Pitch Side First Aid

Designed to help students taking part in competitive sport, this highly practical first aid course covers trauma injuries commonly associated with contact sports as well as managing bleeding, treating sprains and strains, incident management and includes AED (defibrillator) training. It is ideal for those students who are responsible for initial first aid treatment of team members as well as committee members and volunteer coaches.

Day one is a basic first aid course covering CPR, vital signs, monitoring casualties and bleeding.  involves theoretical discussions with our trainers as well as practical demonstrations of recovery techniques, bandaging wounds and resuscitation.

Day two covers the specialist elements of the course and will take the class outside of Student Central to perform practical exercises and demonstrations in Russell Square that further develop candidates applied knowledge of the first aid techniques they have been taught.