Overcoming an ACL Tear It’s game time, the whistle blows and the game begins. The first half passes and it’s 1-0 for the home team, it’s been pretty uneventful. Thankfully, there haven’t been any injuries, and the game has been clean.…
This means performing the necessary actions on the injured individual as well as delegating tasks such as contacting emergency medical services (EMS) to someone nearby. The emergency action plan should have the number…
As a core requirement for response to AS/MCI the group identified the importance for hemorrhage control as one of our initial actions. Utilizing tourniquets to control hemorrhage in the extremities from gunshot wounds is now proving to be a vital tool in saving…
As we have previously advised, our client, Nicholas Nehls, sustained severe and permanent injuries as a result of the acts and/or omissions on the part of your insureds, Gerald J. Piazzi, Jr., and Zachary Lommatzsch, in the above-referenced incident. Prior to this occurrence, Nicholas was an active young man that participated in numerous physical activities and was employed in a physically demanding occupation. Due to the multiple severe and permanent injuries that he sustained as a result of your insureds’ conduct, Nicholas’ life has been drastically altered in that he lives with daily pain and discomfort and is no longer able to participate in a physically active life-style. The clear and convincing evidence in this matter leads to the uncontroverted conclusion that your insureds’ negligence is the overwhelming proximate cause of Nicholas’ injuries and related damages.…
Background: 23 year-old male Division I football athlete presented with gross swelling to the left knee. He was in extreme pain and reported to the Athletic Trainer that he believed that his leg was broken; no obvious deformity was present. Subject had never sustained a traumatic injury and had no previous or current medical conditions. Subject was removed from the field and further evaluated by the Athletic Trainer. Mechanism of injury was unknown and due to the severity of pain the subject was transported to the visiting team’s athletic training facility where radiographs were conducted.…
If you are one of the most avid fans of football, you might find it too common to see your favorite football players suffer foot injuries that will inhibit them to play for a part - or even the whole - of the football season. Let us take the case of Ben Roethlisberger for example. Being the Steelers' star quarterback, he should be formidable, right? However, that is not the case as Roethlisberger suffered a major injury last year known as the Lisfranc injury.…
The purpose of this systemic review was to determine the level of evidence with hip strengthening or neuromuscular training and the effect on frontal plane knee kinematics and kinetics. Female athletes have a high risk of ACL injury. Athletes who are runners or play sports that involve running and jumping are at the highest risk for noncontact injuries. This is associated to the position of the knee during landing. Females typically land with a valgus force to the knee.…
The Army incorporated the use of the Combat Application Tourniquet. This a small and lightweight one-handed tourniquet extremely effective on extremities in controlling hemorrhage. The U. S. Army developed the Kaolin combat gauze pad dressing that promotes coagulation reducing hemorrhaging.…
In the early 1900s, football was a brutal sport that resulted in serious or life threatening injuries. There were no football pads or helmets to protect the players from these injuries. Football was mainly a college sport at this time. Due to the concern of the young players, a magazine in 1904 reported that were 18 deaths and 159 serious injuries throughout different prep schools. Football season even got the name "death harvest".…
By changing the role of the full-time Trauma Registrar to a Trauma Coordinator, the Trauma Services Department can expand its role in Trauma prevention. This realignment will not cost the hospital any money, and will possibly gain grant money by an increased focus on injury prevention. The role of the Trauma Coordinator will include supervising and assisting with the Trauma Registry, educating staff, rounding on patients, and coordinating and organizing the injury prevention programs. This will allow the Trauma Manager to focus on Trauma Reviews, loop closure, writing grants for injury prevention programs, meeting preparation and attendance, as well as the other managerial tasks required of a unit manager. The part-time Trauma Registrar will focus on entering information into the trauma registry.…
When it comes to examining injuries, the two main settings where evaluations are performed are in the athletic training room and on the field. Although they both follow the same examination process, an on the field injury is more crucial and emergent. When it comes to acute examinations on the field, the first step is a primary survey of the injury which is then followed by a secondary survey if necessary. The purpose of the primary survey is to rule out life threatening injuries and starts immediately when you are approaching the suspected injured athlete.…
Pressure area care was one of the priorities, so we used special pressure relieving equipment like the gel pads, Inco pads, and gam gees in areas that are vulnerable to pressure ulcers such as the ankles, the bottom and shoulders to ensure patient comfort during the operation. Patient was strapped to avoid her from falling from the operating bed. Mal-positioning of the patient has important implications in terms of associated problems of pressure sores, nerve compressions, deep vein thrombosis and compartment syndrome, and should be avoided (Adedeji et al., 2010).Mrs A was covered with blanket so as to protect her dignity throughout her…
79-110 million people are currently infected and the worldwide risk of HPV infection at least once in their lifetime in both men and women is 50% (Handler et al., 2015). The risk of being infected with HPV is 24% after someone becomes sexually active if they are also under 25 years old (Foreman et al., 2012). Worldwide, cervical cancer is the 3rd most commonly diagnosed cancer and is the fourth most common cause of cancer death in women with a higher mortality rate in developing nations (Handler et al., 2015). In the United States, it is estimated that 14-20 million people are infected each year and there are about 11,967 new HPV-associated cancers each year (CDC, 2014b). In 2012, there were 12,042 cases of cervical cancer diagnosed and 4,074 deaths from cervical cancer (CDC, 2015b).…
But, in the event that your dressings are damaged due to human error, or you decide that you…
Foregoing the procedure an anesthesiologist gives the mother epidural anesthesia. The anesthesiologist administers the anesthesia by injecting a locally acting anesthetic into the space around the spinal cord. A catheter is inserted into the urinary bladder to empty it out before the incision into the abdomen. A horizontal incision is made above the pubic bone, this type of cut heals readily and is cosmetically more appealing.…