Event first aid services
Our first aid services are relied upon at hundreds of events every year, from sporting fixtures to county fairs. Find out how we can provide first aid cover at your event.
Why You Should Trust ABC First Response with your event first aid
Each of our team members are either current or recent NHS frontline staff and respond to 999 calls daily and have undergone additional training to be able to provide frontline first aid at your Event
Do you specialise in Any events?
We have experience in successfully delivering first aid, and medical cover at all types of events across the country. Our Team have operated at major sporting fixtures, horse racing meets and music festivals. You can also find us at smaller concerts, carnivals, exhibitions and expos, air shows, horticultural shows, and county fairs.
Where do you Cover?
From our base in Newport, we cover events throughout the whole of Shropshire and the West Midlands as well as further afield.
We regularly provide First Aid cover to events across the UK including several long-standing events in Wales, Yorkshire and Birmingham.
FAQ
Do we need Event Medical Cover?
Yes, as an event organiser it is your legal responsibility to provide medical cover for people attending your event, however small.
In the UK, first aid legal requirements fall under the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 and apply to all employers, covering employees and volunteers. As it stands, there are no specific legal requirements for event attendees. However, this may change following the Manchester Arena Inquiry (2023) recommendations and the introduction of Martyn’s Law. First aid will likely become a legal requirement for all events and be regulated by the Care Quality Commission. Providing sufficient first aid provision has moral, legal and financial benefits. If you’re found to have not followed the right guidance, your lack of provision could be called into question and you could be liable to prosecution or civil court cases.
Ultimately, event organisers are responsible for providing effective first aid cover for their events.
We have staff with First Aid certificates, why do we need medical cover?
The organiser of any event has a duty of care to all people attending their event, the Health & Safety Executive stresses, just because a person has First Aid certification this does not qualify them as qualified to provide First Aid. The Event Safety Guide (also known as the Purple Guide) states:
‘Plan the provision of medical, ambulance and first-aid services along with the statutory services and appoint a competent organisation to provide medical management’ and ‘First aiders, ambulance and medical workers should: have relevant experience or knowledge of requirements for first aid at major public duties’
What level of Cover can ABC First Response provide?
We provide Advanced First Aiders, First Responders, Ambulance Technicians, Nurses and Paramedics.