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Is First Aid First in Your Workplace?
In Randy Beaver's 30 years as a safety professional, he has encountered many workplaces without first aid programs. That always has surprised Beaver, president of Barron and Associates Inc., a safety consulting firm in West Lafayette, Ind., because first aid is a required element in a safety and health program. Prompt, properly administered first aid care can mean the difference between life and death,
Defining First Aid
True story: I went out to eat in Toronto at a Chinese restaurant several years ago. A young boy one table over started to choke on a piece of food. Before anyone at his table, which included his hysterical mother, or my table, which included several EHS managers trained in first aid and emergency response, could get to him, a swarm of servers from the restaurant surrounded him and the only words I
First Aid
OxygenPac LIFE's OxygenPac provides emergency oxygen until medical help arrives. It is an inhalator for a breathing victim and a CPR resuscitator adjunct for a non-breathing victim. The OxygenPac offers oxygen-enriched mouth-to-mask resuscitation with a hygienic, one-way valve. The portable unit has a handle, comes in a durable case with a clear cover and hangs on the wall with other first aid supplies.
Is First Aid First in Your Workplace?
In Randy Beaver's 30 years as a safety professional, he has encountered many workplaces without first aid programs. That always has surprised Beaver, president of Barron and Associates Inc., a safety consulting firm in West Lafayette, Ind., because first aid is a required element in a safety and health program. Prompt, properly administered first aid care can mean the difference between life and death,
Why Employees Need First Aid Training
The good health and resulting productivity of employees is one area that is often overlooked as a means of improving a company's profitability. The size of this opportunity is indicated by a National Safety Council estimate that in 1997, there were more than 80 million lost workdays due to unintentional injuries. The astounding cost to American businesses was $127 billion, or an average of $980 per
Science to the Rescue: Learning What Works in First Aid
Injury and illness on the job kill more than 2 million people around the world each year. That's 6,000 people a day. If a co-worker experienced chest pains or breathing difficulties, or severed an artery in an industrial accident, would you know what to do? Every layperson who receives training in basic first aid hopes that he or she will never have to use it. When injury or sudden illness strikes,
Are Your Emergency Eyewashes Ready for Action?
Eyewash and shower devices are installed in the work environment to provide emergency first aid when an employee is exposed to hazardous substances. These substances, which may be present in solid, liquid, powder, mist or vapor form, can cause severe injury if the substance contacts the eye or skin of the employee. Like other emergency devices (fire extinguishers, for example), emergency eyewash and
New ANSI Standard for First Aid Kits
The standard expands the list of recommended first aid kit contents to include analgesics, burn dressings and CPR barriers. It also takes into account all types of packaging of first aid products and containers for use inside and out in mobile and stationary settings.
OSHA Provides Best Practices Guide for First Aid Programs
ISEA Announces Public Review for First Aid, Smoke Hood Standards
The International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) recently announced the availability of draft revisions to its voluntary consensus standards for workplace first aid kits and air-purifying respiratory protective smoke escape devices.
Learn about NEW Guidelines for First Aid, CPR and AED Training
Every five years, dozens of international organizations and experts in the field of first aid and emergency cardiovascular care work together to review relevant scientific research to determine if any new discoveries affect the way first aid, CPR and other emergency care is delivered. Based upon new findings released at the end of 2005, health and safety training programs for your employees are changing
Learn about New OSHA Best Practices for Workplace First Aid Program
The United States Department of Labor (OSHA) recently released a new document, Best Practices Guide: Fundamentals of a Workplace First-Aid Program. The purpose of the guide is to present a summary of the basic elements of a first aid program at a workplace. Seminar topics will include: How new OSHA Best Practices can help guide you in the development of a first aid training program for your employees
Building Your Occupational Emergency Medical Care Program
Preparedness is on everyone's mind these days. Aside from the daily possibility of routine medical emergencies such as heart attack or workplace injury, there is additional urgency to be ready due to the current political state of the world. The constant threat of terrorism creates a great need to anticipate and prepare for the possibility of a medical emergency or injury in the workplace. The question
Group Says Stericycle's Environmental Efforts Need First Aid
'Health Care Without Harm, a group dedicated to environmentally responsible health care, says that Stericycle, the nation''s largest medical waste disposal company, should clean up its policies and practices. The group issued a report -
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NSC Launches Revised AED Program
'The National Safety Council''s First Aid Institute has launched a newly revised Automated External Defibrillation (AED) program designed to save lives in cases of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). SCA is one of the leading causes of death around the world. Nearly 225,000 Americans are victims of SCA each year, many at young age. The newly revised AED program teaches the skills that help save lives, according
Getting the Most Out of Your AEDs
In many, if not most workplace settings, there are certain lifesaving devices we would never consider removing. Fire extinguishers, smoke detectors and first aid kits, for example, are some of the must-haves in any facility. By the same token, AEDs are becoming more prevalent in workplace settings. When sudden cardiac arrest strikes, quick access to an AED unit and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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