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- Title
School Nurses on the Front Lines of Healthcare: Emergencies Associated With Sport and Physical Activities (Part 3): Shortness of Breath in a Pediatric Athlete During a Track Event.
- Authors
Swaffield, Thomas P.; Olympia, Robert P.
- Abstract
Sport participation is an important part of the development, both physically and mentally, of children and adolescents in the United States. Illness and injury associated with sport and physical activities may occur in the school setting. Although most sport-related illness and injury in students are considered minor emergencies, life-threatening illnesses or injuries may occur. It is important for the school nurse to recognize potential life-threatening emergencies associated with sport and physical activity, to initiate stabilization of the student with life-threatening symptoms, and to triage these students to an appropriate level of care (back to the classroom, home with their guardian with follow-up at their primary healthcare provider's office, or directly to the closest emergency department [ED] via Emergency Medical Services [EMS]). This article specifically describes the initial assessment and management of shortness of breath in an adolescent athlete during a track event.
- Subjects
DIAGNOSIS of dyspnea; TREATMENT of dyspnea; SPORTS participation; TRACK &; field; SCHOOL nursing; NURSES; SPORTS medicine; EXERCISE-induced asthma
- Publication
NASN School Nurse, 2022, Vol 37, Issue 5, p257
- ISSN
1942-602X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1942602X221104195