FA Emergency Medical First Aid in Football this course is for Sport and Exercise Therapy students only and you must have an existing basic first aid qualification. This course will enable you to assist the medical team with advanced lifesaving techniques.
Detailed Description
The Emergency Medical First Aid in Football course is aimed at those with an existing first aid at work qualification. It provides more advanced skills that can be called upon in emergency situations. This course will build on your prior knowledge and give you the skills to be able to assist medical staff in more advanced immediate care in the pre-hospital environment of football.
The course will give you the knowledge to deal with life and limb threatening injuries on the field of play. You will leave with the ability to perform a structured first aid assessment on a player and the ability to assist medical staff with more advanced management of the situation.
On the day you will focus on:
• Emergency action planning and duty of care in football
• Primary A-E approach of the injured player
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest in football
• Basic Life Support (BLS) with use of Automated External Defibrillators (AED)
• Airway management and oxygen therapy familiarisation – assisting the medical staff
• Limb threatening fractures/ dislocations and their emergency management – assisting the medical staff
• Head injuries and The FA concussion guidelines
• Spinal injury and management inclusive of assisting the medical staff in full spinal extrication
• Medical emergencies in football
If you require any further details about the course please visit the England Football learning website - https://learn.englandfootball.com/courses/medical/emergency-medical-first-aid-in-football.
