Lesson Element
Unit 4: Working safely in sport, exercise, health
and leisure
Responsibilities of the appointed first aider
Instructions and answers for tutors
These instructions cover the learner activity section which can be found on page 6. This
Lesson Element supports Cambridge Technicals Level 3 in Sport and Physical Activity.
When distributing the activity section to the learners either as a printed copy or as a
Word file you will need to remove the tutor instructions section.
The activity
In this lesson element, learners are asked to explore the responsibilities of the appointed first
aider. Learners will also have the opportunity to investigate what they might do when faced
with a situation that requires intervention by a first aider and what a first aid kit should
contain.
Suggested timings
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Activity 1: 30 minutes
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Activity 2: 75 minutes
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Activity 3: 60 minutes
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Activity 4: 60 minutes
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Activity 1
Your learners could be given a list of ‘responsibilities of the appointed first aider in a sport,
exercise, health and/or leisure environment’ similar to the one below.
This list should include things which are the responsibility of the first aider as well as things
which a first aider would not be responsible for.
Learners can be asked to decide which elements are true (i.e. are a first aider’s
responsibility) and which are false (i.e. not a first aider’s responsibility)
There may be some ambiguity/grey area around some of the suggestions (e.g. responsibility
may differ in different scenarios) so further discussion may be necessary.
True answers may include things such as:
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Prevent further injury/danger to themselves and others
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Assess the situation quickly and calmly
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Prevent infection between you and them
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Give first aid treatment
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Give comfort and reassurance
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Assess the casualty
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Prevent harmful intervention
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Call for help
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Hand over to the emergency services when they arrive.
False answers may include things such as:
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Always move the victim to a more comfortable spot
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Support the victim’s head with a cushion or pillow
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Put the victim in the recovery position
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Give the victim a drink of water if they are thirsty
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Always give first aid even if you’re not sure what you’re doing – some help is better
than none
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If the victim is unconscious sit them up to stop them choking.
The following website might help in the creating of a true/false list:
http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-advice/what-to-do-as-a-first-aider/the-role-of-a-firstaider.aspx.
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Activity 2
You may find that the perceived litigious nature of society or the prevalence of ‘scare stories’
(be they real or urban myths) might leave learners fearful or uncertain of what they can and
can’t do in a first aid situation.
Discuss with learners:
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What you are ‘allowed’ to do to help someone who is hurt
o
If you are trained in first aid
o
If you’re not trained in first aid.
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What might happen if you ‘get it wrong’
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How likely they would be to ‘treat’ someone who needed help
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Reasons for their answer to the above question.
Either by using learners’ answers or by guessing at what they might say before the
discussion, you could create ‘what if’ cards. These cards should each include a different
supposed scenario such as:
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Will I get sued if I give first aid to someone
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Can you break someone’s ribs doing CPR – and will I get sued if I do?
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If someone needs help and I’m the only person around, do I legally have to help?
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Can I choose to do nothing?
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What happens if I do more harm than good?
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What happens if I try to help but the casualty dies? Can I get done for murder??
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Could I be accused of indecent assault if I touch someone of the opposite sex when
trying to help?
Learners can give their own ideas/answers and discussion can be had to see what the
general thoughts are.
Then you can explain the legal/moral situation for each scenario using the following website
to support your answers:
http://www.realfirstaid.co.uk/dutyofcare/
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Activity 3
Before the start of a practical sports session hand out one of the ‘injury’ cards below to each
learner. During the practical session – as a result of a signal from you perhaps – learners
can intermittently ‘act out’ the scenario on their ‘injury’ card.
The rest of the group (or a selected learner) must stop what they are doing and explain what
they think has happened, what they suspect the injury to be and what treatment should be
administered.
Injury card
Injury card
You have severe pains in
your chest and down your
arm
You’ve fallen over and
grazed your knee and now
it’s bleeding heavily
You’ve gone over on your
ankle and heard a ‘snap’
Injury card
Injury card
Injury card
You have cramp in your leg
and it’s making you hop
about in pain
You’ve received a very hard
blow to your shin and now
you can’t stand up
You’ve banged your
shoulder and now your arm
is hanging at a funny angle
Injury card
Injury card
An opponent’s long finger
nail has gouged a deep gash
in the upper arm and it’s
bleeding heavily
You were attempting a
backflip and you landed on
your head – now you’re
unconscious on the floor
Injury card
The basketball has pushed
your thumb right back and
now it’s swollen and painful
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Activity 4
Although there is no legal requirement for a first aid kit to contain certain items, there is a
recommended list of contents that most organisations and people who sell ready stocked
first aid kits will adhere to.
This list is known as BS-8599-1 and it can be found here:
http://www.realfirstaid.co.uk/workplacefirstaidkits/
Learners can be given an ‘empty’ first aid box diagram and asked to find out what should go
in it. Learners can then write, draw or find pictures to print, cut and stick into their first aid
box.
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Lesson Element
Unit 4: Working safely in sport, exercise, health
and leisure
Learner Activity
Responsibilities of the appointed first aider
In this lesson element, you will be asked to explore the responsibilities of the appointed first
aider. You will also have the opportunity to investigate what you might do when faced with a
situation that requires intervention by a first aider and what a first aid kit should contain.
Activity 1
You will be given a list of the different responsibilities of a first aider. Some of the answers on
the list will be true (i.e. are a first aider’s responsibility) whilst other statements will be false
(i.e. are not really the responsibility of a first aider).
You must decide which statements are true and which are false. You can then discuss your
answers with the rest of the group.
Share your thoughts with the rest of the group, and add any good ideas that other learners
have thought of.
Activity 2
It is common to feel fearful or uncertain of what you can and can’t do in a first aid situation.
Discuss with your tutor and as a group:
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What you are ‘allowed’ to do to help someone who is hurt
o
If you are trained in first aid
o
If you’re not trained in first aid
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What might happen if you ‘get it wrong’

How likely you would be to ‘treat’ someone who needed help
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Reasons for your answer to the above question
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Your tutor will hand out ‘what if’ cards which include different first aid type scenarios. For
your given card, discuss as a small group what you think the answer might be.
Then share your thoughts with the wider group and your tutor will be able to confirm exactly
what the answer/legal viewpoint is for each card.
Activity 3
Before the start of a practical sports session you will be given an ‘injury’ card.
During the practical session – as a result of a signal from the tutor perhaps – you will be
required to ‘act out’ the scenario on your ‘injury’ card.
The rest of the group will stop what they are doing and explain what they think has
happened, what they suspect the injury to be and what treatment should be administered.
Activity 4
You must find out what should go in a ‘first aid at work’ first aid kit and then, on the ‘empty’
first aid box diagram overleaf, write, draw or find pictures to print, cut and stick into your first
aid box.
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