PPE guidance for specific clinical situations that may be encountered in the sporting environment
| Clinical situation | PPE level required |
| Maintaining social distancing as advised No face to face contact risk | 1 |
| Not maintaining 2 m distance, with face-to-face contact risk | 2 |
| Wound care, excluding oral/dental/nasal injuries | 2 |
| Uncomplicated head injury assessment | 2 |
| Managing complex injuries, with no C-spine involvement,that is, limb and joint injuries | 2 |
| Medical emergency without potential for airway compromise | 2 |
| Cardiac arrest with face covered (towel or non-rebreather mask acceptable) continuous compressions, AED without airway interventions | 2 |
| Performing a nasopharyngeal swab | 2 |
| Procedures such as managing epistaxis or oral injuries | 3 |
| Aerosol-generating procedures | 3 |
| Medical emergency with potential for airway compromise, that is, complicated head injury and choking* | 3 |
| Cardiac arrest – with airway intervention/that is, without covered compressions (30:2), AED | 3 |
*Cardiac arrest has the level 2 option of face covering chest compressions in the absence of level 3 PPE. Thus, in cases of suspected choking, although level 3 PPE provides the most appropriate protection, it is appreciated that a life-saving intervention may be needed and that a shortage of time may preclude donning the extra garments. In these cases, level 2 protection should be a minimum.
AED, automatic external defibrillator; PPE, personal protective equipment.