2. Bell Ringer
What are the Traditional work settings for Athletic Trainers?
What are some Non-Traditional work settings?
When and where was the profession of Athletic Training founded?
Who is considered to be a part of the Primary Sports Medicine Team? Who is considered to be a part of the Secondary Sports Medicine Team?
List 3 qualities an AT needs to have and why.

3. Medical Terminology
and abbreviations

5. Medical Terminology
Using and understanding is essential to clear communication amongst the health care community.
Medical terminology developed largely from Greek and Latin words. Many terms can be deciphered through an understanding of the meanings of various roots and affixes.
Other languages such as German and French have also influenced Medical Terms

6. When Would Med Term be Used?
Patient Notes
General/Verbal orders
Giving Information
Receiving Information
Care Plans
*Any sort of discussion about the human body, a condition/injury, or a treatment plan

7. “To Err Is Human”
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine published the famous "To Err Is Human" report, which dropped a bombshell on the medical community by reporting that up to 98,000 people a year die because of mistakes in hospitals
Journal of Patient Safety that says the numbers may be much higher — between 210,000 and 440,000 patients each year who go to the hospital for care suffer some type of preventable harm that contributes to their death.
That would make medical errors the third-leading cause of death in America, behind heart disease, which is the first, and cancer, which is second.

8. The Basics
Anatomic Position: Refers to an erect stance with the arms at the sides and the palms of the hands facing forward
The body moves in relation to planes
Frontal
Sagittal
Transverse

9. The 4 word parts
Most medical terms built from word parts consist of some or all of the following components:
1. PREFIXES
2. WORD ROOTS
3. SUFFIXES
4. COMBINING VOWELS

10. The Prefix
The prefix is a word part attached to the beginning of a word root to modify its meaning.
Prefixes can indicate;
A number such as bi-, meaning two.
A position, such as sub-, meaning under.
A direction, such as intra-, meaning within.
Time, such as brady-, meaning slow
Negation, such as a-, meaning without
Although a prefix can be used to modify the meaning of a word, many medical terms do not have a prefix.

11. The Root Word
The word root is the word part that is the core of the word.
The word root contains the fundamental meaning of the word
Since the word root is the core of the word, each medical term contains one or more word roots

12. Examples of Root Words Play/er; In this word, play is the word root.
Arthr/itis; In this medical term, arthr (which means joint) is the word root.
Hepat/itis; In this medical term, hepat (which means liver) is the word root.

13. The Suffix
The suffix is a word part attached to the end of the word root to modify its meaning.
The suffix frequently indicates a procedure, condition, or disease such as
–scopy, meaning visual examination (procedure)
–tomy, meaning surgical excision (procedure)
-itis, meaning inflammation (condition)
-oma, meaning tumor (disease)

14. Suffix Examples Play/er in this word, -er is the suffix.
Hepat/ic in this medical term, -ic (which means pertaining to) is the suffix.
Hepat is the word root for liver; therefore hepatic means pertaining to the liver.
Hepat/itis in this medical term, -itis (which means inflammation) is the suffix.
The term hepatitis means inflammation of the liver.

15. Adding the combining vowel
The combining vowel (usually an “o”) is added to link the root to the suffix, or the root to another root
The combining vowel has no meaning on its own
When a combining vowel is linked to a root, it is then called a combining form.
Rule:
When the suffix begins in a vowel, the combining vowel is dropped
EX:
Lip+o = Lipo (root meaning “fat”)
Lipo + oid = Lipoid (“resembles fat” [note: not Lipooid)

16. A Quick Summary Word root- core of a word; for example, hepat
Suffix- attached at the end of a word root to modify its meaning; for example, -ic.
Prefix- attached at the beginning of a word to modify its meaning; for example, Sub-
Combining Vowel- usually an o used between two word roots or a word root and a suffix to ease pronunciation; for example hepat o pathy
Combining form- word root plus combining vowel separated by a vertical slash; for example, hepat/o.

17. Vocabulary Anatomy Physiology Anatomical Position Anterior Posterior
Study of the structure and shape of the body and its parts
Physiology
Study of how the body and its parts work or function
Anatomical Position
refers to the standing position, with arms at the side and palms facing towards the front
Anterior
front half of the body
Posterior
back half of the body

18. Vocabulary Superior toward the head Inferior toward the feet Medial
toward the center line of the body
Lateral
away from the center line

19. Vocabulary Distal Proximal Flexion Extension Abduction Adduction
away from the trunk of the body (i.e. ankle is distal to the knee)
Proximal
towards to the trunk (i.e. the shoulder is proximal to the elbow)
Flexion
decreasing joint angle
Extension
increasing joint angle
Abduction
movement away from the midline
Adduction
movement towards the midline

20. Vocabulary Dorsiflexion Plantarflexion Inversion Eversion
foot/toes moving toward the body, decreasing angle
Plantarflexion
foot/toes moving toward ground, increasing angle
Inversion
movement inward
Eversion
movement (sole of foot) away from midline
External Rotation
rotation about its axis in the transverse plane away from the midline
Internal Rotation
rotation about its axis in the transverse plane toward the midline

21. Vocabulary Supination Pronation Superficial Deep
surface rotated upward
Pronation
surface rotated downward
Superficial
near body’s surface
Deep
beneath the surface

22. Common abbreviations Bi/Lat, B – Bilateral DF - Dorsiflexion
ADL – Activities of Daily Living
Bi/Lat, B – Bilateral DF - Dorsiflexion
BP – Blood Pressure HA – Head Ache
BPM – Beats per Minute HR – Heart Rate
C/O – Complaining Of… LE – Lower Extremity
LOC – Loss of Consciousness NKA – No Known Allergies

23. Abbv. Cont’d Dx – Diagnosis Fx – Fracture
Hx – History ( HO – History Of…)
Px – Practice
Sx - Symptoms
Tx – Treatment

24. Cont’d P- Pain PF – Plantarflexion PRN – As Needed Pt – Patient
ROM – Range of Motion
Rx - Prescription
S&S – Signs and Symptoms
UE – Upper Extremity
w/, c – With
WNL – Within Normal Limits

25. Common Prefixes A/An - no, not, without Arthro – joint Bi – two
dipl/o
two, double
hemi-
half
iso-
equal, same
macro-
large
megal/o
enlargement
micro-
small
mono-
one
multi-
many
nulli-
none
poly-
semi-
half, partial
tri-
three
uni-
A/An - no, not, without
Arthro – joint
Bi – two
Brady - slow
Cardio – heart
Costo - rib
Derm – skin
Dys - painful
Epi – on, above
Hyper – more than normal
Hypo – less than normal
Inter- between
Intra – within

26. Common prefix cont’d Neuro – Nerve Mal - bad Peri – around
Post – after, behind
Poly – many
Pre – before, in front
Pneumon – lung
Quadri - four
Sub – below
Tachy - fast
Tri - three
Ven – vein

27. Prefixes Denoting Direction
per-
through
peri-
around
post-
behind, after
poster/o
behind
pre-
before, in front of
pro-
before
retr/o
behind, in back of
sub-
under
super-
beyond
supra-
above
supra--
syn-
together
trans-
across
ventr/o
belly

28. Misc. Prefixes a-, an- without anti- against auto- self brady- slow
con-
with
contra-
dis-
free of
dys-
difficult or without pain
mal-
bad, poor
neo-
new
syn-
together
tachy-
fast

29. Common Suffix algia pain ar pertaining to centesis puncture clysis
irrigation
ectasia
dilatation, dilation
ectomy
excision
emes/is
vomiting
emia
blood
esthesia
feelings
genesis, gen/o
development, formation, beginning
gnosis
know ia
noun ending
ia, ic
it is
inflammation

30. manual
hand
meter
measuring instrument
oid
resembling
ologist
one who studies
ology
study of
oma
tumor 
opia
vision
orrhagia
hemorrhage
orrhaphy
suture
orrhea
flow
orrhexis
rupture
osis
condition of
ostomy
new opening
otomy
incision
pedal
foot
pexy
fixing, fixation
phob/ia
fear

31. plasm
growth
plegia, plegic
paralysis
ptosis
drooping
scope, scopy
examining, looking at
spasm
twitching
sperm
stasis
slow, stop
tome
instrument
tripsy
crushing

32. Copy and Translate Paragraph:
Patient is complaining of having increasing difficulties with lower extremity range of motion and with her gait. She does have some pain, particularly at night, in her lower extremities. On examination, her signs and symptoms are lower extremity pain - 8/10 bilaterally, decreased ability to walk, lack of range of motion, and obvious swelling. She is being sent for x-rays to rule out fractures, and is diagnosed with bilateral hamstring strains. Her treatment will be Ibuprofen as needed, and rest for 2 weeks. She has no known history of any drug allergies.