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Emergency Sports First Aid

This course offers a great introduction to essential first aid in a sporting environment.

Content covered includes:

  • A systematic approach to incident management: Primary Survey
  • Vital signs
  • Airway Management - safe airway positions
  • Adult CPR Resuscitation procedures - single and multi-person scenarios
  • Child & Drowning CPR protocols.
  • Safe use of an AED (Automated External Defibrillator)
  • Choking
  • Bleeding
  • Return to play decisions following on field assessment using SALTAPS
  • Concussion Recognition
  • Soft tissue injuries, strains and sprains - when to and when not to use ice

Those attending for the full duration of the course will receive a certificate of attendance valid fo 3 years and issued by the Awarding Organisation ITC First.