Medical Courses

FAW Football Emergency Aid

Course Overview

Aim

This award has been designed by the FAW Medical Department to meet the needs of grassroots football and the requirements of the FAW Club Accreditation Scheme.

Aim

A three-hour online award developing an awareness of first aid techniques within a football environment.

This online award includes the following elements;

• First Aid Kits and MEAP
• Cardiac Arrests
• Basic Life Support
• Automated External Defibrillator
• Severe Bleeding
• Choking
• Asthma
• Anaphylaxis
• Concussion Management
• Basic Fracture Management.

About

Candidates must be a minimum age of 14 to access this award.

This award can be started once purchased.

Online only.

There is no prerequisite criteria to access this award.

Level 2 First Responder for Sport (FRS)

Course Overview

Course Overview

Aim

The FAW Level 2 First Responder for Sports (FRS) course aims to provide the candidate to build upon the knowledge and content of the FAW Level 1 Football Emergency Aid Award. It aims to provide more thorough knowledge and understanding for First Aiders who will be the first on scene at any First Aid incident.

It will provide further learning for those who are within a sport or leisure environment for dealing with medical emergencies. It will also provide excellent underpinning knowledge for when a First Aider may be supporting a Health Care Professional. For example, coaches, parents or volunteers assisting a pitch side emergency practitioner.

About

To provide you with the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to:

• Attend a conscious or unconscious casualty

• Ensure that appropriate care is given until the emergency medical services arrive and take over

• Ensure appropriate care is given until an alternate Health Care Professional assumes responsibility for the casualty

• Thorough understanding of Cardiac Arrest

• Thorough understanding of medical emergencies in a sport setting 

Course Duration

7.5 hours

Course Prerequisites

The course is applicable to coaches, team managers, parents, teachers, volunteers and carers. The course is not suitable for participants under the age of 16. This course is equivalent to the 1-day English FA Emergency First Aid in Football (EFAiF) course.irst Aid in Football (EFAiF) course.

Level 3 First Aid at Work-Sport

Course Overview

The course is aimed at pre-graduate medical and allied health care professionals and those working within a sports setting. This includes Coaches, Managers, Sports Scientists, Strength and Conditioning Coaches and Sports Masseurs that may find themselves working with players in their role and helping the medical team where appropriate.

The skills delivered on this course will give the first aider a comprehensive understanding of life-threatening conditions within sport. The first aider will be able to provide and support lifesaving first aid when alone or when assisting a pitch side emergency practitioner.

Course Content

• Emergency action planning, roles, and responsibilities
• Reacting to an incident/approaching a casualty (including spinal trauma)
• Primary A-E approach of the injured player
• Sudden cardiac arrest in pre-hospital environments
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for adults/children
• Use of Automated External Defibrillators (AED’s)
• Medical emergencies in a pre-hospital environment
• Wounds and bleeding/shock
• Limb threatening injuries/dislocations/fracture and the management process
• Head Injuries and concussion management
• Spinal trauma management and extrication
• Communication and teamwork with Health Care Professionals
• After an emergency incident

Course Duration

8 hours plus online

Course Prerequisites

The course is applicable to coaches, managers, sports team staff, health care professionals (students and post-graduate). The course is not suitable for participants under the age of 18.