FA Basic First Aid for Sport

The FA Basic Sports First Aid course is a foundation sports first aid course aimed at 'lay first aiders', specifically coaches, teachers, parents and volunteers, who are responsible for the provision of first aid when supporting sports activities.

Course Aims & Objectives

Aims:

- To provide the student with an understanding of the general duties, responsibilities and treatment principles of first aid.
- To provide students with the basic knowledge, skills and attitude necessary to recognise and differentiate major from minor injury and the ability to offer basic first aid and injury/illness management and advice to a participant who has sustained illness/injury when engaged in sports activity, or in sports environments.

Objectives:

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

- Describe the duties, responsibilities, general treatment principles and priorities of emergency care provision.
- Describe the elements of pre-event preparation in relation to emergency care provision.
- Demonstrate an understanding of basic anatomy and physiology in relation to first aid.
- Conduct the logical 'on-field' assessment (SALTAPS) of a participant and apply principles of infection control.
- Recognise and respond to the signs and symptoms of common injuries.
- Recognise and respond to the signs and symptoms of common illnesses.

Limits of Responsibility:

The course aims and objectives focus on the need to provide the student with sufficient knowledge and skills to identify illness, injuries and conditions and apply the appropriate first aid management. The aims and objectives are also directed towards a student identifying the need for an injured or ill casualty to be referred to a hospital, clinic or unit, for medical management by an appropriate healthcare professional.

Course Content
The course has been subdivided into three distinct modules:

Module 1 - general principles of first aid and emergency aid:

- Pre-Activity Preparation
- The Emergency Action Plan
- Reacting to an Incident / Approaching the injured Player
- The 'Primary Survey' and 'Secondary Survey?'
- The Recovery Position
- CPR
- Choking
- Severe External / Internal Bleeding
- Shock

Module 2 - common musculo-skeletal Injuries, 'on-field' assessment and basic first aid management acute soft tissue injury:

- Basic Injury Recognition
- Fractures / Dislocations
- Ligament Injury Sprains
- Muscle Injury Strains and Contusions
- The On-Field Injury Assessment Process - SALTAPS
- Basic First Aid Management of Acute Soft Tissue Injury
- Head / Spinal Injury
- Skull / Cheekbone / Nose / Jaw / Rib Fracture

Module 3 - common medical conditions, the First Aid kit and after incident Issues:

- Anaphylaxis
- Asthma
- Seizure
- Diabetes
- Hypothermia
- Hyperthermia - Heat Stroke / Heat Exhaustion
- Dehydration
- Foreign Body in the Eye
- First Aid Kit Contents
- After an Emergency Incident

Course Pre-requisites
Students must be 16 years of age, or over, on the date of the start of the course.

Period of Registration
12 months (The candidates must complete all modules within 12 months to receive certification).

Course Duration
The course is 9 hours in duration.

Assessment
A mixed format assessment of underpinning knowledge and understanding covering the course content will apply for the qualification.

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The next courses are on the following dates:

 Cost £65 per course

All courses are over 3 evenings and all sessions are compulsory.

We will also look to run a course in the north of the county throughout 2012 - Dates to be confirmed.

Please Note: For all online bookings the candidate is required to use their own FAN NUMBER only. If you have played football in Cambridgeshire, attended any FA courses, been FA CRB checked or purchased England tickets, you will already have a unique FAN number registered to you.

Contact: 

Katie Critchley 

Tel: 01223 209037

e-mail: Courses@CambridgeshireFA.com

Cambridgeshire FA, Bridge Road, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9PH