2 Day Sports First Aid
Highway 2 First Aid offers a 2 day Sports Course designed for P.E Teachers , Sports Leaders , Pitch Side Coaches and Pitch Side First Aiders. This course is continually assessed with a question paper at the end. Day 1 covers Emergency First Aid including CPR , Shock and dealing with an unconscious casualty. The 2nd day will be more scenario based covering other sports type injuries.
Included in the course :
- Roles and responsibilities of First Aider
- Scene management and scene safety
- BLS (Basic Life Support and CPR)
- Treatment of an unconscious casualty
- Examination techniques
- Shock and control of bleeding
- Head injuries
- Spinal injuries
- Fractures
- Strains/Sprains and Common sort tissue injuries
- Common medical conditions
- Practical splinting / bandaging
- Moving and handling
- Reporting and recording
- What to carry in a first aid kit
The certificate is valid for 3 years
Instructor / Trainee ratio 1: 12 (maximum)
Course Duration : 2 days (12 hours contact time)
What's included: Our courses include instruction, presentation, handouts, first aid manual and use of first aid equipment.
Where to find us
Highway 2 First Aid
Gairich
19B Mary Countess Way
Glamis
Forfar
DD8 1RF
Tel: 07747 630566
Annual Skill Updates
We strongly recommend that First Aiders Undertake yearly refresher training. Highway 2 First Aid runs 3 hour update sessions.