Chapter 12 - Worksheet Answers

Matching

1. D 5. F 8. I

2. G 6. J 9. A

3. E 7. H 10. C

4. B

Short Answer

11. State of insensibility in which there is a lack of a conscious awareness.

12.A blow to the head or a solar plexus punch

13.Primary injury assessment is used to identify any life-threatening injuries that would take precedence over all injuries sustained by the athlete (i.e., obstruction of the airway, no breathing, no circulation).

14. Athlete will be unable to speak, cough, or breathe

15. Perform Heimlich maneuver until he or she is relieved or help arrives

16. The object may be driven deeper into the throat.

17. The jaw-thrust method displaces the jaw forward without moving the head and neck, thus preventing extension of the cervical spine.

18. Establish unresponsiveness, then do the ABCs of care

19. Splint the joint above and below the fracture site as they lie.

20. Placing external pressure on an injury assists in decreasing hemorrhage and hematoma formation by retarding fluid seepage into the interstitial spaces and as such, absorption is facilitated.

21. Keep the head and neck in alignment with the long axis of the body

22. Cervical fracture

Listing

23. Arterial

24. Venous

25. Capillary

26. Extreme fatigue

27. Extreme exposure to heat or cold

28. Extreme dehydration of fluids and minerals

29. Illness

30. Head tilt-chin lift

31. Chin lift

32. Jaw thrust

33. Control of hemorrhage and management of early inflammation, muscle spasm, and pain

34. Splinting

35. Handling and transportation