Basic Emergency First Aid Course

Syllabus:

• Registration

• Course Objectives
  - preserve life
  - limit effects
  - promote recovery

• Approach to an incident (danger, help, bystanders)

• Assessment of priorities (DRAB)

• Checking responsiveness – shake and shout

• Opening the airway – chin lift/ head tilt

• Checking breathing – look/listen/feel

• Checking for signs of life/ top to toe survey

• Recovery position (for breathing casualty)

• Chest compressions/ breathing for casualty

• Control of bleeding (press and elevate)

• Dressing of wounds

• Minimising shock

• Choking

• Course summary

Course Duration: Three hours

Class Size: Groups 12 - 16 people

Practice: On sterilised resuscitation manikin(s)

Cost: Available on request

 

 

 

Certificate in Emergency First Aid (FAS)

More about the FAS:

• If you are an adult (over 16 years of age) with a sporting background or you are studying for a sports science or sports therapy qualification and want to learn more about first aid.

• Although the FAS has been developed in partnership with The FA, it is a generic first aid qualification offering content appropriate to all sports.

• The FAS is more than a standard first aid qualification, as it offers an introduction to injury prevention and management.

• To achieve a vocational first aid qualification specific to the sporting environment that encompasses both theoretical understanding and practical applications of first aid.

• If you are looking to achieve qualifications in related subjects such as sports therapy, sports massage or treatment of injury qualifications, the FAS can be used as a stepping-stone. These qualifications could lead you to employment as an assistant to a sports club physiotherapist.

• Covering pitch side assessment of injuries

• Diagnosing/ Basic treatments

• Head/ facial injuries

• Strains and sprains

• Basic medical conditions

• Basic anatomy

Course Duration: 21 hours (15 classroom & 6 self study)

Cost: Available on request

Additional courses that we provide (details available on request)

• VRQ Level 2 management and treatment of sports injuries

• VRQ Level 3 management and treatment of sports injuries

• Sports Massage (SMA accredited)
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