Sports First Aid. These blogs will give first aid hints, tips and knowledge to sports coaches and practitioners about doing real first aid in their sporting environment.
From sprains and strains to fractures and dislocations, these blogs will give advice on when you should keep a player on the pitch or they need to be stopped from playing.
Updated June 2026. How should you perform CPR on a drowning casualty? It’s a different protocol from the ‘normal’ CPR method. Watch our video or read the step by step guide below. How To Perform CPR on a Drowning Casualty in 10 steps: A few points to remember about drowning: Drowning is when your lungs…
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Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection contracted from leptospires that exist in the urine of mammals such as rats, cattle, sheep and dogs. Rats are considered the main agent of infection as they urinate as they run, marking their territories as they go. The leptospires from the urine can then be picked up by humans if
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Mountain biking and cycling are inherently risky sports – trail & road surfaces, other riders and vehicles, trees, branches and protruding roots, boulders, mechanical failures all present significant hazards no matter how prepared you are or how skilfully you ride. First things first – does your bike fit you? One of the most common causes
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Updated May, 2026 What is Cold Water Shock? Immersing yourself in cold water is an increasingly popular activity and being touted to provide many health benefits, but sudden immersion in cold water can be very dangerous. ‘Seasoned’ cold water swimmers enjoy repeated visits and as a result their body acclimatises to cold more readily. For others,
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Updated November, 2025 Open water swimming is increasingly popular and immersing yourself in cold water is being touted as providing many health benefits with many new people taking to the sea, lochs and rivers to try it out. However it is not without its dangers. As well as the cold water, other risks include injuries
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Why are young, healthy and often well trained athletes, dying suddenly because the heart has stopped? Because of an undiagnosed, often hereditary condition, these otherwise healthy young people can suffer a cardiac arrest.
Cardiac Arrest in the Young – everything a parent needs to know Read More »
On a balmy Saturday morning in July, 2025, the recently formed Nairn Links Parkrun marked its 16th event with enthusiasm and community spirit. A total of 149 runners completed the course – 31 smashed their personal bests and a remarkable 61 participants were first-time visitors, including 7 new ‘parkrunners’. But it wasn’t just about the run.
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An estimated 80,000 fractures due to sporting activities occur in the UK each year . In addition to fractures, participation in sports can lead to a wide range of other injuries, including muscle, tendon and ligament sprains, injuries to the central nervous system, internal organ damage and concussion. Injuries are most usually caused by impact
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Ankle injuries are very common but difficult to diagnose. Slips, trips and falls are common in the outdoors. If someone takes a tumble and hurts their ankle, how do we know if it is broken, sprained or strained? Unless you see a bone sticking out then it is very hard to diagnose what is happening
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Injuries during sporting activities are common but they are avoidable. Follow this regularly updated guide (last updated March 2025) to prevent the most common golfing injuries. A lot of golf injuries occur as a result of repetitive movements or the lack of a warm up. You’d never see a professional golfer walk straight out to
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