Advanced First Aid for Sports Course (in class)
- Most complete course for sports injuries
- Including Basic Life Support & AED
- 12 hours in classroom
In this Advanced First Aid for Sports Course, you learn all the skills to administer First Aid for various sporting accidents, including Basic Life Support and the use of an AED.
During this course, you learn all the First Aid skills for various sporting accidents. Basic Life Support and the use of an AED are also covered in this course. You learn how you bring an athlete to safety and transport them, how to assess the situation and alert the emergency services.
Under the supervision of a certified Red Cross instructor, you learn how to administer First Aid to an athlete with neck or spinal injuries, who is unresponsive, has injuries to the musculoskeletal system, a mild head injury, a cut, graze or burn, wounds to the face or thermal injuries (hypothermia or heat injuries), blisters, muscle or tendon injuries, choking/suffocation, bleeding, injury to the teeth or eyes or a nosebleed.
Once you have completed the course successfully, you receive a Red Cross First Aid certificate. The certificate is valid for two years, and may be extended by doing a refresher course. After completion of the course, for reference, you receive the Course Book First Aid for Sports.
