Ethical, Legal, and Administrative Considerations for Preparticipation Evaluation for Wilderness Sports and Adventures

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• 作者：Craig C. Young ; MD^a ; ^b ; ^{cyoung@mcw.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Aaron D. Campbell ; MD ; MHS^c ; Jay Lemery ; MD ; ^d ; ¹ ; David S. Young ; MD^e
• 关键词：preparticipation evaluation ; wilderness medicine ; ethics ; legal
• 刊名：Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：26
• 期：4_supp_S
• 页码：10-14
• 全文大小：88 K

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Preparticipation evaluations (PPEs) are common in team, organized, or traditional sports but not common in wilderness sports or adventures. Regarding ethical, legal, and administrative considerations, the same principles can be used as in traditional sports. Clinicians should be trained to perform such a PPE to avoid missing essential components and to maximize the quality of the PPE. In general, participants’ privacy should be observed; office-based settings may be best for professional and billing purposes, and adequate documentation of a complete evaluation, including clearance issues, should be essential components. Additional environmental and personal health issues relative to the wilderness activity should be documented, and referral for further screening should be made as deemed necessary, if unable to be performed by the primary clinician. Travel medicine principles should be incorporated, and recommendations for travel or adventure insurance should be made.