The reasoning behind calling MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) a “superbug” is that it is resistant to most antibiotics. Since early childhood, we have been given antibiotics for maladies that don’t even warrant the use of them like colds or flu. The more antibiotics we take, the more likely the bacteria will mutate to a strain that is resistant. Just like with evolution, our bodies are always changing. Remember our appendix?…
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus For this assignment I have been asked to choose a pathogen, describe it and explain how the chain of infection can be broken. I have chosen Meticillen Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. As a support worker in theatres MRSA can cause significant problems for us and for patients, therefore we have to have each patient screened before we operate and we have certain standard precautions we need to follow before, during and after surgery. Staphylococcus Aureus is a very common bacteria. Meticillen resistant staphylococcus aureus is a strain of this bacteria that is resistant to some antibiotics that are commonly used to treat staphylococcal infections.…
Athletic injuries are common in sports. They can happen in all different types of athletes. Some injuries can be very dangerous or not bother someone at all. It can depend on what happened, how it happened, or how severe the injury was. Some injuries can cause major difficulties in the future and/or even ruin someones sports career.…
As a result, these leagues have been implementing new rules and policies to protect our athletes from receiving these diseases. Despite these solutions and ideas, other athletes oppose…
Football Can Be Unsafe In Many Ways Seeing people play football is pretty cool and entertaining, but, some people don't realize that those football players are getting real bad injuries. The players are having fun most of the time and that isn't a problem, however, they will not get to have fun if they get so many injuries. There are tons of people that love football and one day might become a football player.…
This a major concern, not only for the ethics of baseball, but can also result in major health…
Sports players-You could be a victim of having a concussion, on the field, or wherever you play. This is an issue that you should be worried about. This can negatively affect your sport career, and future. How you might ask? Well, there are numbers of health risk that you should be aware of.…
This is a review of the article titled Sex Differences in Concussion Symptoms of High School Athletes. The purpose of this study was to determine possible differences in concussion symptoms between genders of high school athletes. In the United States, more than 1.6 million sports-related concussions occur every year. Averages of 21% of these happen to high school athletes (Frommer et al., 2011). More males have participated in sports than females over the years.…
Vision Statement Eastern Washington University’s Department of Athletic Medicine focuses on the prevention, recognition, evaluation, assessment, immediate care, rehabilitation, and reconditioning for sport-related injuries and illnesses for all attending and visiting student-athletes. The Department of Athletic Medicine utilizes evidence-based practices to provide the best quality heath care services, so our student-athletes can achieve optimal performance. Mission Statement The Department of Athletic Medicine strives to provide the best quality care for the student-athletes of Eastern Washington University. As health care professionals, we provide services of prevention, recognition, evaluation, assessment, immediate care, rehabilitation, and reconditioning for sport-related injuries and illnesses.…
A young student athlete in their prime is quick, nimble, aggressive, competitive, and a major part of the team. But what happens when the coach decides to put a concussed athlete into the game prematurely? Not only does it make the player more susceptible to further injuries, but it increases the chances of permanent brain damage, and even death. It is Imperative that student athletes are required to be monitored, and even completely healed from being concussed before returning to any sporting events. Both Fred Theye and Karla Mueller state in Article 1 that, "High school athletes are more vulnerable to concussions than older students and may take longer to recover," and that, "High school students are three times more likely to experience…
Patients: Gain consent from participant to be able to disclose information about injuries and illnesses as it pertains to athletic participation. They should have the option to choose who information may be disclosed too. They should have the option of coaches, parents, media and administrators. Each athlete has the right to withhold disclosure to any of the before mentioned positions.…
The Health and Safety legislation is very important, it is used nearly everywhere in the world, from gyms and sports centres to cricket and rugby clubs and specially the work places. With this legislation every working place you go to must have a registered and qualified first aider and an available and fully stocked first aid kit. This is also a code of practice so everybody can have a copy of Health and Safety First Aid (1981) guide. The health and safety First Aid legislation affects the sporting environment drastically because if you think about it everywhere you go to do some sort of activity or sport you will always know that there is someone there that will take care of you of you injure yourself in other words a qualified first aider.…
According to ESPN statistics from 2010 to 2012 the number of Pop Warner youth football players decreased from 248,899 players to only 225,287. This number is incredibly startling is the largest drop of any youth sport over the past decade. The biggest concern of a large majority of these parents, that will not let their children play football, is the lack of safety. Injuries in youth football have risen, which makes parents concerned about the health and well being of their children. However, if football became safer for the players I believe it could be resurrected.…
You see this occurrence each and every game, mainly in high school football. Players are limping to the sideline, being helped off the field by others, or even put on a stretcher and sent to the hospital. No, not a shooting or fight. It’s the game of football. Your life is on the line.…
This is just another way that the sport has taken measures to protect the health of the…