Risk assessment and safe practice

What you will learn about Risk assessment and safe practice 2 What you will learn about in this topic: Safety issues and ways of applying them to sport First aid and emergency arrangements

Risk assessment and safe practice 3 Learning objectives By the end of this presentation you should be able to: Understand the safety concerns involved in sport and sporting environments Describe the key safety issues Explain why the correct technique in sport is so important

Risk assessment and safe practice 4 Safety issues All facilities and equipment should be regularly checked to make sure they are in good condition and are suitable for use. Steps should also be taken to reduce the risk of injury. For example, by making sure all safety rules are followed.

Risk assessment and safe practice 5 Correct techniques must be used to lift, carry and lower equipment safety. For example, training sessions will be needed to teach people have to lift and carry a trampoline correctly. 5

Risk assessment and safe practice 6 Correct techniques must also be used performing complex or potentially dangerous actions. For example, when performing in a pole vault event.

Risk assessment and safe practice 7 Appropriate clothing and footwear should always be worn to give the necessary defence against injury.

Risk assessment and safe practice 8 Task 1 Using the Internet, find examples of safety equipment used in sport. Discuss with a partner why each piece of equipment is important.

First aid and emergency arrangements Risk assessment and safe practice 9 First aid and emergency arrangements First aid and emergency arrangements may be necessary following a major or minor injury. There are a number of procedures that can be used to treat minor injuries.

RICE The RICE procedure can be used to treat soft tissue injuries. Risk assessment and safe practice 10 RICE The RICE procedure can be used to treat soft tissue injuries. RICE stands for:

Risk assessment and safe practice 11 Rest

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Risk assessment and safe practice 13 Compression

Risk assessment and safe practice 14 Elevation

Risk assessment and safe practice 15 Strains Strains are classed as soft tissue injuries and can happen when a muscle is twisted or wrenched. To avoid a strain, make sure you warm-up correctly!

Risk assessment and safe practice 16 However, strains can be difficult to avoid when an activity requires the performer to contract and relax a muscle quickly.

Risk assessment and safe practice 17 Sprain Sprains are damage to joints and are also classed as soft tissue injuries. Sprains can happen when an ankle or a wrist is twisted suddenly, when a performer lands badly for example.

Risk assessment and safe practice 18 Torn cartilage Torn cartilage is a soft tissue injury and occurs when a joint is twisted excessively, usually when changing direction or pivoting at speed.

Footballers usually suffer from this injury. Risk assessment and safe practice 19 This commonly happens at the knee joint and is extremely painful when the joint is moved. Footballers usually suffer from this injury. The treatment for torn cartilage is RICE, although an operation may be necessary in severe cases.

Risk assessment and safe practice 20 Fractures Fractures are hard tissue injuries and occur when an excessive impact or force is put on the bone. This can happen from a blow or a twist. When a bone is fractured, the limb becomes immobile and there is extreme pain.

The area is tender and there may be swelling, leading to bruising. Risk assessment and safe practice 21 The area is tender and there may be swelling, leading to bruising. Keeping to the rules of the game and not tackling recklessly can reduce the risk of this injury.

Risk assessment and safe practice 22 Types of fracture A simple or closed fracture is when the break of the bone is under the skin.

Risk assessment and safe practice 23 A compound or open fracture is when the broken end of the bone comes through the skin. This can cause complications as there is risk of infection from germs entering the body where the skin is broken.

Risk assessment and safe practice 24 Joint injuries Tennis elbow is an over-use injury at the elbow and can happen through too much use of tendons or playing with a racket with the wrong sized handle.

Risk assessment and safe practice 25 Dislocation is a hard tissue injury and occurs when a joint is moved outside of its designed range. They can occur at all major joints from a forceful blow and will look deformed and be extremely painful. The player will also have no control over movement in that area.

Risk assessment and safe practice 26 To treat a dislocation, make the person comfortable, leave the joint immobilized and get medical help. Never try to put the joint back yourself. Dislocations are common in high-impact sports such as rugby, skiing and football.

Risk assessment and safe practice 27 Concussion Concussion can result from a blow to the head and cause temporary unconsciousness or incapacity. These effects are sometimes only evident some time after the incident. Temporary loss of consciousness can occur from a direct blow to the head caused by the impact.

Risk assessment and safe practice 28 Hypothermia Hypothermia is an extreme environmental injury brought on by a radip drop in the body’s inner core temperature to below 35°C due to cold weather.

Risk assessment and safe practice 29 Task 2 To make a revision aid, divide an A4 sheet of paper into six sections by folding it. In each box write down a different injury and put only the key information about each injury on the sheet.

Exam questions The Blue Cross St John Ambulance St Peter’s Rescue Risk assessment and safe practice 30 Exam questions 1. What is the name of the first aid organization most commonly seen at sporting events in the UK? The Red Cross The Blue Cross St John Ambulance St Peter’s Rescue Teacher’s notes Correct answer is 1C.

2. Why do athletic throw events use a cage? Risk assessment and safe practice 31 2. Why do athletic throw events use a cage? Because it stops competitors fighting when they are not throwing Because there has been a lot of hooliganism at athletics events Because throw events are dangerous to spectators and the cages keep them safe if the athlete misses a throw It is British law that throw events must be caged, to limit the possibility of cheating in the sport Teacher’s notes Correct answer is 2B

What you have learnt about Risk assessment and safe practice 32 What you have learnt about in this topic: Safety issues and ways of applying them to sport First aid and emergency arrangements

Learning objectives You should now be able to: Risk assessment and safe practice 33 Learning objectives You should now be able to: Understand the safety concerns involved in sport and sporting environments Describe the key safety issues Explain why the correct technique in sport is so important