Ensuring The Kit Matches The Sport

Adequate Sport First Aid:

Standard first aid kits alone are generally not suitable for use within sporting environments due to the lack of suitable products. By tailoring the contents to the sport, the likelihood of quick and effective treatment is increased.

The role and responsibility of the sports first aider is varied, and the first aider must take many factors in to account. Assuming the first aider is employed by an organisation and has to follow procedure, or even if not, there may be legal implications and responsibilities such as duty of care, negligence, record keeping and getting consent from parents if required. Then there is the requirement for adequate risk assessments which intend to prevent injuries by identifying and rectifying potential risks and hazards, or making provision where necessary.

Sporting injuries cannot always be prevented and are by no means unusual. The sport first aider has to make decisions about what should be included in the sports first aid bag, what will be essential, what will be useful and which items would be totally inappropriate. Contents should include standardised first aid items but should also include products with an emphasis and bias toward common injuries sustained in the particular sport that cover is being provided for. Instant ice packs have become an almost essential inclusion in sport first aid kit as they come in handy when treating a multitude of injuries providing on-the-spot relief for bruising, sprains and strains and even just as a form of cooling pain relief. Hot and cold sprays are another good inclusion, especially now that it’s easier to cramp or pull a muscle now that the winter months are here. Other key additions for sport first aid kits are good strapping tapes and bandages, such as elastic adhesive bandages which are ideal for quick and easy strapping up of an injury.

There are first aid kits out there that have been specially developed not only for generalised sports, but also for use with specific sporting activities. Whilst it can be a good idea to develop and build a kit to your own needs, if required you can literally buy an ‘off the shelf’ first aid kit developed with for instance, cycling or football in mind. Such kits are generally designed and developed not only by first aid industry professionals but by people who participate in these sports and therefore have an understanding of the possible accidents and injuries involved.

A range of school sports, team sports and specialised sports first aid kits are available to view and purchase online from First Aid Warehouse. There is also a very comprehensive range of other sports therapy products from braces and supports to massage lotions and nose guards.

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