Sports Injuries and Emergencies : A Quick Response Manual

by Rubin, Aaron

• ISBN13: 9780071396103
• ISBN10: 0071396101
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-20
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional

Summary

A concise handbook of emergent care for sports injuries. Written for sports medicine physicians, internists, and family physicians who need immediate access to treatment information in the clinic, emergency department, training room, or on the sidelines. Emphasis is placed on emergency and sideline care along with return to play treatment. This necessary resource features a wealth of tables and illustrations as well as lists of emergency supplies needed in various sports

Author Biography

Aaron Rubin, MD, FAAFP, FACSM
Staff Physician and Partner
Southern California Permanent Medical Group
Program Director
Kaiser Permanent Sports Medicine Fellowship Program
Kaiser Permanente Department of Family Medicine
Fontana, CA

Dr. Rubin is director of the sports medicine fellowship program at Kaiser and he is team physician for Rubidoux High School and University of California, Riverside, CA. He is on the editorial board of THE PHYSICIAN AND SPORTS MEDICINE and also serves as an editor for the section entitled “Practice Essentials.”

Table of Contents

Sports Injuries and Emergencies: A Quick Response Manual

Primary Concerns

1. Preparation

2. Approach to the downed athlete

3. Airway

4. Breathing

5. Circulation

6. Head injury and concussion

7. Anaphylaxis

8. Asthma and bronchospasm

9. Acute chest pain

10. Facial

11. Dental

12. Eye

13. Chest trauma

14. Abdominal trauma

15. Genitourinary

16. Skin Injury and suturing

17. Environmental Injury (Heat, Cold, Altitude, Barotrauma)

Orthopedic Concerns

18. Fracture

19. Emergency splinting

20. Cervical spine

21. Thoracic and lumbar

22. Hand / finger

23. Elbow

24. Shoulder

25. Hip

26. Knee

27. Ankle & Achilles

28. Foot / toe

29. Muscle contusion

Sports and event specific concerns

30. Baseball and Softball

31. Basketball

32. Bicycling

33. Boxing

34. “Extreme” Sports

35. Football

36. Golf

37. Gymnastics

38. Hockey

39. Marathon and shorter runs

40. Martial Arts

41. Motor sports

42. Performing Arts

43. Rugby

44. Scuba

45. Search and rescue

46. Soccer

47. Snow Skiing and Boarding

48. Surfing Sam Sunshine

49. Swimming and Diving

50. Tennis

51. Track and field

52. Triathlon

53. Volleyball

54. Wrestling

55. Spectator care

56. Ethics and sports medicine

57. Legal Issues

58. The Psychology of Injury

Appendices

59. Physician’s Bag

60. Trainers Kit

61. Emergency Medical supplies

62. Incident Command System

63. Emergency Action Plans

64. Emergency Cardiac Care Algorithm

65. AED Algorithm