Practical First Aid
First Aid for Personal Trainers, Sports Coaches, Clubs and Organisations
Time: Full Day
Certificate valid for 3 years
Fully QUALSAFE Regulated
Summary:
The Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) course adapted for Sports is a one day course covering care of the unconscious casualty as well as commonly occurring injuries in adults and children. During the course, you will not only learn basic emergency first aid, but also first aid specific to exercise and sports.
Our course uniquely adds in additional areas to the EFAW syllabus and covers heart attacks, head and spinal injuries as well as asthma and other elements of First Aid crucial to sports. We are also able to adapt our courses to specific requests if you have anything additional that you need to cover.
You can book a bespoke course at your workplace or home, or you can book a place on one of our scheduled courses which are held at our company headquarters in Balham.
- People responsible for First Aid cover for Businesses of up to 50 employees
- Larger or complex risk businesses looking to increase support for qualified FAW staff
- Anyone requiring a regulated First Aid training qualification
- Sports Professionals and Personal Trainers (including Football Association, Rugby, Sailing, Hockey)
- Charities & Local Authorities
- Children & Youth organisations
- Builders & Construction
- Beauty, Retail & Hospitality
- Home Carers, Care Homes & Foster Carers needing a regulated qualification
- Heath professionals
Every course is tailored to the needs of those attending – please let us know if there are particular areas you need us to cover.
By the end of the course you will have learnt:
- Prioritising injuries and action in an emergency.
- How to provide immediate medical care in an emergency.
- How to assess if someone is unconscious, whether or not they are breathing and how and when to put them into the recovery position or start CPR.
- We will cover common accidents and injuries relevant to your industry and empower you with the skills and confidence to provide an immediate and appropriate first aid response.
- Baby first aid and Child First Aid are included and we will always tailor the course to the requirements of your work.
- Managing an incident
- Priorities of First Aid
- Treatment of an unconscious adult, baby and child who is breathing – recovery position
- Treatment of an unconscious adult, baby or child who is not breathing – CPR
- Importance of a defibrillator and how to use an AED*
- Heart Attack and Angina*
- Stroke
- Choking
- Shock
- Bleeding – grazes, splinters, embedded objects, amputated parts, knocked out teeth, mouth injury, eye injury, bruising, nose bleeds, objects in eyes, ears, nose…
- Burns and scalds
- Head injuries, concussion, compression & skull fracture *
- Spinal injuries*
- Breaks, soft tissue injuries & dislocations *
- Anaphylactic shock and acute allergic reaction
- Fitting and seizures
- First Aid Kits
- The aftermath, accident forms…
* Head and spinal injuries, Heart Attacks, breaks & soft tissue injuries are not included within the HSE first aid syllabus but are incorporated into our course. Extra time is added to include these additional topics.
Continuous assessment by trainer, practical assessments to cover wound management, care of an unconscious casualty, CPR and a multiple choice paper.
Ofqual Approved Certification through Qualsafe Awards is valid for 3 years.
Details:
The Emergency First Aid at Work course for sports is a one-day class where you learn how to help an unconscious person and treat common injuries in adults and children, with extra focus on exercise-related emergencies.
You will cover basic first aid alongside sports-specific topics like heart attacks, head and spinal injuries, and asthma, and we can add any other areas you need. You can arrange a bespoke session at your home or workplace anywhere in the UK or join one of our scheduled courses at our Balham headquarters.
