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.
FAW Football Emergency Aid
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 2 First Responder for Sport (FRS)
£65-£75
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.
Level 3 First Aid at Work-Sport
£170
Level 4 Intermediate Trauma Medical Management in Football (ITMMiF)
Course Overview
Endorsed by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Intermediate Trauma Medical Management in Football (ITMMiF) course builds upon advanced immediate care skills and provides participants with the experience required to act as a primary care provider in football as well as other sports.
The Football Association of Wales (FAW) has successfully delivered the UEFA FDEP pitch-side trauma course for the past five years. In August 2025, The Football Association (The FA) and the FAW announced a partnership in medical education. As a result, the FAW is now a delivery partner of The FA and delivers the ITMMiF course primarily within the university sector. This partnership ensures significant opportunities for graduates to progress into the professional sporting environment.
Course Prerequisites
The course assumes a foundational level of clinical knowledge. As a minimum, learners are recommended to meet one of the following criteria:
Hold a medical degree and be registered with the General Medical Council (GMC)
Be a Physiotherapist or Paramedic registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Be a practising Nurse registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
Be a graduate Sports Therapist and registered with a recognised professional body (e.g. SST, STA, STO, or FHT)
Be a graduate Sports Rehabilitator registered with the British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT)
Be working or studying towards one of the above professions as an established third-year student (final six months)
Special consideration may be given to graduates currently working within a football or sports club in roles such as Sports Psychologist, Osteopath, Chiropractor, Sports Scientist, Strength and Conditioning Coach, or Soft Tissue Therapist registered with a recognised professional body (e.g. SMA). For these practitioners, it is essential that an advanced-level first aid qualification has been successfully completed within the past two years.
Course Delivery and Cost
The course is delivered over two days.
The cost is £415.00 plus VAT (£498.00 total).
Expressions of Interest
Either as an education centre or as an individual learner, please contact:
Level 4 Intermediate Trauma Medical Management in Football (ITMMiF)
£498
