFL).
✔✔What element of taping is done to prevent inversion ankle sprains? - ✔✔Heel locks.
✔✔What element of taping is done to evert the ankle? - ✔✔Stirrups.
✔✔What exercises do you use to evaluate a soccer player before allowing them to
return to play? - ✔✔Run, cut, tuck, jump.
✔✔What is a liability waiver? - ✔✔An assumption of risk.
✔✔What could a shoulder fracture be and what should you do to treat it? - ✔✔Could be
a fracture of the scapula, collarbone, humorous. Immobilize in a sling, ice, NSAIDS,
may require surgery.
✔✔What is OSHA? - ✔✔Occupational Safety & Health Administration
✔✔What is HIPAA? - ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
✔✔What the difference between Hep C and Hep B? - ✔✔Hep B has a vaccine and Hep
C does not.
✔✔How are bloodborne pathogens transmitted? - ✔✔Blood, saliva, vomit, urine, sweat,
tears, any bodily fluid.
✔✔Do you use pre-wrap when taping the arch? - ✔✔No.
✔✔Where should an anchor strip end? - ✔✔5th metatarsal (don't compress the nerve).
✔✔How do you clean up a small blood spill? - ✔✔Wear proper PPE (gloves 1st thing),
wipe up with a paper towel, clean with water and bleach, rinse and dry the area.
