First Aid for Sports - Level 3 (VTQ)
This 7 hour course is tailored towards anyone wanting a first aid qualification geared towards the sporting environment.
As well as basic life support skills it will also deal with the injuries and illnesses often associated with sports. It can be adapted to suit your own particular sport with relevant injuries and conditions included that you are more likely to have to deal with.
All our first aid courses fully meet the UK and European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021 as per the HSE requirements and are endorsed by Training Qualifications UK (TQUK).
Priced at £55 per person (Group discounts are available for bookings over 6 people). Maximum group size is 12.
Course contents -
Introduction to Sports First Aid
- Sports First Aid Course Overview
Initial Care and Safety
- Fears of first aid
- Asking permission to help
- Scene Safety
- Calling the EMS
- Waiting for the EMS to Arrive
- The Chain of Survival
- DRAB and the ABCDs
- Barriers and Gloves
- How to use face shields
- Hand Washing
- Recovery Position and Care of the Patient
Cardiac Arrest and CPR
- Adult CPR Introduction
- When to call for assistance
- Heart Attack Care
- Adult CPR
- Hands-only CPR Breakdown
- CPR Hand Over
- Resuscitation of children
- Child CPR
- Child CPR Breakdown
- Infant CPR
- AED Introduction
- Drowning
- Effective CPR
- Improving compressions
- Improving breaths
- Near and secondary drowning
Choking Management
- Adult Choking
- Child Choking
Bleeding Management
- Types of Bleed
- Serious Bleeding
- Excessive Blood Loss
- Excessive Bleeding Control
- Embedded Objects
- Plasters
- Nose bleeds
- Minor Injuries
- Other Types of Injury
- The Healing Process
Injuries
- Strains and Sprains (RICE)
- Fractures
- Dislocations
- Types of head injury and consciousness
- Concussion memory test and withdrawal from play
- Different Types of Helmets
- Spinal Injury
- Spinal Recovery Position
- Eye Injuries
- Burns and Burn Kits
- Gel burns dressings
- Using cling film on a burn
- Blister Care
- Splinters
- Abdominal Injuries
- Chest Injuries
- Heat emergencies
- Cold emergencies
- Shock
- Dealing with fainting
- Dental Injuries
- Bites and Stings
- Cramp in Sports and Exercise
- Types of Hydration in Sport
Illnesses
- Illness assessment
- Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis
- Asthma
- Asthma Spacers
- Hyperventilation
- Diabetes
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy treatment
- Electrical Injuries
Summary
- Medications and First Aid
- Summary of Sports First Aid