Advance your sports first-aid knowledge and skills, and confidently prevent sports injuries with this free online course

What would you do if a player collapsed, choked, or took a hard fall during a match? In sports, injuries and medical scares happen fast. Many coaches, parents, and volunteers want to help but aren’t sure where to start. Without the right skills, it’s easy to panic, hesitate, or make the situation worse while waiting for professional help.

This sports medicine course teaches you exactly how to handle such incidents. You’ll learn how to assess an athlete's injury, spot serious warning signs, and respond to common sports injuries and emergencies in a calm, organised way. You’ll explore infection control, provide basic life support to both adult and teen athletes, and operate an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) in a sports setting.

Additionally, you’ll know how to step in with confidence. You’ll learn how to assess injured athletes, control bleeding, manage sprains and fractures, and respond to heat illness, choking, and other emergencies, including cardiac, allergic, and neurological emergencies, until professional help arrives. This course content was created in partnership with Kelsey Sinna, whose qualifications include Master of Athletic Training (MAT), Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) & Licensed Athletic Trainer (LAT). For more information about our subject-matter expert, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelsey-sinna-mat-lat-atc-3a938475/. The authors generated this text with the help of ChatGPT. After drafting, the authors and subject matter experts reviewed, edited, and revised the text to ensure it is correct and meets Alison’s high-quality standards. There are no prerequisites for this course. Take this sports medicine course and stand out as a capable professional who confidently handles life-threatening emergencies. Start now!