Course Details
- Understand the duties of a First Aider in the sports environment
- Understand the requirements of a First Aid kit
- Perform life saving techniques
- Manage illness and injury in the sports environment
- Administer first aid to a casualties with: injuries to bones, muscles and joints, including suspected spinal injuries
- Chest injuries
- Burns and scalds
- Anaphylactic shock
- Eye injuries
- Sudden poisoning
- Recognise the presence of major illness and provide appropriate first aid (including heart attack, stroke, epilepsy, asthma, diabetes).
Benefits to you
- Understand the duties of a First Aider in the sports environment
- Understand the requirements of a First Aid kit
- Perform life saving techniques
- Manage illness and injury in the sports environment
- Administer first aid to a casualties with: injuries to bones, muscles and joints, including suspected spinal injuries
- Chest injuries
- Burns and scalds
- Anaphylactic shock
- Eye injuries
- Sudden poisoning
- Recognise the presence of major illness and provide appropriate first aid (including heart attack, stroke, epilepsy, asthma, diabetes).
Course Contents
- Legislation
- Role and aims of a First Aider
- Infection control, and limitations of First Aid in an outdoor environment
- Contents of a First Aid Kit
- Record Keeping
- Incident Management
- Primary Survey
- Priorities of Treatment
- Treatment of an Unconscious Casualty – Recovery Position
- Resuscitation (Using Resuscitation Council (UK) 2021 Guidelines) inc. Effective Rescue Breaths
- Choking
- Recognition and Treatment of Cardiac Conditions
- Defibrillator (AED) Awareness
- Secondary Survey
- Recognition and Treatment of Respiratory Conditions
- Recognition and Treatment of Nervous System Conditions
- Recognition and Treatment of Strokes
- Control and Treatment of Wounds and Bleeding
- Treatment of Minor Injuries
- Treatment of Poisoning
- Treatment of Burns & Scalds
- Recognition and Treatment of Heat and Cold Injuries
- Recognition and Treatment of Anaphylaxis and use of an Auto Injector
- Recognition and Treatment of Diabetes
- Management & Treatment of Muscular Skeletal Injuries Inc. Spinal Injuries
- Treatment of Electric Shock
- Treatment of Clinical Shock
- Management of Seizures
- Sepsis & Septicaemia
Who should attend?
All Coaches and Leaders in an outdoor environment