New British Standard for Workplace First Aid Kits
The new British Standard BS-8599-1 for Workplace First Aid Kits – Effective from June 2011 determines what must now be included in workplace First Aid Kits and provides guidance about the size of kit required in a given work situation, based on the number of employees and the level of risk. Get your new kit [...]
read moreResuscitation changes 2010
Scope and Purpose The purpose of the Resuscitation Council (UK) guidance is to provide evidence-based interventions that are most likely to prevent cardiac arrest or increase the chances of the successful resuscitation (with full neurological recovery) of an adult, child or newborn baby in cardiac or respiratory arrest. A cardiac arrest is the ultimate medical [...]
read moreFirst Aid Misconceptions
You should put butter or cream on a burn. The only thing you should put on a burn is cold water – keep the butter for cooking. If you can’t move a limb, it must be broken.If you can move a limb, it can’t be broken. The only accurate way to diagnose a broken limb [...]
read moreChanges to the First Aid Regulations
The Health & Safety Executive announced changes to first aid provision for workers and the workplace. These changes were effective from 1st October 2009; they are the first major amendments since 1981. The main changes were: Revised risk assessment guidelines to determine your first aid provision Many organisations may need qualified first aiders where they [...]
read moreHSE recommends yearly refresher training for both FAW and EFAW
The new HSE qualifications which came into force in October 2009 recommended yearly refresher training for both the First Aid at Work (FAW) and the new Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) course. But what does it mean when the HSE only ‘recommends’ something? ‘Recommend’ by definition is not mandatory however, when the HSE recommends [...]
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