The Surrey County Womens & Girls League are offering a subsidised Surrey FA First Aid course for its Member Clubs in 2020 – don’t miss out!
Course Name: FA Level 1 Introduction to First Aid in Football (hosted by Surrey FA)
Date of Course: Monday 23rd March 2020
Start Time: 7pm
Course Duration: Three hours
Minimum Age: Candidates must be at least 16 years of age
Location: Imber Court Sports Club, Ember Lane, East Molesey, Surrey, KT8 0BT
Maximum Attendees: 18 people
Booking Link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SCWGLFirstAidCourse
Course Details: The FA Level 1 Introduction to First Aid in Football provides you with the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to attend a conscious or unconscious player, ensuring that appropriate care is given until the emergency medical services arrive and takeover, or until an alternative healthcare professional(s) assumes responsibility. It is a practical guide to dealing with the essential components of saving a life, both in training and matches. This course goes beyond generic first aid and includes elements specific to football
Course Overview: This is a three hour workshop for the pitch side first aider, which aims to provide the participant with:
- Knowledge and practical skills to be able to attend an unconscious player
- Knowledge and practical skills to be able to recognise and manage a player who is not breathing, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillation
- Knowledge of sudden cardiac arrest in football
- Knowledge and practical skills to recognise and apply immediate first aid to a number of medical conditions that pose a threat to life
- Knowledge of the requirements of emergency action planning for football
- Knowledge of the FA concussion guidelines and appropriate immediate management of the concussed player
The course is open to all with an interest in improving their emergency aid skills. The qualification is valid for a period of three years.
Course Description: The course will provide the learner with the knowledge and practical skills and an introduction to first aid that will enable them to attend a conscious or unconscious player, ensuring that appropriate care is given until the emergency medical services arrive and takeover, or until an alternative healthcare professional(s) assumes responsibility for the player. On completion of the workshop, the learner will be able to:
- Recognise their role and responsibility as a nominated First Aider
- Identify the key components of an Emergency Action Plan (EAP)
- Identify best practice when summoning medical assistance, in terms of when, how and knowing what information is required
- Determine whether a player is conscious or unconscious and perform the correct procedure to open the airway
- Apply the correct techniques whilst performing chest compressions, rescue breathing and automated external defibrillation to a player suffering from a sudden cardiac arrest
- Discuss appropriate actions following an incident
- Recognise the signs and symptoms, and administer appropriate immediate first aid when dealing with a range of life threatening conditions that may present in football
Course Outcomes:
- Offer basic advice on how to limit the effects of injury and promote recovery.
- Provide you with the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to be able to attend a conscious or unconscious casualty and ensure that appropriate care is given until the emergency medical services arrive and takeover, or until an alternative healthcare professional(s), assumes responsibility for the casualty.
Course Content:
- Emergency Action Planning for football
- Process Overview
o Pre-Activity Preparation
o Reacting to an Incident
o Approaching the Injured Player
o Primary Survey (A-E approach)
o CPR/AED (adults and children) - Resuscitation CPR AED Algorithm for adults and children
- Heart Conditions and sudden cardiac arrest in football
- Asthma, anaphylaxis, catastrophic bleeding and airway problems
- Head Injury and concussion – The FA Concussion guidelines
- Dispelling the myths of first aid management
Terms & Conditions: This Course is offered at a subsidised fee of £5.00 and is booked on the understanding that, should a Participant fail to attend any part of the Course or fail to fully complete the Course as advised by the FA Tutor, the Club to which the Participant is attached will be responsible for paying the FULL cost of the course (£30.00)
Clubs will be invoiced via Prawn Sandwich & Payments must be made via BACS within 7 days of receipt of Invoice. Places are limited, so in the first instance, we will be offering ONE place per Club on a first come/first served basis