Sports First Aid: Scoping Review with ☸️SAIMSARA.

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doi:10.62487/saimsara3ebf5eed

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Sports First Aid: Scoping Review with ☸️SAIMSARA.

Sports Medicine

Issue 5, Volume 1, 2026

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DOI: 10.62487/saimsara3ebf5eed

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• Last update: 2026-05-06 07:22:44

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Sports first aid remains uneven across coaches, PE teachers, athletes, and venues, with major gaps in BLS/AED readiness, dental trauma, concussion recognition, and emergency planning. This evidence map shows which practical training models, responder systems, and infrastructure strategies can strengthen real-world emergency preparedness in sport.

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Abstract: The aim of this review is to synthesize evidence regarding the current state of first aid knowledge among sports stakeholders, evaluate the effectiveness of diverse educational interventions, and explore emerging technological systems for emergency management in athletic settings. The review is built on 98 cited references from 101 original studies, covering 17134959 total participants (topic-deduplicated ΣN). The mapped evidence indicates that sports first aid competency is broadly deficient across coaches, PE teachers, athletes, and school staff, with educational interventions consistently producing significant pre–post gains—exemplified by staff knowledge rising from 50% to 80% and student knowledge from 8.3% to 65% after structured training. Recurrent topic-level signals support a role for active learning modalities such as role-play, simulations, RICE/PRICE-based protocols, and pocket manuals in improving both knowledge and practical skills for sprains, splinting, and bandaging. The presence of athletic trainers and other medically trained responders was repeatedly associated with stronger adherence to emergency best practices, while only 11% of surveyed Oregon high schools met all three benchmarks for emergency action plans, AED access, and coach training, highlighting persistent infrastructure gaps. Dental trauma, concussion recognition, BLS/AED readiness, and catastrophic spinal injury management emerged as the most prominent thematic vulnerabilities, suggesting that mandatory certification, venue-specific emergency action plans, and targeted TDI and BLS modules represent practical priorities for sports organizations. The evidence base is heterogeneous and dominated by cross-sectional surveys, which constrains causal interpretation within this scoping map. Future research should prioritize longitudinal trials evaluating optimal refresher frequency, validate digital and wearable decision-support tools for point-of-care triage, and test scalable models for delivering trained responders and AED infrastructure in rural and mass-participation settings.

Keywords: Sports injury management; RICE protocol; PRICE method; Basic Life Support; Traumatic dental injuries; First aid education; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Ankle sprains; Emergency response systems; Orofacial trauma

Review Stats

Final search date and database lock: 2026-05-02 19:59:13 CEST
Plan: Pro (expanded craft tokens; source: Semantic Scholar)
Source: Semantic Scholar
Total Abstracts/Papers: 258267
Downloaded Abstracts/Papers: 1000
Included original and non-original Abstracts/Papers (all): 141
Included original Abstracts/Papers (Vote counting by direction of effect): 101
Reference Index (links used in paper): 98
Total participants (topic deduplicated ΣN): 17134959

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Reference Index (98)

[1] Knowledge level of sports injury first aid using PRICE method among student-athletes in Indonesia: A case study — https://doi.org/10.56003/sei.v1i1.555
[2] Emergency first aid for injuries in adaptive sports — https://doi.org/10.31392/udu-nc.series15.2025.08(195).40
[3] PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS PROFESSIONALS AND FIRST AID: ASSESSING THE LEVEL OF AWARENESS IN THE MODERN SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE — https://doi.org/10.36107/2782-1714_2025-5-3-118-121
[4] Exploration of The Construction Path of Sports Injury and First Aid Course Systems for College Students — https://doi.org/10.26689/jcnr.v8i4.6674
[5] The International Association of Dental Traumatology (IADT) and the Academy for Sports Dentistry (ASD) guidelines for prevention of traumatic dental injuries: Part 10: First aid education. — https://doi.org/10.1111/edt.12931
[6] The Level of Knowledge of Students of Singaperbangsa Karawang University About How First AID When A Sports Injury Occurs — https://doi.org/10.26858/cjpko.v16i3.68592
[7] Survival strategies: developing competencies in first aid within the contemporary framework of professional training for bachelors in physical education and sports — https://doi.org/10.12958/2227-2844-2024-1(360)-73-82
[8] Educational Influence With Role Play About First Aid Rice In Sports Injury Ankle Sprain On Student Knowledge School — https://doi.org/10.52523/jika.v1i2.27

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