Sports First Responder Level 3 (VTQ)
Course Content
- Course Introduction
- Human anatomy and physiology for immediate emergency care
- Assessment of casualties in immediate emergency care
- Basic airway management in emergency care
- Respiration and Breathing
- Postural Drainage
- Peak Flow
- Pocket Masks
- Pocket Mask with Oxygen
- Bag Valve Mask Equipment
- Using a BVM
- Respiratory Injuries Part Three
- Respiratory Injuries Part Four
- Choking Statistics
- Choking Recognition
- Adult Choking
- Choking in children
- Infant Choking
- Trauma from Choking
- Vulnerable People and Choking
- Basic life support and external defibrillation
- Adult CPR Introduction
- RCUK & ERC Resus Guidelines
- When to call for assistance
- Three Steps to Save a Life (2025)
- Cardiac Arrest and CPR Overview
- Adult CPR
- CPR Hand Over
- Compressions Only CPR
- Mouth to Stoma Ventilations
- Cardiac Arrest and Pregnancy
- Paediatric Airway
- Child CPR
- Adolescent CPR
- Infant CPR
- Infant Recovery Position
- Cardiac Arrest and the Drowned Patient
- Drowning
- SADS
- Effective CPR
- Improving compressions
- Improving breaths
- AED Introduction
- Types of AED Units
- AED Setup
- How to Use an AED
- Update on AED pad placement
- Using an AED on an adolescent
- Child AED
- Using an AED on an infant
- AED Maintenance
- AED Pads
- AED Batteries
- AED Troubleshooting
- AED Locations
- Community AED Units
- AED Post Resuscitation Procedures
- CPR Risks
- Advanced Decision and DNR CPR in Basic Life Support
- Recognition and Management of Life Extinct
- Post Resusitation Care
- Real time CPR scenario
- Management of medical conditions
- Support the emergency care of wounds, bleeding and burns
- The Pulse
- Capillary Refill
- The Healing Process
- Types of Bleed
- Serious Bleeding
- Ambulance Dressings
- Trauma and Standard Dressings
- Excessive Blood Loss
- Excessive Bleeding Control
- Blood Loss - A Practical Demonstration
- Embedded Objects
- Knife Wounds
- Using trauma dressings
- Amputation Treatment
- Blast Injuries
- Hemostatic Dressing or Tourniquet?
- Air Wrap Dressings
- RapidStop Tourniquet
- CAT Tourniquets
- SOFT-T tourniquet
- STAT Tourniquets
- citizenAID Tourni-Key Plus tourniquet
- Improvised Tourniquets
- Tourniquets and Where to Use Them
- Damage caused by tourniquets
- When Tourniquets Don't Work - Applying a Second
- Hemostatic Dressings
- Packing a Wound with Celox Z Fold Hemostatic Dressing
- Celox A
- Celox Granules
- Monitoring a Patient
- Coagulopathy
- Burns and burn kits
- Treating a burn
- Management of injuries
- Pelvic Injuries
- Spinal Injuries
- SAM Pelvic Sling
- Box Splints
- Spinal Injury
- Stabilising the spine
- Spinal Recovery Position
- Introduction to Spinal Boards
- The spinal board
- Using the Spinal Board
- The Scoop Stretcher
- Using the scoop stretcher
- Cervical collars
- Vertical C-Spine Immobilisation
- Joint examination
- Adult fractures
- Types of fracture
- Horizontal Slings
- Management of trauma
- Elevated Slings
- Lower limb immobilisation
- Elevation Techniques
- Helmet Removal
- Different Types of Helmets
- The Carry Chair
- Applying Plasters
- Strains and Sprains and the RICE procedure
- Eye Injuries
- Electrical Injuries
- Foreign objects in the eye, ears or nose
- Nose bleeds
- Bites and stings
- Chest Injuries
- Foxseal chest seals
- Abdominal Injuries
- Treating Snake Bites
- Types of head injury and consciousness
- Dislocated Shoulders and Joints
- Other Types of Injury
- Dental Injuries
- Recognition and management of anaphylaxis
- What is Anaphylaxis
- Living with Anaphylaxis
- Minor allergic reactions
- Common causes of allergic reactions
- What is an Auto-Injector?
- Jext®
- EpiPen®
- Storage and disposal
- Who prescribes auto injectors?
- Checking Auto Injector and Expiry Dates
- Signs and Symptoms of Anaphylaxis
- Giving a second dose
- Biphasic Anaphylactic Response
- Administration of oxygen therapy
- What are Medical Gasses
- Oxygen
- When Oxygen is Used
- Contra Indications Of Oxygen
- Hazards of using oxygen
- Hypoxia
- BOC Oxygen Kit
- The BOC Cylinder
- Storage Of Oxygen
- PIN INDEX cylinder
- Oxygen Regulators
- Standard oxygen cylinder
- Transport of Cylinders
- How long does an Oxygen cylinder last?
- Oxygen and Anaphylaxis
- Demand Valves and MTV's
- Non Rebreather Mask
- Nasal Cannula
- Medical gas storage
- Course Summary and your Practical Part
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So we are here in a busy office environment and we are now going to have to move our casualty from point A to point B and we need to use an appropriate method to do this. If the patient can not walk for themselves or if it's not appropriate for the patient to walk, then we have to use a piece of equipment to do that. And today we are going to have a look at the Ferno Carry Chair. First of all, we're going to have a look at the safety aspects and things we need to check on the chair before we ever put a patient on it. And they start off with the size of the patient. The carry chair will have a sticker on it which basically gives a maximum carrying capacity and this particular one is 114 kilograms, so anybody weighing more than 114 kilograms must not be transported in this chair. The next thing we have to do is to make sure the strap that is going to hold a patient on the chair is in place, is intact, is not damaged and actually works and operates correctly. The next thing we have to do is to check the chair and the actual material that fits onto the chair, to make sure there is no fraying, there is no damage, there is no rips or tears. Then we move down to the seat. The seat itself has to have no rips and the zip, which you can clearly see on the back of the chair, is intact, is fully zipped and is not broke in any way. Because if we put a patient on there with any damage to these pieces of material, then there is a high risk the patient will actually damage themselves or damage the chair when they sit on it. Something else that is important with this carry chair is the surface you are going to be using it on. We need to make sure that the wheels are running freely, there is no damage to the wheels, they are not jammed, broken or damaged in any way and the surface that we are going to use them on needs to be a nice, flat, smooth surface. These will not work on gravel, they will not work on grass, they have to be on a nice surface that we can actually push and use the wheels on. We are now going to have a look at setting the chair up, ready for use. So the first thing we do is we actually move the chair through the frame, expand the back and clip it in to the locking mechanism at the back of the chair. Make sure that is fitted tightly in the groove, if it isn't the unit will collapse. So once it is in that groove, make sure it is firm. Set the seat down on its base, making sure that you never ever leave the back of the chair. The most important position in a carry chair is always the back of the chair. If you let go of the back of the chair, it has no stability whatsoever and the patient will very quickly fall backwards and injure themselves. So when the chair is made, the person standing at the back never lets go of the chair and never moves from this position. The next thing we do is we take a blanket and we open the blanket up fully to be able to wrap the patients arms. So we go across the back of the chair, so when the patient sits in the chair, we can bring the blanket back, enclosing both of their arms inside of the blanket and the strap at the back of the chair then goes around the patients' arms and the blanket and clicks and locks across the center of the chest. The chair must not be used without the clip situated in place, tightened and fitting properly. The reason for this is that when we tip the chair back to actually use so long as the wheels on the back of the chair, the patient, if we're not careful, will throw their arms out. As soon as you throw their arms out on the chair, it over balances left or right, forwards or backwards, the patient on the chair and we need to keep the patient central, comfortable, tidy and strapped on to the chair all times. Otherwise this is a risk to me, but more important, it is a risk to the patient because if the chair falls, they are going to hurt themselves even more. This is a Ferno carrying chair, however there are many other manufacturers and different designs on the market. Please make sure that before you use a chair, no matter what type it is, you read the manufacturer's handbooks and you train and practice with it before use. It is too late once it goes wrong. The principles are always the same. Patient must remain centered, feet on the actual step, arms enclosed and all straps must be in place before the patient is moved on the carry chair. So from this point on, it is a two-person operation. The one person at the back of the chair holds the chair and gets a firm footing and a firm grip. So there is no way the chair can go backwards, because it is under my control at all times. The second person wraps the patients' arms in a blanket to keep the arms in and safe. Once the blanket is wrapped, the side straps or the retaining strap is put in position, locked, tightened and tested. There needs to be no movement, no spare space. The whole idea of the strap is to keep the patients' arms into the actual carry chair itself and the idea of wrapping the blanket around is to make sure that they can not reach out once we tip the chair back. Now it is safe to actually incline the chair back onto the wheels and it now becomes a chair that is movable. So when the patient is safely wrapped and comfortable in the chair, we now tip the chair back and we progress on a nice flat surface at a nice steady pace, telling the patient all the time that they are safe and under our control. Where possible, we want to avoid carrying patients' up or down stairs. So if we can use a stair lift, or a lift, then utilize those in preference over carrying patients up and down stairs, because of the safety and risk hazard. On this occasion, for demonstration purposes, we are going to show the carry chair actually going down the staircase. Okay? So first of all, we take the chair right to the edge of the first step, the patient at the back gets a good grip, the patient at the front takes hold of the base of the step and we go down nice and steady in a controlled manner, one step at a time. Making sure you have got a good grip and your feet are firmly placed on the steps every time.
Ferno Carry Chair: Safety Check and Usage
Introduction
In a busy office environment, proper techniques for moving a casualty from one point to another are essential. Let's examine the Ferno Carry Chair and its usage protocol.
1. Safety Check
- Maximum Carrying Capacity: Check the sticker on the chair for the maximum weight limit, ensuring it is not exceeded (e.g., 114 kilograms).
- Strap Integrity: Ensure the patient-holding strap is intact, undamaged, and operational.
- Material Condition: Inspect the chair material for fraying, damage, or tears, especially on the seat and backrest.
- Wheel Functionality: Verify that the wheels are functional, not jammed or damaged, and suitable for the surface type.
2. Setting Up the Chair
- Frame Expansion: Extend the chair frame and securely lock it into place.
- Seat Placement: Set the seat securely on the base, ensuring stability.
3. Patient Preparation
Wrap the patient's arms with a blanket, securing them in place to prevent movement during transport.
4. Secure Straps
Ensure all straps are tightened securely, particularly the one across the chest, to prevent the patient from leaning or falling.
5. Moving the Patient
With two individuals, one at the back of the chair and one assisting at the front, carefully tip the chair back onto its wheels and proceed on a flat surface at a steady pace.
6. Staircase Protocol
Only attempt to navigate stairs if necessary and if no alternatives are available. Proceed with caution, ensuring a firm grip and steady movement, one step at a time.
Conclusion
Utilize the Ferno Carry Chair with caution, adhering to safety guidelines and manufacturer instructions to ensure the well-being of both the patient and the responders.
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