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First Aid Awareness
First Aid Awareness
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First Aid Defined
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Workplace First Aid Program
Management Leadership
and Employee
involvement
Worksite Analysis
Hazard Prevention and
Control
Safety and Health
Training
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Basic Program Elements
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Employer Responsibilities
Those assigned are trained as first-aid
providers:
With training suitable to the specific
workplace
Periodic refresher courses
Instruct all workers about the
first-aid program and actions
for ill or injured coworkers
Put policies and program in writing
Schedule evaluation and changing of
program
Keep program current
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The Risks
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OSHA’s Top 10 Hazards
2015
Fall Protection
Hazard Communication
Scaffolding
Respiratory protection
Lockout/tagout
Powered Industrial Trucks
Ladders
Electrical-Wiring Methods
Machine Guarding
Electrical-General Requirements
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Other Workplace Events
Electrocution
Exposure to low oxygen environments can lead
to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA)
Exposure to chemicals
Overexertion at work can also trigger SCA in
those with underlying heart disease
Temperature extremes
Prompt, proper first aid may mean
the difference between rapid or
prolonged recovery, temporary
or permanent disability, and even
life or death
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Assessing Risks
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1910.151-Medical/First Aid
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1910.151-Medical/First Aid
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Appendix A to 1910.151
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Appendix A to 1910.151
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Appendix A to 1910.151
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BBP Exposure
If it is reasonably anticipated
that employees will be exposed to
blood or other potentially
infectious materials (OPIM) while
using first aid supplies, employers
are required to provide
appropriate personal protective
equipment (PPE) in compliance
with the provisions of the
Occupational Exposure to Blood
borne Pathogens standard,
§1910.1030(d)(3) (56 FR 64175).
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Developing a Program
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Program Policies
In writing
Communicated to all employees, including
those workers who may not read or speak
English
Language barriers should be addressed in
instruction and in your procedures
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OSHA Requirements
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Required CPR Training
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First Aid Supplies
Assign a person to choose types and
amounts of first aid supplies and for
maintaining same.
The supplies must be adequate,
Reflect the kinds of injuries that
occur, and
Must be stored readily available for
emergency use.
Automated external defibrillator
(AED) should be considered when
selecting first-aid supplies and
equipment.
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Kit Sizes
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Kit Maintenance
Inspect:
At assigned location?
Contents complete and undamaged?
Contents condition.
Non-required items removed from kit?
Contents out-of-date? Replace.
First Aid Manual included?
Sign to call 911?
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Situationals
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Welding
Injuries:
Burns
Cuts
Dehydration
Eye injuries
Consider:
Electrolytes
Burn Spray & Compounds
Eye pads
Calling 911
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Nursing
Injuries:
Finger
Dental
Strains & Sprains
Specific to patient
condition
Consider:
Patient needs which arise
Calling a special Code
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Manufacturing
Injuries:
Vary with type of manufacturing
Punctures/impalement
Cuts
Crushing
Broken bones
Consider:
CPR
AED
Calling 911
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Mining
Injuries:
Silica exposure
Crushing
Amputation
Carbon monoxide
exposure
Consider:
CPR, AED
Oxygen
Calling 911
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Transportation
Injuries:
Carbon Monoxide poisoning
Struck-by/Crushing
Heat exhaustion
HazMat Exposure
Consider:
Oxygen cylinder
CPR
AED
Call 911
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Real Estate
Consider:
CPR
AED
Calling 911
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Retail Trade
Consider:
CPR
AED
Special kit to counter reactions
Calling 911
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Education
Injuries:
Falls
Eye injuries
Ingestion
Consider:
CPR
AED
Calling 911
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Administration
Injuries:
High Blood Pressure
Insulin Problems
Heart Attack
Consider:
CPR
AED
Calling 911
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AEDs
Automated External
Defibrillators
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AED Program
Physician oversight;
Compliance with local,
state and federal
regulations;
Coordination with local
EMS;
Quality assurance
program;
Periodic program review
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First Aid Courses
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Training Programs
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1. Teaching Methods
Curriculum based on a
consensus of scientific
evidence where available;
“Hands-on” skills and
partner practice;
Appropriate supplies and
equipment available;
Stress acute injury and
illness settings as well as
appropriate response by
using visual aids;
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1. Teaching Methods
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2. Preparing to Respond
Instruction/discussion in:
Prevention to reducing fatalities, illnesses and
injuries;
Interacting with local EMS;
Current emergency telephone numbers (police,
fire, ambulance, poison control) accessible by
all employees;
Understand legal aspects of providing first-aid
care, including Good Samaritan legislation,
consent, abandonment, negligence, assault and
battery, State laws and regulations;
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2. Preparing to Respond
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3. Assessment
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3. Assessment
Assess each victim for responsiveness, airway
blockage, breathing, circulation, and medical
alert tags;
Take a victim’s history determining the
mechanism of injury;
Perform a logical head-to-toe check for injuries;
Continuously monitor the victim;
Emphasize early activation of EMS;
Indications for and methods of safely moving and
rescuing victims;
Repositioning ill/injured victims to prevent
further injury.
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4. Life-Threatening Events
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4. Life-Threatening Events
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4. Life-Threatening Events
Poisoning
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4. Life-Threatening Events
Knowledge of the worksite chemicals and first aid
and treatment for inhalation or ingestion;
Effects of alcohol and illicit drugs to recognize
physiologic and behavioral effects;
Recognizing asphyxiation and confined space
dangers;
Responding to Medical Emergencies
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5. Non-Life Threatening
Wounds
Assessment and first aid for wounds
including abrasions, cuts, lacerations,
punctures, avulsions, amputations
and crush injuries
Principles of wound care, including
infection precautions
Principles of body substance isolation,
universal precautions
Use of personal protective equipment
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5. Non-Life Threatening
Burns
Assess severity
Is burn thermal, electrical, or chemical
and the appropriate first aid;
Review your corrosive chemicals and
appropriate first aid.
Temperature Extremes
Exposure to cold: frostbite and
hypothermia;
Exposure to heat: heat cramps, heat
exhaustion and heat stroke.
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5. Non-Life Threatening
Musculoskeletal Injuries
Fractures;
Sprains, strains, contusions and cramps;
Head, neck, back and spinal injuries;
Appropriate handling of amputated body parts.
Eye injuries
First aid for eye injuries;
First aid for chemical burns.
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5. Non-Life Threatening
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Trainee Assessment
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Skills Update
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Program Update
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Summary
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Summary
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Summary
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Summary
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Questions
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Contact Information
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Bibliography
Best Practices Guide: Fundamentals of a Workplace
First Aid Program, OSHA 3317-06N 2006
research.lawyers.com
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Bibliography
www.bls.gov/iif
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Bibliography
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Bibliography
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Bibliography
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Other Suggested Programs
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