Detailed Description
Intermediate Trauma Medical Management in Football (ITMMiF) Course
Venue: Haxby Rd Sports Park (parking and café available on site)
Cost: £498
Dates: 30-31st March (9am-5pm)
Places available: 12 or 18 (first come first serve basis)
About the course:
Are you a healthcare professional responsible for the immediate care and management of footballers? If so, then the Intermediate Trauma Medical Management in Football (ITMMIF) is the course for you.
Endorsed by The Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, this course will build on advanced immediate care skills and giving you experience that will allow you to act as the primary care provider in the sports, pre-hospital environment of football.
Course prerequisites:
The course assumes a level of knowledge, therefore as a minimum, we recommend that learners must:
- Have a medical degree (registered with GMC)
- Be a Physiotherapist/Paramedic registered with the HCPC
- Be a practicing nurse registered with the NMC
- Be a graduate sports therapist AND registered with a recognised professional body such as SST, STA, STO or FHT.
- Be a graduate sports rehabilitator registered with the British Association of Rehabilitators of in Sport (BASRAT)
- Be working/studying towards one of the above as an established (final 6 months) third year student
How is the course structured?
This is a two-day course that is hosted at The FA’s national football centre, St George’s Park and at external football venues on request.
It is delivered through a range of practical and theory workshops, with supporting demonstrations and question and answer sessions to meet all your needs.
There is a minimum recommendation of 12-16 hours of pre-course preparation and a pre-course assessment plus certificates from online learning to be submitted in advance of attendance.
What are the learning outcomes?
The course will support you to better deal with life and limb threatening injuries on the field of play. But it’s important to note that concentrates only on those injuries that pose a threat to life and limb and will not cover basic management of musculoskeletal and other common injuries in football.
Content on the day will focus on:
- Medico-legal issues and duty of care in football
- Emergency action planning for football
- Primary A-E approach of the injured player
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest in football
- Basic Life Support (BLS) with use of Automated External Defibrillators (AED)
- Airway management and oxygen therapy
- Limb threatening fractures/ dislocations and their emergency management
- Head injuries and The FA concussion guidelines
- Spinal injury and management (inclusive of extrication)
- Medical emergencies in football
What you'll be able to do with this qualification
This is the fourth course on our medical pathway, and by completing it you will be in a position to act as the primary care provider in the sports, pre-hospital environment of football.
Please be aware that this booking is non refundable
Cost: £498
Capacity: 12-18 spaces (first come first serve basis)
