MRYFL COACHES CERTIFICATION TEST

What symptoms might indicate that an athlete has a concussion?

• Feeling dizzy or foggy

• Confusion

• Irritability

• All the Above

An Emergency Action Plan (EAP) is a written set of procedures that details the appropriate response to different types of emergencies and situations, you and your organization may encounter.

• True

• False

The damage to the athlete’s brain can be assessed based on the pain they are experiencing after a concussion.

• True

• False

When a concussion is suspected, the coach should:

• Remove the athlete from play immediately

• Inform the athlete’s parents/guardians

• Do not allow the athlete to return to play until they have been cleared by Doc

• All the Above

To all athlete’s, an opportunity to safely adjust to the stress of exercise in the head, coaches should progressively introduce

Activity over a 10-14 day period at the beginning of the pre-season should gradually increase which of the following:

• The duration of Practice

• The intensity of Practice

• The amount of Equipment the player wear

• All the Above

An Emergency Action Plan (EAP) should include policy and procedure for medical and non-medical emergencies.

• True

• False

The strongest predictor of survival after a cardiac arrest (SCA) is:

• Having a short time interval from the time the cardiac arrest happens to when an electrical shock is delivered from a defibrillator.

• The age, height, and weight of the patient

• If the patient was well hydrated prior to the cardiac arrest.

• All the Above

An Emergency Action Plan (EAP) should provide information on emergency procedures relative to:

Which of the following are ways that coaches should modify the factors that are responsible for causing heat illness? Choose all that apply.

• Keep Players in the sun during water breaks to better acclimatize them.

• Providing additional and longer water breaks

• Taking off equipment during breaks and non-contact drills

• Changing practice times to earlier or later in the day