Sussex First Aid Courses
Sports First Aid

This 1-day sports first aid course focuses on how to treat sport-related injuries – from sprains, strains and fractures through to life-threatening injuries.

 

 

The physicality of sport means that injury is an ever-present danger. In lines of work where you are responsible for athletes or sports players, it may be inevitable that you will have to deal with an injury at some point in the future.

 

Our sports first aid course gives you the latest knowledge, skills and techniques to treat many of the most common sports injuries with confidence. This includes bumps and scrapes and breaks through to life-threatening problems such as head or spinal injuries.

 

When the right treatment is applied swiftly and accurately to an athlete under your care, it can alleviate pain, prevent the problem from getting worse and ultimately help to improve the rate of healing.

We are able to conduct group training sessions at your venue or you may wish to join one of our open public courses of which we run various dates throughout the year, see details to the right.

Who should attend: 

 

The 1-Day Sports First Aid Course is an ideal course for those who have contact with people within a sporting environment and the potential for the need to administer First Aid as a result of a sports injury. e.g. muscle strains, joint injuries.

 

This includes:

• Sports coaches

• Physiotherapists

• Osteopaths

• Match and club officials

• Teachers

• Parents

• Fitness and gym instructors

• Athletes & participants

• Anyone involved in sporting activity

 

Programme:

 

• The roles and responsibilities of a sports first aider

• Assessing an incident

• Managing an unresponsive casualty

• CPR and AED 

• Recovery Position

• Choking

• Seizures

• Shock

• Soft tissues injuries

• Neck injuries

• Spinal injuries

• Fractures

• Wounds and bleeding

• Minor injuries

• Cuts, grazes and bruises

• Minor burns and scalds 

• Hyperthermia / Hypothermia

                                           

Qualifications:

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Completion Certificate. Upon successful completion of the sports first aid course, each learner will receive sports first aid certificate which is valid for 3 years.