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Scope of Practice
The range and limit of responsibilities normally associated with a specific job or profession
Overweight
A term to describe an excessive amount of weight for a given height, using height to weight ratios.
Sedentary
Doing or requiring much sitting; minimal activity
Automated external defibrillator <AED>
A portable electronic device used to restore normal heart rhythms in victims of sudden cardiac arrest.
Athletic trainer
A healthcare professional who collaborates with physicians and specializes in providing immediate intervention when injuries occur and helping athletes and clients in the prevention, assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of emergency, acute, and chronic medical conditions involving injury, impairment, functional limitations, and disabilities.
Body composition
The makeup of the body in terms of the relative percentage of fat- free mass and body fat.
Body fat
A component of the body, the primary role of which is to store energy for later use.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation <CPR>
A procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing ( respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac arrest).
Contraindictions
Any condition that renders some particular movement, activity, or treatment improper or undesirable.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Enacted by the U.S Congress in 1996, HIPAA requires the U.S Department of Health and Human Services to establish national standards for electronic health care information to facilitate efficient and secure exchange of private health data. The standards for privacy of individually identifiable health information "privacy rule" issued by the HHS, addresses the use and disclosure of individuals' health information- called 'protected health information by providing federal protections and giving patients an array of rights with respect to personal health information while permitting the disclosures of information needed for patient care and other important purposes.
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