Sports First Aid Course

First Aid for Sports (Including Child First Aid)

Course Overview

This First Aid for Sports course covers the full Emergency First Aid syllabus, adapted for sports. It is ideal for Sports Teachers, Personal Trainers, Coaches, Yoga and Pilates Teachers, football, rugby, hockey, tennis and any other sports to equip you with vital skills and confidence to help an adult or child experiencing a medical emergency in a sports environment. Prompt and appropriate First Aid reduces the pain and suffering experienced by a casualty and could save their life.

This course covers CPR( Advisory), choking, bleeding, burns, spinal injuries, asthma, bites and stings and much more., however a CFR course  is required in order to receive CFR CERTIFICATION. This course is an excellent first aid training package for people to gain invaluable knowledge to prepare themselves for delivering first aid.

Course Features

The course consists of illustrated step by step directions, flow charts, diagrams, videos with practical interaction.

Certificate on completion. This course should take around 4.5 hours and is valid for 2 years

Important Information

It is impossible to cover all eventualities within this course, or to equip you with the knowledge and skills to appropriately diagnose and treat in unpredictable real life situations. If you suspect serious illness or injury, you should always seek immediate professional medical advice.  Every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information contained within the course,

About the Author

The course material has been prepare  by Jude Feehan . First aid Instructor and founder of Safety Courses Ireland in conjunction with other medical and first aid professionals. If you have any queries concerning this course, please contact judesafetycoursesireland@gmail.com

Course Contents

• Action in an emergency
• Unresponsive and breathing
• Recovery position
• Secondary survey
• Unconscious and not breathing
• Resuscitation
• Heart attack and angina
• Choking
• Drowning
• Anaphylactic shock
• Wounds and bleeding
• Dressings
• Fainting
• Burns (including sunburn)
• Dislocation
• Bandaging
• Head injuries
• Skull fracture
• Spinal injuries
• recovery position
• Fitting, seizures, convulsions