What is a SEM team?
A multi-disciplinary team of sports science, medicine, and performance professionals
What is the goal of a SEM team?
Ensure athletes are healthy, fit, and mentally ready for optimal performance
What professionals make up a SMALL SEM team?
Physician, therapist, strength and conditioning coach
What extra professionals make up a LARGE SEM team?
Exercise physiologist, sports psychologist, biomechanist, nutritionist
Describe scope of practice
Procedures and actions that a qualified practitioner is allowed to do
What is the standard of care
Following evidence based treatments which are appropriate and are a collaboration with members of the team
How do SEM teams look for youth community clubs?
It is rare to have support, causing injuries to happen more often
What is the process of identifying risks?
Assessment, evaluation, control
What are the different levels of risk managment?
Sport, club/team, individual
What is risk assessment?
Process of measurement/estimation of risk to teams and athletes
What is risk evaluation?
Determining the significance and acceptability of the risks
What is risk control?
Identifying and implementing methods to control the risks and the consequences
What are the parts of an effective risk management system for a team?
Injury surveillance, season analysis, preseason screening, monitoring, return to sport, education, equipement, emergency action plan
What is the risk matrix?
Likelihood/severity of common injuries
Sections of everyday risk management
Environment, equipment, athletes
What is an EAP
Emergency action plan
Why is an EAP important?
It is critical to have a rapid and effective response to an emergency
Where should an EAP be prepared for?
Practice, competition, and travel sites
Sign vs symptom
Sign: observed (objective)
Symptom: what athlete feels (subjective)
What is SOAP, with regards to EAP
Subjective, objective, assessment, plan
What equipment is part of an EAP?
Charge person, call person, first aid kit, AED, ambulation aid (crutches, spine board ect.)
What is in a first aid kit?
Communication sheet, info on emergency equipment (AED ect.), player/staff medical profiles
What is the recovery for jet lag?
One day per time zone travelled
