Screening for Medical Clearance
Assignment A1:
Primer on Screening
Primer on Screening
Instructions:
Learn the 12 points about screening for medical clearance and complete the quiz below.
Learn the 12 points about screening for medical clearance and complete the quiz below.
Primer on Screening for Medical Clearance
- Certified Sports Med-Tech Assistants do NOT determine Medical Clearance for medical-fitness services.
- Only licensed Medical Doctors are authorized to determine Medical Clearance.
- Certified Sports Med-Tech Assistants use the screening tool to simply determine the NEED for Medical Clearance.
- Most individuals do NOT need Medical Clearance in order to safely participate in medical-fitness services.
- "Screening for Medical Clearance" is the protocol (standardized procedure) that Sports Med-Tech Assistants follow to determine whether an individual needs to obtain Medical Clearance or not in order to participate in medical-fitness services.
- The screening procedure is designed to answer the question: "Does this individual need to obtain Medical Clearance?"
- If an individual is screened as "Positive," the answer is: Yes, the individual NEEDS to obtain Medical Clearance.
- If an individual is screened as "Negative," the answer is: No, the individual does NOT need to obtain Medical Clearance.
- Sports Med-Tech Assistants should NOT assume that an individual referred by a physician for medical-fitness services has already been "Medically Cleared" and therefore does not need to be screened for medical clearance.
- An individual's signature on an "Informed Consent" regarding medical-fitness services does NOT remove the need to screen for medical clearance.
- Every individual needs to be SCREENED for medical clearance before participating in medical-fitness services.
- Screening for medical clearance involves a series of 1-3 simple questions, depending on the individual's responses.
QUIZ A1