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.
Should My Sports Team Have a AED? According to the British Heart Foundation, 60,000 people each year suffer a cardiac arrest outside a hospital. A casualty suffering from cardiac arrest is very unlikely to survive without an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED), with survival rates as low as 5%. However if defibrillation is delivered promptly, survival…
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4 Essential First Aid Tips for Football Read about the 4 Essential First Aid Tips for Football Do you play football? Or are you involved in related activities? If so, you need to learn basic Sports First Aid. From 5-a-side to Champions League, football is a national obsession and the world’s most popular team sport,
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Top five injuries in Shinty What are the top five injuries in Shinty Cuts and Lacerations Sprains and bruising Fractures Dental issues Concussion Shinty is a fast moving and skillful sport, most injuries happen in the tackle. Main areas affected are as you expect are head and face, fingers and hands and knees. Many of
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Advice for first-aiders responding to harness suspension incidents. In 2008 the Health and Safety Executive produced an evidence based review of published medical literature, which clarified guidance on the first aid management of a person falling into suspension in a harness who may develop ‘suspension trauma’. The key recommendations are: No change should be made
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First Aid for Sports Coaches and Exercise Professionals We specialise in First Aid for Sport and Fitness. Unlike other providers we don’t simply do our normal course and add in a few sports incidents. We have courses specifically developed for sports coaches, fitness instructors teachers and club coaches. We can work with you if you
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First Aid Courses for Scottish FA and Scottish Youth FA Coaches First Aid Courses for Scottish FA and Scottish Youth FA Coaches are planned for – Aberdeen, Inverness, Hamilton and Dundee. Contact us for a booking or more information. We can also come to your cub to run courses. These 16 hour first aid courses
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Medical Emergency in a Remote Environment – The Kelly McGarry story Following the good news story in last week’s blog, where a student of the First Aid Training Co-operative was able to use a defibrillator on a casualty successfully. This week, the sad news of professional mountain biker, Kelly McGarry ’s untimely death in New
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Proud to announce accreditation to run SYFA Sports First Aid courses First Aid Training Co-operative is proud to announce the renewal of its accreditation to run the prestigious Scottish Youth Football Association Sports First Aid courses. These courses have been run through our founder member Outdoor First Aid Limited previously. The SYFA Sports First Aid
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What is Secondary Drowning? Can you drown on dry land? Recently a man ‘drowned’ on dry land at the wheel of his car hours after capsizing while canoeing. Recently Alan Gough, 57, swallowed water when his canoe overturned but he swam back to shore without a problem. A few hours later he collapsed and after
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