Pre-Hospital Care and First Aid.

Pre-Hospital Care Qualification Policy.

Updated May 2024.

The document version of this policy can be downloaded here.

Introduction

This policy provides information relating to BASRaT’s requirement for registrants to obtain and maintain a pre-hospital care qualification.

Recognised qualifications

The recognised qualifications are

• Those with an endorsement from The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care. A list is provided on the faculty website here.

• Those with endorsement from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (for example: The UEFA Football Doctors Education Programme (FDEP) Pre-Hospital Trauma Workshop (Level 4 course) information available here).

• Those courses named in the BASEM Cross Recognition of Emergency Care Courses in Sport statement.

Other courses without this accreditation, even if considered as equivalent, are not acceptable.

Accessing the qualifications

Students studying on BASRaT accredited degree programmes should be offered the opportunity to complete a recognised qualification during the course of their studies, as per the BASRaT Educational Framework.

Graduate Registrants needing to complete or renew their qualification are required to make their own arrangements for this (where not provided by an employer). The list of courses on the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care website provides links to the training providers where courses can be booked.

Registration Requirements

When applying to join the register for the first time:

Applicants for registration must have completed a recognised trauma qualification in order to be eligible for registration.

When applying to renew registration:

Applicants renewing registration are required to have a valid (in date) trauma care qualification if they are working in a pitch-side role or any other job role where there is a likelihood of trauma care/pre-hospital care being required.

Where this is not the case, applicants for renewal are required to maintain the minimum standard of First Aid qualification which is an Emergency First Aid at Work course. The same standards apply where an applicant is applying to be readmitted to the register following a lapse in registration, or for restoration to the register following a Fitness to Practise sanction.

Applicants without a recognised qualification

Applicants applying for registration who do not have a recognised qualification will be required to complete one in order to be eligible.

Students who have not been offered the opportunity to complete a recognised qualification during the course of their studies should liaise with their university to make arrangements for completing a qualification.

Students who have been offered the opportunity to complete a recognised qualification but have not been successful in obtaining one will be required to make their own arrangements for the completion of a recognised qualification.

In all cases, where registration is required in order to book and/or participate in a course, BASRaT will provide temporary registration with the following provisions:

• Applicants must satisfy all other registration requirements

• Applicants must pass the BASRaT Registration Exam

• Applicants must hold a valid Emergency First Aid qualification.

• Applicants must book a recognised course within 2-weeks of temporary registration being granted and provide evidence of the booking to BASRaT.

• Applicants must successfully complete a recognised course within 6-months of temporary registration being granted and provide evidence of the qualification to BASRaT.

• Applicants must accept a restricted scope of practice that does not allow them to work in any environment (such as sport and pitch-side care) where the risk of trauma/pre-hospital care being needed is likely.

Failure to meet and comply with the above provisions will result in the termination of temporary registration. Failure to book and complete a course within the stated time frames will result in temporary registration being terminated. BASRaT will operate a no-refund policy as per our terms and conditions of registration.

Readmission of registrants who first joined the register before 2017

The requirement for registrants to have completed a recognised pre-hospital care qualification was first introduced in 2017. Prior to this, the requirement was for an Emergency First Aid qualification. Therefore, applicants who first joined the register before 2017 will not be expected to have completed this qualification in order to be readmitted to the register.

Applicants will be required to comply with the current requirements for renewal of registration; meaning applicants are required to have a valid (in date) trauma care qualification if they are working in a pitch-side role or any other job role where there is a likelihood of trauma care/pre-hospital care being required. Where this is not the case, applicants for renewal are required to maintain the minimum standard of First Aid qualification which is an Emergency First Aid at Work course.

Applications for readmission to the register will be processed in accordance with the Readmission to the Register Policy. Applicants must meet all remaining registration criteria and pass the BASRaT Registration Exam where required.

More information

If you require any more information, have questions, or would like to contact us about this policy, please contact the BASRaT office via administration@basrat.org or 0330 1332 123.