First Aid for Sport Injuries

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COURSE OBJECTIVES:

This First Aid for Sports Training Course sets out to train participants on life saving skills in relation to children and adults . This course is designed to give participants, who have no previous experience of first aid, the required skills to deal with a first aid or medical emergency before professional help arrives.

 

COURSE CONTENT:

  • Introduction & Safety Checks
  • Aims of First Aid & The Primary Survey
  • Secondary Survey
  • Vital Signs
  • Consent
  • Communications
  • Asthma
  • Diabetes
  • Epilepsy
  • Unconsciousness
  • Common injuries – Nosebleed & Fainting
  • Head Injuries, Concussion and Compression
  • Wounds and Bleeding
  • Fractures, Sprains, Strains and Dislocations
  • Burns & Chemical Burns
  • Asphyxia

 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

  • Recognise and Assess the causes and effects of sudden illness and/or injury in a pre-hospital environment and call for emergency medical services.
  • React to such pre-hospital emergencies.
  • Respond in a safe, effective and appropriate manner to such emergencies utilising the First Aid skill set.
  • Record and Report actions and interventions taken while responding to and managing such incidents
  • Retain a professional and caring attitude in your performance as a First Aider.

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