Chapter 4 Review- Emergency Preparedness & Assessment

A sports medicine professional who does his job correctly will never be confronted with an emergency.

• True
• False

Emergency action plans (EAP) should be practiced frequently and under varying conditions.

• True
• False

A patient who is unconscious should be given inhalants to try to wake her up.

• True
• False

Patients who are unconscious must never be treated as if they have a head or spine injury.

• True
• False

To clear an airway, use your index finger to do a finger sweep to remove a foreign object in the mouth.

• True
• False

Which of the following is a head-to-toe physical assessment that is done on patients to determine the extent of illness or injury?

• secondary survey
• primary assessment
• primary survey
• orientation assessment

Which of the following is a thorough examination of a specific part of the body to determine the extent of an injury that may have occurred?

• secondary survey
• primary survey
• isolated injury assessment
• PERL assessment

The Trainer's Angel is a device designed to:

• immobilize an injured person's head
• remove an athlete's face mask without removing the helmet
• initiate rescue breathing
• remove an athlete's helmet

What does the acronym HOPS stand for?

• health observation, physical assessment, special tests
• history, observation, palpation, special tests
• history, occurrence, palpation, seriousness
• history, occurrence, physical assessment, stress test

What does EAP stand for?

• Everyone Act Please

• Emergency Action Plan

• Equal Aquatic Programs

• Emergency as Planned