Medical Emergency Management in Sport - ‘Advanced Plus’ Level

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Duration:         2.5 Days

Cost:                   £650  

Endorsement:    Content and delivery endorsed by the Royal College of Surgeons (Edin) FPHC

Participants

  • The course is specifically designed for health care professionals and allied health care professionals working in sport (who may be working independently in ‘austere’ environments without immediate access to ‘high-level’ medical support) who would be expected to apply the knowledge, understanding and skills as part of their clinical duties; participants for whom the level of knowledge and skill transfer that this course embraces is appropriate

  • Individuals who have a primary responsibility for the care of athletes and teams and the immediate management of an acutely injured or ill athlete in a competition or training environment, or in ‘pre or post-activity’ settings, e.g. a hotel, on a team coach, at an airport etc. 

Prerequisites

  • The content is aimed complement and reinforce an existing knowledge and skills base 

  • To ensure participants are appropriate for the content, knowledge and skill transfer that a course of this level encompasses, prior to participation, participants will be expected to have a pre-existing level of knowledge and competence (nothing that would be beyond practitioners who have undertaken formal training and remain contemporaneous in their practice) and ideally experience in managing casualties 

  • Individuals will need to provide evidence of a professional qualification and professional registration:

    • a doctor registered with the General Medical Council (GMC)

    • a paramedic or physiotherapist registered with the Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC) 

    • a nurse registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

    • a sports therapist registered with the Society of Sports Therapists (SST)

    • a sports rehabilitator registered with British Association of Sports Rehabilitators (BASRaT)

  • Participants will also have successfully completed an ‘intermediate’ level course within in the last three years (evidence will need to be provided)

  • Individuals who have previously undertaken a Royal College of Surgeons (Edin) FPHC endorsed course with another provider will be eligible to attend (evidence will need to be provided)

  • International candidates will need:  

    • to provide evidence of a professional qualification and registration with an appropriate, profession-specific body within their country of practice

    • a ‘basic’ competency in English language (all courses are delivered in English)

  • Individuals who do not meet the entry criteria will be directed to a more appropriate course, i.e. the Medical Emergency Management in Sport (Intermediate Level) 

Content 

The course focuses topics related to the recognition, assessment and management of life-threatening medical conditions and serious musculoskeletal injuries:

  • medico-legal issues 

  • roles of a ‘sports first aider’ / personal competency

  • risk assessment / medical emergency action plans (MEAP) / incident management

    • medical equipment

    • initial assessment of the ill or injured athlete and management priorities (MScccR ABCDE)

    • airway management (manual manoeuvres / airway adjuncts)

    • breathing management (oxygen administration / bag-valve-mask and non-rebreather mask ventilation) 

  • manageable positions

  • sudden cardiac arrest 

  • advanced life support / cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) / use of automated external defibrillator (AED) 

  • drowning

  • chest, abdominal and pelvic injury / haemorrhage and hypovolaemic shock (splintage)

  • ‘invasive procedures’ (cricothyroidotomy, thoracocentesis and intraosseous infusion)  

  • medical emergencies (anaphylaxis / asthma / diabetes / seizures / choking)                                                         

  • hyperthermia and hypothermia

  • head/facial injuries / sport-related concussion 

  • spinal injury (stabilisation / ‘clearance’ / collars / stretcher use / restraints / head blocks / evacuation)  

  • fractures and dislocations

  • ligamentous and musculotendinous injury 

  • the ‘on-field’ musculoskeletal assessment and clinical decision-making process (SPORTS ER)

  • non-complex limb injury (splintage)

  • complex limb injury (wounds / realignment / splintage)

  • non-technical skills (leadership, teamwork and communication)

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