Emergency First Aid in Football

Learning programme

The course will cover:

• The role of the First Aider in football
• Duty of care in football
• The jaw thrust as an airway opening technique for a contact sport such as football
• The A-E approach of the injured footballer (inclusive of the unconscious footballer)
• Emergency Action planning for football (inclusive of a mandatory EAP e-learning module)
• Preparation for action for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA, inclusive of a mandatory SCA e-learning module)
• Recognition, Basic Life Support with an Automated External Defibrillator
• The FA Concussion guidelines and concussion management from a first aid perspective for football (inclusive of a mandatory concussion e-learning module)
• Dispelling the myths of first aid in football
• The football specific first aid kit
• Record keeping for first aiders in football
• Medical emergencies in football
• Focusing on those illnesses that can lead to life threatening injuries in football
• Limb threatening injuries in football
• Wounds and bleeding / First aid fracture management for football
• Acute soft tissue injury management in football
• Spinal injuries in football, manual in line stabilisation and assisting the ambulance crew with a log roll
• Paediatric elements to all of the above

Outcomes

This course will provide you with the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to:

• Attend a conscious or unconscious player
• Ensure that appropriate care is provided until the emergency medical services arrive and take over, or until an alternate healthcare professional assumes responsibility for the player.