Explore Our Sports First Aid & Rescue Courses

Learn the skills to respond to common emergencies that occur during physical activities.

First Aid for Sports Leaders & Coaches

Learn vital emergency response techniques to handle sports based injuries effectively.

Swimming Pool Based Rescue

Courses aimed at Swimming Teachers, Coaches, and Aquatic Therapy Professionals in emergency response.

Lifesaving Instructor

Become a qualified RLSS National Lifesaving Academy Instructor with Alula Training.

First Aid for Sports Leaders & Coaches

Course information

  • 8-hours contact learning time (1 day)
  • Fulfils the requirements of UK Athletics Category B.
  • Can be split over multiple days
  • Delivered at your venue or attend one of our open courses
  • Maximum of 12 learners per trainer (we can accommodate groups of any size)
  • Alula Training Academy Certificate
  • Delivered by our expert Trainers

Designed to provide sports leaders and coaches with the skills and confidence to provide First Aid for common injuries and illnesses relating to sports and active leisure activities.

Who should attend this training?

  • Sports leaders and coaches.
  • Anyone wanting to gain First Aid knowledge.
  • Those responsible for the safety of others during physical activities.
  • Those with a current certificate who need to renew their training. 
  • Anyone looking to support a higher qualification holder.

What will I learn?

  • Role of the First Aider
  • Recording & Reporting of Incidents
  • Use of available equipment
  • Scene Surveys
  • Primary & Secondary Surveys
  • CPR & Use of an AED
  • Managing an Unconscious Casualty
  • Seizures
  • Choking
  • Severe Bleeding
  • Shock
  • Minor Injuries
  • Burns & Scalds
  • Chest Injuries
  • Bone, Muscle, and Joint Injuries
  • Spinal Injuries
  • Eye Injuries
  • Poisoning
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Heart Attack
  • Stroke
  • Asthma
  • Diabetes
  • Drowning

Swimming Pool Rescue Awards

What will I learn?

  • NRASTC
  • The teacher, swimming pool, and class management
  • Intervention rescue
  • Emergency action
  • CPR and First Aid

  • NRASTC Light
  • The teacher, swimming pool, and class management
  • Intervention rescue
  • Emergency action
  • CPR and drowning/effects of drowning

  • ATPRA
  • The Therapist, Risk Assessment and Pool Safety
  • Intervention, Rescue and Emergency Action
  • CPR & First Aid

  • ATPRA Light
  • The Therapist, Risk Assessment and Pool Safety
  • Intervention, Rescue and Emergency Action
  • CPR and drowning/ effects of drowning

We are proud to be able to offer the Royal Lifesaving Societies National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches (NRASTC) and Aquatic Therapy Pool Rescue Award (ATPRA)

These courses can be delivered as Full Awards (2-days) or Light Awards (1-day)

Who should attend this training?

  • Those who require the rescue qualification for their relevant environment.
  • Anyone wanting to gain pool based rescue knowledge.
  • Those working in a pool environment where the Risk Assessment has identified a need for this training.
  • Anyone looking for a more in-depth training course.

Course Information

  • 1 or 2 days depending on course.
  • Delivered in your venue or attend one of our open courses
  • Maximum of 12 learners per trainer (we can accommodate groups of any size)
  • Award administered by the Royal Lifesaving Society UK.
  • ATPRA is also endorsed by the Aquatic Therapy Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (ATACP)
  • Delivered by our expert Trainers

National Lifesaving Academy Instructor

What will I learn?

  • Safety Management
  • Class Management
  • Teaching & Learning
  • CPR & Use of an AED
  • First Aid
  • Assessing Skills
  • Dry Practical Skills
  • Wet Practical Skills (pool based)
  • Teaching Aquatic Skills
  • Assessing Aquatic Skills
  • Lifesaving Survival & Rescue Skills

The Lifesaving Academy Instructor award allows an instructor to teach the following awards on behalf of the Royal Lifesaving Society UK (RLSS UK), subject to maintaining in-date RLSS Membership and prerequisite qualification validity:

  • National Lifesaving Academy
  • Save a Life Series
  • Life Support 3
  • Rookie Lifeguard (on completion of an additional update)

Who should attend this training?

  • Anyone wanting to train and deliver RLSS UK courses.
  • Experienced lifesavers looking to take the next step.
  • Swimming Teachers & Coaches looking to deliver lifesaving elements.
  • Anyone looking to support existing lifesaving instructors.

Course Information

  • 18 hours contact learning time (2-days)
  • Delivered in your venue or attend one of our open courses
  • Maximum of 12 learners per trainer (we can accommodate groups of any size)
  • Certification provided by the Royal Lifesaving Society
  • Delivered by our expert Trainers