Specialty Courses

Provide Pain Management
You are the sports trainer at a local juniors game when one of the players falls awkwardly and injures their leg. The player is in excruciating pain but the ambulance won’t be there for another 20 minutes. Ice won’t relieve the pain well enough and neither will ibuprofen. Wouldn’t it be nice to provide decent pain relief until the ambulance arrives?This course provides participants with the qualifications to provide stronger pain relief until the arrival of medical or other assistance.
COURSE CONTENTS:
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Assessing pain
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Medication Administration
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Legal Requirements for medications
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Methoxyflurane via Penthrox Inhaler
COURSE INCLUSIONS:
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First Aid manual & workbook
PREREQUISITES:
HLTAID003
NOTES:
Due to the practical components of the course, participants are advised to wear comfortable casual attire.


Manage suspected spinal injuries
This 4 hour workshop is designed to give your sports trainers up to date skills and knowledge on spinal injury management. It is a practical workshop that gives participants plenty of hands on time to prepare for the real thing.
Topics include:
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Recognition of potential spinal injuries
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Mechanism of Injury
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Signs and Symptoms
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Initial management of the injured player
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Cervical collars
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C-Spine splints
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Transporting the injured player
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Scoop Stretchers
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Spineboards
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Ongoing management of the injured player until the arrival of medical assistance
Includes a short session on concussion recognition
Wound management (Non accredited course)
This non-accredited course is designed to give participants skills and knowledge in various wound management.
Content includes:
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Haemorrhage managment
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Basic techniques
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Arterial Tourniquets
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Epiglu
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Haemostatic agents
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Wound cleaning- Aseptic technique
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Various wound dressings
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Basic suturing technique
Participants will receive a certificate of participation upon completion.