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 March, 2025 What is SALTAPS? SALTAPS is an acronym that stands for See, Ask, Look, Touch, Active, Passive, Strength. It comes from the sporting context and is used to check if a player needs to be rested or removed from the field of play. If at any point during the procedure, the casualty indicates…
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Updated July, 2024. We are often asked about Burn Gels and Blister Plasters on our first aid courses. What do they do, should we put them in our first aid kit? In general, we’d advise not to include any ‘lotions or potions’. In this post we explain a bit more about them to allow you
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In this post we’re going to look in more depth at Managing Catastrophic Bleeding, how it differs from ‘Significant’ bleeding, and what should be done to manage it. Catastrophic bleeding is becoming more a part of the public consciousness thanks to increasing numbers of terrorism incidents and incidents involving mass casualties such as natural disasters
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Updated March, 2024. Your friend has taken a tumble and banged their head. Is it serious or not? How do you know? The simple answer is it is difficult to diagnose a serious head injury. In the outdoors a fall from a mountain bike, a crag, on the snow or from a horse can all
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Most first aid certificates last for 3 years, some for just one year. In between, your knowledge and possible ability to respond, naturally fades. If we deal with very few incidents in the workplace, this lack of practice in skills is compounded and can lead to a poor response to an incident. There is no
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Dr Niall Elliott MBE is the Chief Medical Officer of the British Olympic Association and Head of Sports Medicine at the Scottish Institute of Sport. We are delighted to announce that Dr Elliott will be presenting on Concussion Guidance in Sport. With a plethora of new research and resultant guidance for concussion in sport, this
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In Europe and North America combined, there are approximately 150 deaths per year caused by snow avalanches, with approximately 130 of these occurring in Europe. In the UK there are over 150 reported avalanches annually but luckily very few deaths. The majority of avalanche deaths involve winter sports participants, and most avalanches are triggered by
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Updated November, 2023. If you are planning on having fun on the slopes this winter ensure everyone stays safe by remembering these 10 things that will help to help prevent, or deal with any incidents. 1. Incident prevention – be prepared! 2. Incident prevention – don’t get carried away! Most skiing accidents happen when pistes are
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Can You Swallow Your Tongue? The short answer is No! ‘Swallowing your tongue’ is an urban myth that describes a casualty’s airway being blocked by their tongue. However we regularly hear football commentators on the TV say that the physio, as they run on the pitch, will need to be careful. In case the unconscious
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Updated May, 2021 A common session in all of our First Aid courses is “What should I put in my first Aid Kit?” Although there are various list of suggested contents, students are always interested in our opinion as trainers too. Ultimately, the straight answer is “include whatever you think you might need”. But how
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