Critical Incident Management Flashcards
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An athletic trainer is developing an emergency action plan (EAP) for a new athletic facility. Which component is considered the most essential element?
Answer: Designated roles and responsibilities for personnel
Designated roles and responsibilities ensure that each member of the emergency team knows exactly what to do during a crisis. Without clear role assignment, other components of the EAP cannot be executed effectively.
During a track meet, a pole vaulter lands awkwardly and complains of severe pain in the thoracic spine. The athlete is conscious and alert. What is the most appropriate immediate action?
Answer: Instruct the athlete not to move and activate the spine injury protocol
Any athlete with a mechanism of injury consistent with spinal trauma who reports severe spinal pain should be treated as having a potential spinal fracture until proven otherwise. The athlete should not be moved until the spine injury protocol is activated.
Which of the following environmental conditions poses the greatest risk for exertional hyponatremia?
Answer: Cool conditions during prolonged endurance events with overconsumption of water
Exertional hyponatremia most commonly occurs during prolonged endurance events when athletes overconsume hypotonic fluids (water) relative to sodium losses. Cool weather can mask sweat losses and encourage overdrinking.
A lacrosse player is hit in the abdomen and develops left upper quadrant pain with referred pain to the left shoulder. Which organ injury should the athletic trainer suspect?
Answer: Splenic rupture
Left upper quadrant pain with referred pain to the left shoulder (Kehr sign) is the classic presentation of a splenic injury. The phrenic nerve irritation from blood pooling under the diaphragm causes the referred shoulder pain.
When log-rolling an athlete with a suspected spinal injury onto a spine board, how many rescuers are minimally required?
Answer: Four
A minimum of four rescuers is required for a proper log roll: one to maintain in-line cervical stabilization, two to control the trunk and lower extremities, and one to slide the spine board into position.
An athletic trainer observes an athlete experiencing a tonic-clonic seizure on the sideline. Which action is contraindicated during the seizure?
Answer: Inserting an object into the athlete's mouth to prevent tongue biting
Inserting any object into the mouth of a seizing patient is contraindicated. It can cause broken teeth, aspiration, or injury to the rescuer. The tongue-biting myth has been debunked by emergency medicine guidelines.