A patient comes to you for an evaluation of ear pain. During…

A patient comes to you for an evaluation of ear pain. During your evaluation, the patient reports pain and itching in the ear with a clear discharge.  The patient also reports an occasional feeling of increased pressure and transient hearing loss.  Your inspection reveals enlarged lymph nodes, excessive water trapped in ear and a visible cyst. There also appears to be an infection of the ear canal. What injury do you suspect has occurred?

An athlete collides with a teammate during an ice hockey gam…

An athlete collides with a teammate during an ice hockey game and sustains a blow to the jaw with a hockey stick. The athlete skates over to you holding his lower face with his hands and is visibly in intense pain.  Which of the following assessment procedures will assist the certified athletic trainer in determining if there is a fracture to the jaw? (Select all that apply)

A 19-year-old football player sustains a helmet-to-helmet co…

A 19-year-old football player sustains a helmet-to-helmet collision and is slow to rise. He demonstrates lower extremity weakness and hyperreflexia. During your neurologic assessment, you stroke the anteromedial tibia with a blunt object and observe extension of the great toe and abduction and plantar flexion of the remaining toes. Which of the following interpretations is MOST accurate?