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SPORTS MEDICINE

N. P. SPORTS MEDICINE. N. P. SPORTS MEDICINE. INJURIES TO THE CERVICAL SPINE. THESE ARE VERY SERIOUS INJURIES AS ARE ALL SPINE INJURIES. AFFECTED AREAS INCLUDE: BONES IN THE NECK JOINTS IN THE CERVICAL SPINE SPINAL CORD (Sometimes) SOFT TISSUE SURROUNDING SPINE. INJURIES TO THE

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SPORTS MEDICINE

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  1. N P SPORTS MEDICINE

  2. N P SPORTS MEDICINE INJURIES TO THE CERVICAL SPINE • THESE ARE VERY SERIOUS INJURIES AS ARE ALL SPINE INJURIES. AFFECTED AREAS INCLUDE: BONES IN THE NECK JOINTS IN THE CERVICAL SPINE SPINAL CORD (Sometimes) SOFT TISSUE SURROUNDING SPINE INJURIES TO THE CERVICAL SPINE

  3. N P SPORTS MEDICINE NECK FRACTURE • A COMPLETE OR INCOMPLETE BREAK IN A BONE IN THE NECK • INJURIES TO THIS REGION OF THE SPINE ARE USUALLY A COMBINATION WITH A SPRAIN, DISLOCATION, AND FRACTURE. • THE MOST SEVERE INJURIES CAN INJURE THE SPINAL CORD, RESULTING IN PARALYSIS OR DEATH. NECK FRACTURE

  4. N P SPORTS MEDICINE NECK FRACTURE • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS: • SEVERE pain at the fracture site • Selling of soft tissue around the fracture • Very Tender to the Touch • Possible NUMBNESS Below the site • CAUSED BY: • A DIRECT BLOW • AN INDIRECT BLOW - twisting NECK FRACTURE

  5. N P SPORTS MEDICINE TREATMENT FOR NECK FRACTURE • KEEP PERSON WARM WITH BLANKETS TO PREVENT SHOCK • CALL AN AMBULANCE! 911 • DO NOT MOVE THE INJURED AREA!! • DO NOT TRY TO REMOVE HELMET! • USE A STRETCHER, SPINEBOARD, OR CERVICAL COLLAR TO IMMOBILIZE THE NECK WHILE TRANSPORTING THE INJURED PERSON TO THE HOSPITAL. • DO THIS ONLY IF YOU ARE TRAINED IN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE OR IF YOU ARE ALONE. TREATMENT FOR NECK FRACTURE

  6. N P SPORTS MEDICINE NECK DISLOCATION • A DISPLACEMENT OF SPINAL VERTEBRAE IN THE NECK. • SUBLUXATION IS A MINOR DISLOCATION • NECK SUBLUXATION IS COMMON IN ATHLETICS • A NECK LUXATION IS A SERIOUS INJURY THAT CAN LEAD TO SPINAL CORD DAMAGE AND PARALYSIS IN ALL FOUR LIMBS AND SOMETIMES LEADS TO DEATH NECK DISLOCATION

  7. N P SPORTS MEDICINE NECK DISLOCATION • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS: • EXCRUCIATING PAIN AT TIME OF INJURY • LOSS OF FUNCTION IN THE NECK AND SEVERE PAIN WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MOVE IT • VISIBLE DEFORMITY IF THE DISLOCATED BONES HAVE LOCKED IN THE DISLOCATED POSITION • TENDERNESS OVER DISLOCATION • SWELL AND BRUISING OF NECK • NUMBNESS AND PARALYSIS BELOW THE NECK NECK DISLOCATION

  8. N P SPORTS MEDICINE NECK DISLOCATIONTREATMENT • DON’T MOVE ANYONE WITH A NECK INJURY!!! • DO NOT REMOVE VICTIMS HEADGEAR • CALL 911 • IMMOBILIZE THE NECK AND GET ON A SPINEBOARD. • TRANSPORT THE VICTIM TO HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY! • ICE HELPS PREVENT INTERNAL BLEEDING. • THE DOCTOR WILL MANIPULATE THE DISLOCATED BONES NECK DISLOCATION TREATMENT

  9. N P SPORTS MEDICINE NECK SPRAINS AND STRAINS • COMES FROM VIOLENT OVER STRETCHING OF LIGAMENTS, TENDONS, OR MUSCLES. • 3 Levels of Sprains and Strains (Mild, Moderate, Severe) • SAME AS ANY OTHER SPRAIN OR STRAIN • TREAT WITH P.R.I.C.E. NECK SPRAINS AND STRAINS

  10. N P SPORTS MEDICINE NOSE FRACTURE • CONTACT SPORTS: BOXING, WRESTLING, ETC. • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS: • SWOLLEN AND BRUISED • PAIN AND TENDERNESS • INABLILITY TO BREATHE THROUGH NOSE • CROOKED OR MISSHAPEN NOSE • BRISK BLEEDING OR OOZING OF BLOOD • LIGHT-HEADEDNESS FROM BLOOD LOSS • RAPID HEART BEAT, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, AND PALLOR (white as a ghost!) NOSE FRACTURE

  11. N P SPORTS MEDICINE NOSE FRACTURETREATMENT • PRICE • PACK GUAZE IN NOSTRILS TO HELP STOP BLEEDING • GET MEDICAL ATTENTION NOSE FRACTURE TREATMENT

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