Kinesiology 2236A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Airway Management, Cervical Collar, Palpation

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2236A/B
• Professor: Dave Humphreys

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Know what to do/ how to do it. Have the skills to accomplish it (minimize errors) onto the field. What should you be thinking while you are sprinting. How do i get athlete off the field: walk, assist, non-weight bearing o. On-field assessment: block the head/stabilize c-spine, either going to find conscious or unconscious, primary assessment. Determine the existence of potentially life-threatening situations: u responsiveness (alert, verbal, pain or unresponsive, airway, breathing, circulation o. Prone (on belly)- may need to reposition to ensure abc"s. Assure athlete and tell them not to move. 8 questions- what, how, where, numbness, tingling: be firm and assertive o, looking for pain, decreased sensation or deformation, dermatomes, myotomes. If can"t tell for sure, side on the side of caution. Nerve traction compression, particularly involving c5 and c6: forced neck extension and rotation to injured side, shoulder distracted down from head and neck *most common (stretch of the brachial plexus, blow to supraclavicular fossa.