ATH 3050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Spinal Cord Injury, Vacuum Mattress, Asthma
Spine Injuries in Athletes Notes
Pre-hospital Care of Spine Injured Athlete
• The primary purpose of this paper is to provide guidelines for the prehospital
management of a physically active person with a suspected spinal injury. A
secondary purpose is to provide additional information that, although beyond
the scope of prehospital care, may prove to be useful in understanding the need
for a comprehensive approach when treating the spine and is valuable to the
different types of clinicians for whom this document is intended.
• Initial Assessment
• Airway
• Breathing
• Circulation
• Level of Consciousness
• Neurological Screening
• Transportation
• Emergency Plan Activation
• Equipment Removal
• Face Mask-when to remove, how to remove face mask, tools for removal
• Helmet- when to remove, guidelines, how to remove
• Shoulder Pads- when to remove, how to remove
• Transfer of the Athlete- log roll, 6 plus person lift
• Immobilization Equipment- spine board, vacuum mattress, miller full body splint
• Injuries- skeletal, soft tissue, neurological
• Rehearsal
• EAP
NATA Statement
• The purpose of this position statement is to provide athletic trainers, team
physicians, emergency responders, and other health care professionals with
recommendations and clinical considerations for managing a major, potentially
catastrophic cervical spine injury.
• Planning and Rehearsal
• Assessment
• Airway
• Transfer and Immobilization
• Equipment-Laden Athletes
• Watch for hypothermia
NATA: EMS Changes of Acute Cervical Spine Injury
• Contact EMS
• Update EAP
• Watch NATA statement protocols
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Document Summary
Spine injuries in athletes notes: the primary purpose of this paper is to provide guidelines for the prehospital management of a physically active person with a suspected spinal injury. Immobilization equipment- spine board, vacuum mattress, miller full body splint. Nata: ems changes of acute cervical spine injury: contact ems, update eap, watch nata statement protocols, keep seeking new evidence. Nata appropriate care of the spine injured athlete. It is essential that each athletic program have an emergency action plan (eap) developed in. Speaker video: prehospital care- atc, coaches, sit down and make sure everyone knows their roles, practice, ems response time= 3-8 min, by the ti(cid:373)e you get c (cid:272)ollar o(cid:374) ems (cid:449)ill (cid:271)e there a(cid:374)d (cid:272)ould"(cid:448)e used their supplies. Main: atcs and all members of the eap must know when/how to care for a patient suspected of having a spine injury in order to not cause more damage.
