First Aid Training For the workplace
If there is an injury or medical emergency in your workplace, will someone be able to respond promptly?
The more employees know first aid, the more likely the response to an incident will be fast enough to save a life, reduce the severity of an injury and promote speedy recovery.
All Employees Need Life-Saving Skills
Workplace regulations require employers to have some employees certified in first aid. However, it makes good business sense to give all employees basic first aid training. The obvious advantage is that it ensures people can respond properly if an incident occurs. If only one person in the office or the shift can apply CPR or first aid, what happens in an emergency when that worker is not available?
Another benefit is that employees become more safety conscious. Research shows that workplaces where all employees know first aid have a lower incidence of injuries. This may be because they become more aware of injury-causing situations.
Moreover. Critical life saving skills and awareness transfer off the job. From the employer's perspective, it should not matter where the emergency occurs. When a family member suffers a fall or heart attack at home, a worker's attendance and performance can be affected.
Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Every employee can benefit from at least introductory CPR training. It puts them in a position to help in life-threatening situations such as choking or heart attack, which require swift, effective response.
New international CPR guidelines were released in 2000. Two distinct groups have been identified: lay rescuers (the general public); and targeted responders (people with a duty to respond, including first aiders in the workplace).
Basic Training
Only certain employees are classified as targeted responders. However, an organization benefits when a large part of its workforce is trained in first aid and CPR. With training, more employees gain the skills to manage an emergency effectively, without panic or confusion.
Questions 1-7
Complete each sentence. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text for each answer.
With first aid knowledge, response to a medical emergency can be sufficiently fast to aid recovery or even to [1]…………………
It is a requirement that workplaces have some employees [2]…………………in first aid.
From the employer’s perspective, first aid training for al makes good
[3]……………… because it guarantees proper response to incidents.
Employees who have had first aid training become more [4]……………………….
CPR can help in the event of [5]…………………………such as heart attack.
Unlike lay rescuers, targeted responders, such as workplace first-aiders, have a [6]………………….
With more employees trained in first aid, a workplace can avoid [7]………………….in an emergency situation.
