TOTAS Injury

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A batter who is hit heavily in the thigh by a pitched ball at a fast speed can cause an injury that requires assessment and management. A corked thigh is when there has been a harsh impact towards the muscle causing bruising and bleeding. Contusions are acute soft tissue injury, as it is caused to underlying muscle fibres and connective tissue right under the skin through sudden impact. This type of injury is a direct injury as the batter was hit directly by a pitched ball, at 90 km per hour, and not by an internal force. The assessment of injuries follows the procedure of TOTAPS. TOTAPS stands for: Talk, Observe, Touch, Active Movement, Passive Movement and Skills Test. This procedure allows the assessor to see and assess the injury to classify …show more content…
provide the assessor with some insight and give a basic idea of what the injury is. Observing the pain, injury and movement of the casualty also gives that. After asking for permission to touch, the assessor should move slowly from the exterior to interior to the injury, whilst still observing the casualty. Not only that, but the examiner can feel the quadriceps of the other leg, to compare the injury. Active movement is to see how much the individual can move the injured location themselves. Whilst laying down, or sitting if possible, they should try to lift their leg, slowly, to see how much they can move, without getting into too much pain or discomfort. This will allow the coach to see how bad the pain is whilst observing the face and checking for any other injury. If there isn’t too much pain the assessor should then step in and physically move the causalities leg themselves in a range of movements to pinpoint the injury and the pain location. Once that has been done, the assessor will do a skills test, where they will ask for the individual to do a small test of something that they could do prior to the injury to see if the individual can still do it or not. Things like walking a short distance will help to distinguish how bad the contusion
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