| SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH | HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS | ASTHMA | CONCUSSIONS | MISCELLANEOUS |
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FIVE minutes
After going down, how long does an athlete have without a heartbeat before they have to be shocked?
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104 degrees
What is the critical body temperature for someone experiencing an Exertional Heat Stroke?
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Obstructive and Inflammatory Disease
What type of disease is asthma?
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A traumatic brain injury
What is the definiton of a concussion?
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Emergency Action Plan
What is an EAP?
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Ventricular Fibrillation
What is an irregular heart rhythm when the heart is quivering?
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Rectum (using a rectal thermometer)
Where is the best and really only place to get a temperature on a suspected exertional heat stroke patient?
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YES (genetic!!!)
Does asthma a predisosposed disease?
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Medical history, clinical history, physical and neurologic evaluations, measures of motor control, and neurocognitive function
What do baseline tests include? (Hint: 5 different things)
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Male Black Basketball Players
Who is at highest risk for Sudden Cardiac Death?
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
What is the leading cause of Sudden Cardiac Death in young athletes?
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EXERCISE-ASSOCIATED Muscle Cramps
What are painful abdominal cramps caused by intense prolonged exercise in the heat and depletion of salt and water due to sweating?
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Corticosteroids
This is used as a preventative measure...
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Sport Concussion Assessment Tool - baseline and concussion test
What is the SCAT 5 and what does it stand for?
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NO
Do concussions always result in a loss of consciousness?
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First: ECG
Second: ECHOcardiogram
What are the first and second line of defense for serious cardiac testing?
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Wet-Bulb Globe Thermometer
The themomenter used to measure the heat stress in direct sunlight that accounts for temperature, humidity, wind speed, sun angle and cloud cover?
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2 hours
How long is the refractory period between asthma attacks?
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Neurocognitive fucntion and moter control tested daily every day after a patient becomes asymptomatic will ultimately lead to a faster recovery
What is the importance of daily exams after a patient becomes asymptomatic?
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NO; this means the heart is not contracting at all, a shock will not help
Do you shock a person with an AED when they are in asystole?
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lub-swish-dub or lub-dub-swish
A normal heart beat sounds like lub-dub, lub-dub, how would a heart murmur sound?
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Sickle Cell Disease - red blood cell problem with misshaping; doesn’t allow your body to circulate oxygen properly and can affect certain races more than others, however it is not just restricted to Africian American males
Heat-related illness can often time be confused with what disease? What is the difference between them?
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Albuterol
When having an asthma attack, what is used?
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Return to play protocl begins after an athlete demonstrated a normal clinical examination; it is a series of benchmarks an athlete must pass prior to returning to play. In order to progress, you must proform a task without the exacerbation of 3 or more symptoms
What is a return to play protocol and how do you progress in this protocol?
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Marfan syndrome
This is an inherited disease that affects connective tissue. This would act as a red flag in simple cardiac testing.
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