First Aid: Workplace First Aid

Every job has its dangers, and despite a good safety program, accidents happen. This Video On Demand discusses the most common accidents and injuries in the workplace, and provides a succinct overview on appropriate first aid. Viewers learn the importance of thinking and acting quickly, knowing where the First Aid kit is located, recognizing the symptoms of shock, heat stress and heart attack, and knowing when to call for emergency medical care.

By watching this video, employees will learn the proper fist aid for eye injuries, cuts, blisters, burns, and chemical burns. Prevention of sprains and strains is covered, as is how to treat them. The difference between a simple and compound fracture is illustrated, with graphics on how and why to apply a splint. Learn how to recognize symptoms of heat-related illnesses, and how to care for a co-worker who is suffering from heat exhaustion, heat cramps or heat stroke. A step-by-step approach to applying the Heimlich maneuver to aid chocking victims will give people the confidence to help in such an emergency. A review of the two types of Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) explains when to use rescue breathing and when to use chest compressions alone. A section on heart emergencies helps viewers understand symptoms of heart attacks or sudden cardiac arrest, and how to respond to them. The use of automated external defibrillators demystifies these life-saving portable devices, which increase the likelihood of surviving cardiac arrest to 60 percent.

A health emergency can happen at any time, to anyone. Train your employees to recognize the most common emergency situations and provide effective and timely first aid. Quickly taking the right action can help minimize the seriousness of a medical emergency. Empower your employees to help their friends, families and co-workers when an accident or serious health-related incident occurs.

This course has been updated to include GHS container labels and Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for GHS compliance.

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All employees in any type of workplace

• Introduction
• Eye Injuries
• Cuts and Burns
• Strains and Breaks
• Heat Illnesses
• Choking
• Heart Emergencies
• Review

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