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First Aid
First Aid
First Aid
First-Aid facilities
Training
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Safety pins
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Paramedic shears
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Category of risk
No. of employees
Suggested number
of first-aid personnel
Lower risk
e.g. shops and offices, Fewer than 50
libraries
50-100
More than 100
Higher risk
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Preserve life
Stop the condition becoming worse
Protect the unconscious
Promote recovery and
Relieve pain and suffering
Compliance with Factory and Machinery
(Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations
1970 (Reg. 38) and OSHA 1994 (Section
15(1)
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A person who:
Requires immediate attention
Whose injury would not need treatment by a
Note:
All injuries however minor should be treated,
otherwise it might lead to infections leading to
lost time illnesses.
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IDENTIFICATION
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ASSESSMENT
The type of work being carried out and its
level of hazard
Work away from the employer's premises.
Consequences
Availability of other places of treatment (are
there hospitals nearby?)
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CONTROL
Provision of first aid facilities and services
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hazardous substances
Workplaces where hazardous processes may
be used (e.g.abrasive blasting);
Construction sites;
Where heat is used as part of any process
(e.g. working in foundries or welding and
cutting); and
Workplaces which require people to work in
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remote isolated areas (e.g. agricultural or
A first-aid manual,
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Easy to clean
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Universal precautions
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LEVEL I
BASIC FIRST AID (emergency first aid
procedures).
LEVEL 2
WORKPLACE FIRST AID (Level I plus treatment
LEVEL 3
OCCUPATIONAL FIRST AID - (Level 2 plus
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employees
Provision of first-aid boxes
First-aid room, stretchers, showers and
eyewash if necessary
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