HIPS Injury Assessment Crossword

asking questions, may be most important step
to touch or feel
to look for deformity, bleeding, swelling
specific injury assessment to evaluate the extent of injuries
what you do before you start the injury assessment
both sides
there are 5 areas of this step
assess in proper sequence, active, passive, resistive
movement is done by patient, by their self
used to determine joint laxity, muscle imbalance, integrity of structures
run fingers over affected area to check for feeling is part of what exam
take vitals during this part of assessment
what should be checked to make sure vital organs are receiving oxygem
when this goes down it is a red flag that the patient is in shock
when a person is in shock this will be thready, weak and fast
normal is 12-20
done to determine if athlete can return to play, only do if all findings were negative during evaluaton
what blood pressure is measured with
movement done completely by examiner
loose ligament, means joint is loose or lacks integrity
the strength of a structure
pinching finger nails to see if they return pink quickly, checking perfusion
for injury assessment this is checked by feeling patients forehead and looking for if patient is pale or sweaty
check, call.........
protects first responders that do not have duty to act