7 First Aid Essentials your Employees need to Know how to do

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Knowing what to do and how to act when a member of your staff has been injured is part of your responsibility; for brief details on dealing with certain situations read the following advice, and to become more proficient and prepared to handle injuries in the workplace book in with an official trainer.

7. Treating a Spinal Injury Victim.

If you’re dealing with a suspected spinal injury then the number one rule is to not move them; you should also advise them that they should keep their head, neck and back as still as possible.

6. Treating a person with concussion

If you think that the victim may be suffering concussion then you should ensure they seek urgent medical attention. Specific symptoms to look for include:

  • Loss of consciousness,
  • Disorientation,
  • Vertigo,
  • Nausea,
  • Lethargy. 

5. Treating a burn.

If the victim has suffered a burn then you should immerse the area in cool water (not ice). You should also remember to avoid applying any creams whatsoever, as this can damage the skin further.

4. Treating a choking victim.

Choking is an emergency situation, you should ring an ambulance as soon as possible. A person can suffocate or suffer brain damage within a matter of minutes, and so attempting the Heimlich manoeuvre prior to the emergency services attending is paramount. This is done by bear hugging the victim from behind and wrapping your arms to just above their belly button. You should then make a thrust motion upwards with the aim of pushing the air out of the lungs.

3. Treating an unconscious person

When dealing with an unconscious person you should check the following:

  • Airway
  • Breathing
  • Circulation.

If the person is breathing then you should place them into the recovery position; if they’ve stopped breathing then you check their airways and perform CPR. Checking circulation is a matter of trying to find a pulse, and is used when you can’t establish whether the casualty is breathing or not.

2. Treating a broken bone

To treat a broken bone you should:

  • Ensure the casualty doesn’t move the area,
  • Numb the pain with an ice pack,
  • Support the bone with a sprint; you can used a rolled up newspaper or other makeshift item if necessary. 

1. Treating someone who’s bleeding

To treat a person that bleeding you should always ensure that the victim is breathing first, once this is established you can go ahead and address the bleeding. Apply pressure to the wound and find something you can tie tightly above the area to bring the bleeding under control. If you have the correct items in your first aid kit then you should have a bandage to hand that can be used for this. You should additionally elevate the area with the person lying down; this will also slow the blood flow to this particular area.

Even though uksafetystore.com are happy to provide the guidance in this article and it should give you a good starting idea on dealing with staff injuries, it’s not to be used in place of proper training from the professionals.

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